Example sentences of "themselves [conj] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the copying methods used , there seemed to us no more likelihood of this happening within the bureaux themselves than in the recording procedures originally used in the law courts . |
| 2 | The algae photosynthesise food for themselves and in the process absorb carbon dioxide from the water . |
| 3 | The virtues the knights seek to develop , both in themselves and in the world , are always under assault . |
| 4 | Evidence of an increasing interest in science policy is also being shown in a growing concern with research evaluation in the Research Councils themselves and in the founding of a Policy Studies Unit within the Royal Society . |
| 5 | It did improve the image and it it improved people 's confidence I think in themselves and in the area . |
| 6 | A statement may be made in writing , orally or even by contract , for example , by making the goods tell a lie about themselves as in the case where the seller patched up a crack in the barrel of a cannon so as to make it appear unfractured , Horsfall v. Thomas ( 1862 ) . |
| 7 | Sometimes women turn their anger against themselves as in the pain of bereavement : take overdoses of sleeping pills , cut their hair short , rake their skin with their finger nails , feeling that physical pain is more tolerable than emotional pain . |
| 8 | I realized , in a way in which it had never struck me before , what a need there was for Black people ( naturally ) to see themselves as in the image of their God , and their God as in their image . |
| 9 | It many cases , especially those which were related to long-standing feuds , both sides no doubt viewed themselves as in the right . |