Example sentences of "themselves [prep] [art] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Cabinet met twice again before dinner time , and on each occasion moved themselves into a harder position . |
| 2 | Students desperate to leave home may find themselves in a worse situation than the one they left . |
| 3 | These results may also be seen as offering some tentative support to the contention that the greater flexibility now permitted in fee setting , coupled with the ability of architects to establish themselves in a wider variety of organisational forms and to advertise more freely , has essentially lubricated the market and led to greater efficiency . |
| 4 | It is perhaps significant that the last strike organized by the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers was in 1923 and nearly bankrupted the Union ; although , having amalgamated with the Transport and General Workers ' Union in 1982 , farm workers may now find themselves in a better bargaining position . |
| 5 | Moreover , the policing of the picket line was organised and controlled by local police officers according to a ‘ hearts and minds ’ philosophy : the Chief Constable of South Yorkshire sensibly recognised that almost every family in Sheffield had connections with the steelworkers and was keen to ensure that the police did not alienate themselves from the wider community . |
| 6 | Gable regards this as an insult to the audience handed out by critics who consider themselves on a higher level . |
| 7 | In another 10 or 12 years , history will show that it is more likely that nation states will look after themselves to a greater extent than hitherto . |
| 8 | It is a method of RE which focuses on pupils ' own capacity to relate to themselves at a deeper level — to their own authentic feelings and insights . |
| 9 | Perhaps the survivors of a stranding are less likely to be stranded themselves at a later date . |
| 10 | The ministers involved recognize that MPs are being well briefed and though they will not necessarily concede directly they encounter a good case , they will usually move the amendment themselves at a later stage . |