Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb base] themselves [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , it 's not often the majority express themselves without some prompting from the shop stewards , ’ the convener replied , ‘ but in this instance the reaction was instantaneous . |
| 2 | It was not until the 1960s that the courts rid themselves of the most debilitating restraints of formalism and assumed a more active supervisory role . |
| 3 | Most coastal features attached at both ends to the coast orientate themselves at right angles to the resultant provided that the fetch is approximately the same in all directions . |
| 4 | Conditions laid down by Haussmann along the lines of those set out by the Monopoly Commission , that the companies divest themselves of certain divisions which , if merged , would be against German interests in the arms industry , were eventually agreed to by both MBB and Daimler . |
| 5 | There are also several varieties that are viviparous — where the plants reproduce themselves by producing young plants vegetatively between the leaf sinus . |
| 6 | The band run themselves on a democratic basis and have their own voting system . |
| 7 | Enough of the worms find themselves on the tight-fitting lid so that when I open the bucket I merely have to lower the lid into my aquarium to feed the fish . |
| 8 | In the present situation , the officers find themselves in a very difficult position , I can not imagine an officer saying no to a member and this is what has happened if we run out of money , then the very thing that we are seeking to do , in other words to implement the democratic process to allow people to come to meetings and speak will go by the way , and I can remember some time ago when I was a new member on here saying I would be prepared to attend property sub-committee briefings as a deputy and not be paid and I was very smartly brought up by a friend in the labour group who said that 's all right for you , you can afford it , but it 's not alright for some of us 'cause we can't. and the difficulty is if we run out of money and we either have to stop the allowances or we have to slash the allowances , yeah , knows who it was , we have to slash the allowances , then legitimately people will be able to say that the democratic process is being stifled because they are not going to be allowed to go to meetings , and therefore , I think that situations whereby a member attends to speak to a , an item , a specific item and then stays on for a double length meetings and claims double length allowances that sort of thing has got to be stopped , and also members attending just to nod approval at something that has happened that they 've been associated with , that should stop , if they want to come they should come at their own expense . |
| 9 | The owners pride themselves on offering comfortable accommodation , on giving personal service with attention to detail and on providing a choice of good food . |
| 10 | Two-thirds of the sample describe themselves as head of their households . |
| 11 | Just as we should expect , in Chlorohydra the algae transmit themselves to the next generation by means of the hydra 's egg . |
| 12 | Such an invitation should give an indication of what pictures could be taken or which parts of the event lend themselves to photographs . |
| 13 | In part two , as the Featherstonehaughs preen themselves in pristine white tuxedos , flaunting two-foot mug shots offering surrealist images of bodyless faces , hands and legs emerging and retreating , the word precious takes on a different meaning : while yet further connotations appear as the Cholmondeleys , in voluptuous crimson velvet , sensually stimulate the imagination in part three . |
| 14 | The single-storey houses have roofs of corrugated cardboard , and are built of hollow red bricks called tejole , which the people make themselves with crude machines . |
| 15 | — The people commit themselves to a life of obedience , and Moses sprinkles the remainder of the blood over them ( verse 8 ) — identifying them with the sacrifice made on their behalf both initially and for the failures and sins of everyday life . |
| 16 | But at the same time the vast majority of the people find themselves to be a single nation and are conscious of resembling one another more than they resemble foreigners . |
| 17 | How do the properties of the chain manifest themselves in the bulk ? |
| 18 | The Kurds regard themselves as a separate race of people from the rest of Iraq and wish to join with the Kurds of Turkey and make a new Kurdish state . |
| 19 | The Kurds see themselves as the forgotten people of modern times , although few have forgotten the name of the best-known Kurd of all — Salahuddin or Saladin . |
| 20 | ( e ) Duties generally ( NB Clause 13 ) The matters which would normally be recorded in the partnership agreement under this head include : ( 1 ) the standard form " just and faithful " obligationstrictly unnecessary in view of the overriding nature of the equivalent statutory provisions and the implication that will always be made that such duty exists , but invariably spelled out in writing ; ( 2 ) a requirement that the partners devote themselves to the business of the firm . |
| 21 | Suddenly all the characters find themselves in an ‘ aerobrain ’ headed across the Atlantic toward San Fransisco , with a stop-over in Atlanta en route . |
| 22 | In the book the generals see themselves as the heroes anxious to save America . |
| 23 | The staff pride themselves on offering a friendly welcome and helpful service . |
| 24 | The last eleven chapters of the treatise address themselves to the nature of the discretion appropriate to mixed life . |
| 25 | If the C of E models itself on Parliament , the Methodists model themselves on a school prize-giving . |
| 26 | You would , I know , be the first to agree that , if the critics base themselves on fact and eschew the attractions of hindsight , such criticism is valuable . |
| 27 | Initially , the embryos attach themselves to the mass and later move over its surface feeding ( Fretter and Graham , 1985 ) . |
| 28 | The pupils seat themselves in a square representing the doctor 's office . |
| 29 | But until they get any money back , the Tysons find themselves in the position of the gambler who gambled all and lost . |
| 30 | In G. v. Chief Constable for Stroud the Divisional Court made the point that in deciding whether or not the constable 's decision was a reasonable one , full allowance must be made for the circumstances in which the police find themselves in emergencies . |