Example sentences of "of themselves [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas , at the beginning of the nineteenth century , Ukrainian subjects of the Habsburg Empire were beginning to think of themselves as a distinct ethnic group , Ukrainian subjects of the tsar appeared not to do so . |
| 2 | With the help of his neighbours and by studying every relevant historical record that he could lay his hands on , Gough was able to trace the personal history of every family in his parish — often through several generations — and to show , incidentally , that intermarriage between the long-established families strengthened the bonds that made people think of themselves as a special community somehow different from all the others . |
| 3 | For the Scots would hardly have accepted the reformers ' belief in God 's especial guidance with such assurance had they not been long accustomed to think of themselves with a high level of worldly confidence . |
| 4 | Through the rigging of the schooner a five of Palernians could be seen , making a nuisance of themselves on a flimsy raft . |
| 5 | The allegedly second class Scots gave an undeniably first rate account of themselves in a first half in which the Germans set the mood for the evening with the quality of their possession play . |