Example sentences of "distinguish themselves by " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a home game in the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn Stadium im Prenzlauer Berg , they distinguished themselves by forming a 200-strong human swastika around the statues of Marx and Engels in front of the Volkskammer ( the old GDR parliament ) . |
| 2 | During the battle five Troll Slayers distinguished themselves by attacking and destroying three Trolls which were perilously close to crushing Duregar himself . |
| 3 | Women took this opportunity to broaden their horizons , and many of the women of the English Civil War distinguished themselves by great acts of heroism . |
| 4 | The Lord Chancellor 's civil servants can , they say , only recruit judges from among advocates who have already distinguished themselves by their performance in court . |
| 5 | But we emphasis that nominations need not be famous names ; they just need to be people who have distinguished themselves by their courage or achievement . |
| 6 | Elaborate wood and iron work , overhanging eaves , portes cochères , and all sorts of architectural ornamentation all conveyed a sense of the romance of travel , identified the station as landmark , and offered the various companies the opportunity to distinguish themselves by particular ‘ house ’ characteristics . |
| 7 | ‘ For long [ before the revolution of 1789 ] ’ , wrote a contemporary , ‘ the intendants , directed by public opinion , sought rather to distinguish themselves by their care for the people and by works of public utility , than by their obedience to ministerial wishes . ’ |