Example sentences of "themselves [coord] [prep] their [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the itching may be due to the movement of the louse over the skin , it only moves a maximum of six inches per day , and it is more likely that an allergic reaction is set up to the lice themselves or to their faeces . |
| 2 | Because they are only accountable to themselves and to their shareholders , they would leave themselves exposed and vulnerable to those who do not take kindly to being dictated to by ‘ outsiders ’ . |
| 3 | But if they are not spotted early in their training , they can be a real menace to themselves and to their instructors . |
| 4 | Since karate competition is all about landing a controlled technique , it follows that shortsighted competitors may pose a danger both to themselves and to their opponents . |
| 5 | The division managers must find ways to explain the existence of mixed messages to themselves and to their subordinates . |
| 6 | Lay officers were more dependent on the rewards of their secular offices to provide for themselves and for their families . |
| 7 | Likewise the increased accountability of heads to governors , created by the 1986 Education Act and expanded again in the Reform Act , means not only extra work but extra tensions both for the heads themselves and for their staffs . |
| 8 | Secondly , if they accept those arguments , then before anything becomes public I then need to embark on a process of consultation with the residents themselves and with their relatives and with their staff , so that we can explain it carefully to them — what it 'll involve , the time scale , what their options are going to be , how we 'll go through this process and all the rest of it , all the ins and outs , and then I shall have to then go formally to a special meeting of the Social Services Committee , probably in April , to say that I 've carried out this consultation , that this is my recommendation as to the home the Council should choose , and if they agree that then we move into implementation . |
| 9 | We examined the public and private covenants which underwrite this commitment , and the purpose they serve in enabling people to develop both within themselves and in their relationships with others . |
| 10 | Despite this apparent vagueness there came into existence a body of individuals who may be referred to collectively as " the Left " , who were described as such by themselves and by their opponents and who acted together during the 1930s on most political issues . |
| 11 | It was an approach not of the land-users themselves but of their rulers , and therefore it is necessary to discuss briefly what the colonial rulers ' political and economic interests were , and in what way they related to the people of colonised areas and to the natural resources they found there . |