Example sentences of "give themselves [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What Miandad 's 59 did yesterday was to frustrate England 's struggling bowlers and to set a platform from which Pakistan can give themselves a match-winning lead today . |
| 2 | They take five million pounds out of the scheme as a refund they give themselves a five year contribution holiday and not one penny of that improvement goes to the members . |
| 3 | Just because our MPs give themselves a three-and-a-half week break does n't mean we can all benefit from copying them . |
| 4 | It would be mischievous to suggest that pupils who pay attention to the teacher 's traditional emphases in primary mathematics give themselves a positive disadvantage for future success in mathematics , but the evidence seems to point in this direction . |
| 5 | Men lift their ponchos over one shoulder to give themselves a free arm . |
| 6 | Both the CDU and the SPD sought to give themselves a mass membership , a national organisation and wide popular appeal , though the CDU at first proved far better at fulfilling the last aim . |
| 7 | In the 19th Century the working classes , exasperated by their plight and the lack of initiative of their employers , formed into trades unions to give themselves the corporate strength which individuals lacked . |
| 8 | It was part of a nationwide celebration of the six million adult students currently giving themselves a second chance . |
| 9 | as if to confirm that they had rejected the old emphasis on local political organizations , the new studies gave themselves a new title . |
| 10 | This meant that country could keep on running during the war , and , proving that they could do the same jobs as men , women gave themselves an enormous boost in the push for votes . |
| 11 | North , second in the table and also undefeated , have given themselves a great chance of pulling off a win which will close the gap at the top . |
| 12 | The privatised boards have given themselves an inbuilt incentive to exploit their monopoly position . |