Example sentences of "themselves [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , Sharpness Docks themselves became an annual security zone after the dockside cranes had been occupied by opponents of the dumping . |
| 2 | At the other extreme , the numbers of bands observed may be used to deduce the symmetry of the molecule responsible for the spectrum , and the force constants corresponding to all the internal vibrations can be deduced from the frequencies themselves using a normal co-ordinate analysis . |
| 3 | ( They disport themselves to accommodate the next piece of mime , which consists of the PLAYER himself exhibiting an excitable anguish ( choreographed , stylized ) leading to an impassioned scene with the QUEEN ( cf. " The Closet Scene " , Shakespeare Act III , scene iv ) and a very stylized reconstruction of a POLONIUS figure being stabbed behind the arras ( the murdered KING to stand in for POLONIUS ) while the PLAYER himself continues his breathless commentary for the benefit of ROS and GUIL . ) |
| 4 | In Hertfordshire , Wiltshire and Norfolk , for example , a young staff found themselves given a free hand to alter the educational system . |
| 5 | IT 'S FUNNY how Hawkwind 's ultra-happy laser shows have gotten really hip again while the Hawks themselves remain a laughing stock to most people . |
| 6 | IT 'S FUNNY how Hawkwind 's ultra-happy laser shows have gotten really hip again while the Hawks themselves remain a laughing stock to most people . |
| 7 | The shoguns themselves lacked the personal charisma of their early predecessors and divisions within the Bakufu hierarchy and Tokugawa followers increased . |
| 8 | By reporting only two columns of figures ( budget and actual ) , not only is the ultimate purpose of budgetary accounting not achieved but much time can be wasted in answering specific users ' questions about variances which could have been avoided by the accounts themselves producing the relevant analysis . |
| 9 | On a wider note , authors need to organise themselves to redress the current imbalance of power . |
| 10 | It was not until the 1890s that the railway companies themselves entered the promotional market . |
| 11 | As Morris explains , not only will the transactions themselves provide a remarkable resource , but how they took place ( i.e. their context ) will have historical significance ( 1993 : 307–308 ) . |
| 12 | Representative government , parties and elections are now seen increasingly as providing an essential framework but as inadequate by themselves to establish a democratic society in the more radical sense of government by the people . |
| 13 | Making its debut and dominating the stand was the brand new First 53f5 , born of a collaboration between naval architect Bruce Farr , and stylist Pininfarina , with Bénéteau themselves contributing a considerable amount of production engineering technology . |
| 14 | Not only were women to a large extent excluded , but the very concepts and models themselves embodied a masculine view of the world . |
| 15 | They themselves invited a little girl to share my bedroom for a while . |
| 16 | But neither the new green and democratic agendas nor the ditching of outmoded socialist dogmas are sufficient in themselves to create a modern vision for the left . |
| 17 | It is clear that although the long-term factors which favoured the professionalisation of British management and the acceptance of using outside consultants helped to prepare the ground for the spread of headhunting , the leading executive search firms themselves played a vital part in creating this new business out of nowhere . |
| 18 | Mary Marshall explores the ways in which the attitudes of professional workers and even older people themselves reveal a poor image of old age . |
| 19 | The significance of this lies not only in the fact that these are all writers who themselves adopted the ancient conception of the rule of law . |
| 20 | When appropriate , it is gently suggested to the organisers that they should themselves donate an agreed percentage of their takings to my chosen charity for the year . |
| 21 | After all , joint committees themselves enjoy a good railway pedigree . |
| 22 | Abrams ( Bulmer , 1986 ) drew attention to the complexity of the concept ; many who are perceived as altruistic will themselves acknowledge the profound satisfaction which they derive from their supposedly selfless activities but find it difficult to put this into words . |
| 23 | This tendency is said to be exacerbated by the growth of institutional holdings , the institutions themselves exhibiting a short-termist attitude , conspicuous in the fund managers engaged by them . |
| 24 | Accommodationist Arab states — termed ‘ moderate ’ in the West — have found themselves occupying a difficult position in relation to the rest of the Arab world and to the superpowers outside . |
| 25 | This year those brief moments of feeling , of affection while sharing the task of putting up the decorations , of humility while listening to carol-singers , of joy when waking on Christmas morning , this year these brief moments will spread and grow and shape themselves to fit the whole year , the whole of our life . |
| 26 | THE oft fickle world of fashion has a lot to answer for with its shapes and sizes demanding that women change themselves to fit the latest trend or quirk . |
| 27 | The same answer I have got from several distinguished persons who had themselves had a particular pleasure in planting trees and plants with their own hands . |
| 28 | Perhaps sometimes they deliberately make themselves look a terrible fright to scare him away . ) |
| 29 | This is not so much because John Hart , the Malvern College schoolmaster , and his nine colleagues would have otherwise found themselves paying a hefty tax bill on the concessionary school places given to their sons eight years ago ; nor is it so much because of the thousands of other employees who would also have faced tax bills for other concessionary benefits . |
| 30 | Many observers supposed that the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 would force the Junkers to embark on a programme of liberalisation and reform lest they should find themselves facing a similar threat . |