Example sentences of "themselves [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | among anthropologists and among philosophers but I dare say that most readers of this book would like to situate themselves somewhere on the Epicurean side of the fence ; so would I , but the intellectual difficulties which flow from that position are very great . |
| 2 | ‘ Idolo , my hero , I am 'ere ! ’ yelled a busty blonde through cupped hands , earning herself a wave from Juan and dirty looks from both Sharon and Mrs Juan , who had stationed themselves grimly on the halfway line , surrounded by supporters . |
| 3 | There were a great number of these at different points along the Straits , but there were three that found themselves right in the thick of things . |
| 4 | Some needed only to know that we existed — that was enough for them to throw themselves wholeheartedly into the gay life . |
| 5 | They can no longer concern themselves only with the technical aspect of class-room steps and poses . |
| 6 | For the tribal stage , in particular , they base themselves only on the vaguest generalization as gathered probably from philosophical treatises . |
| 7 | And in particular the position of Paisley and the DUP was enhanced by having done enough to prove themselves implacably opposed to appeasement of ‘ rebels ’ while distancing themselves sufficiently from the working-class loyalists to avoid the opprobrium of being closely associated with thugs and gangsters . |
| 8 | She watched as the jagged tears in the sky mended , cobbling themselves together in a uniform grey . |
| 9 | Because of properties that we can think of as their ‘ shape ’ , atoms and small molecules tend naturally to pack themselves together in a fixed and orderly manner . |
| 10 | This ascetic direction of Christianity exalted the celibate , both male and female , who abstained from both sex and reproduction and devoted themselves entirely to the coming new age that will transcend the corruptible world of birth and death . |
| 11 | Sometimes an older child made a deliberate choice to do so , having already got to know them well , but others could find themselves suddenly in a new home with no say at all . |
| 12 | It is , as I noted at the time , a peculiar fact that most laymen who have had responsibility for the health service have interested themselves personally to a preponderant extent in the case of the mentally afflicted , both the mentally ill and the mentally handicapped . |
| 13 | These dilemmas may even present themselves shortly after a long policy discussion when both parties have agreed on the proper procedure . |
| 14 | And , as a bonus , the pubs stay open so revellers can drink themselves merrily into the new year . |
| 15 | We may expect new conventions governing syntactic combinations — in our example the Subject-Object-Verb complex — to establish themselves quickly in the evolving language of any group whose members are bright enough to tumble to the meanings of such innovations . |
| 16 | Entry into the EC challenged parliamentary sovereignty ; the growth of direct action and extra-parliamentary politics in Northern Ireland and on the mainland challenged the rule of law and the stability of the liberal-democratic state ; the ups-and-downs of nationalism in Wales and Scotland challenged the unitary state and threatened the break-up of Britain ; the use of referenda [ popular and direct votes on issues ] revealed the crumbling legitimacy attaching to the indirect democracy of voting for people to parliament ; the conventions underpinning cabinet government were buffeted by a trend to " open government " that weakened collective responsibility and Cabinet solidarity ; and developments within the Labour Party have had constitutional implications at the self-same time as the Liberals and SDP have sought to imprint themselves directly onto the British constitution with proposals for radical constitutional change including proportional representation . |
| 17 | Governors need to inform themselves thoroughly about the current state of the school building before they accept responsibility for it . |
| 18 | The British people have chosen to dispose themselves unevenly across the national space . |
| 19 | First , the synchronized nature of the 1970–1 recession meant that governments found themselves simultaneously at a similar , recessionary phase of the cycle . |
| 20 | It was assumed , incorrectly as we now know , that water undertakers would concern themselves mainly with the technical feasibility of the proposal . |
| 21 | Because they argue and fight amongst themselves even in the thick of battle , Orcs and Goblins are affected by a special Animosity rule . |
| 22 | And here too , are ten Munros , lending themselves admirably to a complete traverse from end to end in one of the finest of all mountain expeditions but one needing the expertise of experience . |
| 23 | British Columbia , who fielded only five of the players that tackled the All Blacks , have acquitted themselves admirably in a four-day period that has seen them take on the might of the two Antipodean giants . |
| 24 | It was the same idea of the Empire as a patrimony , or an estate , the source of a livelihood for the mothercountry , to which Chamberlain had appealed : ‘ I know how our forefathers … bore themselves bravely in the titanic strife with Napoleon and came out victorious . |
| 25 | ‘ Crawford 's Colts ’ acquitted themselves well during the representative season , and Crawford himself took regular five-and six-wicket bags , as well as scoring an unbeaten 178 against Wellington , which critics described as ‘ a brilliant reminder of his play with Australia last season ’ . |
| 26 | And also actually getting them there , themselves there in the first place is very difficult . |
| 27 | The first three chapters of The Form address themselves chiefly to the solitary religious , pointing the contrast between the reality of inward holiness and the outward appearances — " habett of halyness " ( 3.94.39 ) — a term which seems to cover not just the clothing but the outward practices of piety , fasting and abstinence . |
| 28 | Baltic representatives , for instance , associated themselves closely at the 19th Party Conference with the call for ‘ regional khozraschet' or in practice for republican self-sufficiency . |
| 29 | ‘ Boys do n't really discuss sex themselves apart from a few who brag about it all the time . |
| 30 | He and Catherine took their leave and crammed themselves again into the rickety lift . |