Example sentences of "of themselves [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The 460,000 Antwerpers think of themselves as the liveliest and most sociable of Belgians .
2 Innocent was the first pope to proclaim publicly that he was the vicar of Christ — a title that had been used previously of themselves by the Byzantine emperors and by the Emperor Henry III ( d. 1056 ) .
3 Furthermore , we should recall that in modern individuals ( and almost certainly also in the past ) internalized verbal commands and prohibitions are of the first significance in the acquisition of the superego and manifest this aspect of themselves in the auditory hallucinations of accusing and scorning voices so often found in paranoia .
4 However , it was not all one-sided and Hammer gave a good account of themselves in the first half , restricting Haslemere to one goal and going close themselves with long-range shots .
5 Filaments linked living beings with the seeds of themselves in the deep-down ooze .
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