Example sentences of "themselves [adj] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over a million people found themselves dependent on supplementary benefit to eke out an inadequate existence as regards food and drink , with inflation taking its toll of what was provided . |
| 2 | An agreement on a method for choosing between perfectionist principles can not be ruled out on the grounds that the methods of evaluating different ideals are themselves subject to evaluative controversy . |
| 3 | ‘ Put into the language of today , the general principle being there stated is simply that , unless the contrary is expressly enacted or so plainly implied that the courts must give effect to it , United Kingdom legislation is applicable only to British subjects or to foreigners who by coming to the United Kingdom , whether for a short or a long time , have made themselves subject to British jurisdiction . |
| 4 | CIA Marketing Director Bryan Squibb said : ‘ More than half the companies surveyed have left themselves unprotected against bad debt and reported that they were merely making bad debt provisions , taking legal action , vetting customers or using debt collection agencies . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , the proposal — which owes much to the structure of Aegon ( itself the product of a proprietary company , ENNEA , merging with a mutual one , AGO , more than a decade ago ) — is being closely studied by the many other mutual UK life assurers who find themselves short of free capital . |
| 6 | The service was in the afternoon and included presentation of Fenn Bibles to children who had proved themselves well-versed in Biblical knowledge . |
| 7 | Cherishing the dream of returning to their homelands , the first generation of Muslims held themselves aloof from British politics . |
| 8 | A CONTROVERSIAL proposal that unemployed young people between 16 and 21 should make themselves available for full-time community service is to be discussed by the Labour Party . |
| 9 | Most organisations involved in functional catering establish and maintain lists of people whom they have screened for their suitability and who have declared themselves available for casual work . |
| 10 | The implications are depressingly apparent in a study by Roberta Steinbacher and Helen B. Holmes which shows that young North American men and women who consider themselves sensitive to female inequality , would still choose to have male babies , at least as a first choice if sex-predetermination or sex determination with IVF would allow prospective parents in Western countries the opportunity to choose a preferred sex without the stigma that would be attached to using selective abortion . |