Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] themselves to " in BNC.
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| 1 | People within enterprises who are designated to engage in environmental scanning ( and similar ) activities do not of course restrict themselves to that part of the total external information resource that happens to be publicly available at a specific point in time . |
| 2 | H. E. Alexander describes the four basic aspects to this legislation as public disclosure of the monetary influences on elected officers , expenditure limits to meet the problem of rising costs , contribution restrictions to meet the problem of candidates obligating themselves to certain interest groups , and public funding which aimed to provide an alternative source of funding to replace the prohibited and limited contributions under FECA . |
| 3 | It was , however , as we have seen , one of the great issues of the seventeenth century whether the Crown or Parliament was to hold the dominant sway under the English constitution , and it was in this context that Parliaments of England declared themselves to be ‘ sovereign ’ . |
| 4 | It is also questionable whether all types of organisations lend themselves to empowerment . |
| 5 | They are also likely to be the most difficult , independent , bad-tempered , and stubborn ; but if they want to work for you they have the strength of character to extend themselves to their utmost limits , and further than other horses . |
| 6 | Hence the constant , and eventually often vain , calls of the leaders of such new states to surmount ‘ tribalism ’ , ‘ communalism ’ , or whatever forces were made responsible for the failure of the new inhabitants of the Republic of X to feel themselves to be primarily patriotic citizens of X rather than members of some other collectivity . |
| 7 | The defences on the Danube had been neglected , for as long as the frontier lay on the Dniester the inhabitants of Moesia believed themselves to be secure . |
| 8 | In 1912 Eleanor Barton , a spokeswoman for the WCG ( albeit herself middle class ) , voiced the opinion that ‘ women suffer a great deal through their husbands ’ sensuality , and that is more evident amongst working people than other classes , simply because the conditions of life lend themselves to that sort of thing , and they have not been taught the proper uses of their bodies ' . |
| 9 | But , although they defended free trade against Joseph Chamberlain and the Tariff Reformers , most of the leading Liberal politicians and an influential minority of socialists accommodated themselves to the underlying assumptions of the new imperialism . |
| 10 | Public opinion surveys undertaken by the Prime Minister 's Office have , over the past two decades , shown that 80–90 per cent of Japanese consider themselves to be middle class . |
| 11 | Despite this , it is worth noting that in Townsend 's sample 31 per cent of men assigning themselves to the middle class had ‘ manual ’ occupations , and 25 per cent of men assigning themselves to the working class had ‘ non-manual ’ occupations . |
| 12 | Despite this , it is worth noting that in Townsend 's sample 31 per cent of men assigning themselves to the middle class had ‘ manual ’ occupations , and 25 per cent of men assigning themselves to the working class had ‘ non-manual ’ occupations . |
| 13 | These memories which are summoned here in Africa seem to me like tendrils of vines attaching themselves to me . |
| 14 | From mid-September the security situation worsened , with a number of students burning themselves to death in protest . |
| 15 | Ninety-three per cent of women believe themselves to be fairly or very successful at balancing all the roles demanded of them . |
| 16 | The primatial claim was the richest and rarest of the gifts of which the monks of Canterbury believed themselves to be the custodians . |