Example sentences of "they be [verb] themselves to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many solicitors , in writing a letter for a client , will misrepresent the law , even though they are addressing themselves to a layman , and will lend themselves to various abuses and suppressions ( not involving a breach of law ) in order to obstruct a just claim . |
| 2 | They are reconciling themselves to their own mortality . |
| 3 | They know they are drinking themselves to death and in such an instance the social worker has no legal powers to intervene . |
| 4 | Girls can be encouraged to take modules in technology without feeling they are committing themselves to two years ' or more work ; low achieving pupils can take a range of modules without suffering the indignity of following a programme that marks them out as ‘ different ’ . |
| 5 | They 're promoting themselves to a very significant extent on the basis that they 're selling at cheaper prices to the public . |
| 6 | Checking their activities to see that they were confining themselves to local products , and were not turning to smuggling was very difficult until improvements in transport and in the structure of government meant that the vast majority of imports paid duty . |