Example sentences of "[vb infin] themselves [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scots could not rid themselves of the English . |
| 2 | I reasoned like you , my lord , that they 'd rid themselves of the load , it would only slow them down . |
| 3 | By going even so short a distance , however , men could free themselves from the control of their lord and the custom of the manor , and it is clear that one can see a similar situation elsewhere in the country ; families were prepared to leave the land to free themselves from their lords ( 79 , p.35 ) . |
| 4 | Women were told unequivocally that they should confine themselves to the sphere of home and family ; the middle class husband unlike his working class counterpart , could be safely relied upon to provide . |
| 5 | Local GPs and social workers need to know that guaranteed specialist assistance is at hand both day and night and , as distress and despair do not conveniently confine themselves to the hours of nine to five , this means having experienced consultant psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses on call for community work at all times . |
| 6 | Trade unions should confine themselves to the business of wages and conditions . |
| 7 | Though nocturnal , they will show themselves during the day if kept in a well-planted tank . |
| 8 | In the second account , Jesus told them to go and show themselves to the priests , and while they were on their way they discovered they were cured . |
| 9 | Our highest and most serious imaginative inventions may show themselves in the medium of the arts . |
| 10 | The reasons for failure are more likely to be due to people problems , which may show themselves by the lack of cooperation when the information system is being developed and a resistance to the changes that occur when the application is implemented . |
| 11 | The article concludes with a declaration that British members of the National Front should identify themselves with the struggle of the Palestinians : ‘ We must draw inspiration from people such as the Palestinians who having lost so much more than us , still continue to fight for national sovereignty , and stubbornly refuse to relinquish their national identity . ’ |
| 12 | Even if the equation could be established , the beneficiaries are not the same or do not see themselves as the same : the patients paying two shillings for their bottles of medicine do not identify themselves with the patients admitted to hospital sooner or treated more efficiently . |
| 13 | We go along with the theory that younger listeners will identify themselves with the group Cancer . |
| 14 | We go along with the theory that younger listeners will identify themselves with the group Cancer . |
| 15 | To be fair the answer was in the manual but this only highlights the fact that the various packages do n't automatically integrate themselves with the InteMate manager . |
| 16 | A huge £50 million has been raised for charity since the race started in 1981 and runners can pat themselves on the back for all the financial help they have given to worthy causes . |
| 17 | At least the members of the BCRS can pat themselves on the back for having used it at least once in 1989 ! |
| 18 | It follows that in our judgment C.N.L. can not successfully bring themselves within the ratio of Peach v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [ 1986 ] Q.B . |
| 19 | I assume that if they can bring themselves within the terms of erm of these orders then they will er be indemnified . |
| 20 | This was whether they should present themselves to the voters as a continuation of the Thatcher governments ; or claim that the election of John Major represented such a fundamental break with what had gone before that there was no need for voters to respond to the classical call of opposition on such occasions : ‘ Time for a change . ’ |
| 21 | Such investors tended to come in when stocks were exchanged rather than present themselves at the moment of initiation . |
| 22 | Picking up their phones , they would thrust themselves on the punters , ramming stock , which was often of little value , down their throats . |
| 23 | Raising more roses by seed can be a very frustrating business , or they can seed themselves with the efficiency and enthusiasm of weeds . |
| 24 | Feverfew , nasturtiums and chamomile will also seed themselves between the cracks but at this point one can be back to the weeding situation and the paving loses its character of precision and smoothness . |
| 25 | Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic followed his foreign minister to refuse to take part in any further big peace conferences and instead urged the international community to let Muslims defend themselves against the Serbs . |
| 26 | But Lib Dem Coun Flo Clukas said officers should reconcile themselves to the fact that Option 3 will go ahead and should put plans into place . |
| 27 | Finally , while the Americans were well aware of Britain 's economic problems , they could not easily reconcile themselves to the need for actual defence cuts . |
| 28 | In the shifting pattern of dominance and submission which characterized tribal life , with warfare being carried out now against one , now against another group , it was natural that on occasion peoples should ally themselves with the Russians . |
| 29 | Informix says Storm means less work for MIS departments because users do n't have to understand the database schema and can do more work themselves with the tools . |
| 30 | The Council then was not quite a ‘ cross-section ’ of Athenians , but contained disproportionately many rich , determined politicians ; and lobbies , political dynasties or mafias could perpetuate themselves over the years despite the restrictions on re-election ( so the contrast with , for example , the Roman Senate is not after all total ) . |