Example sentences of "themselves [to-vb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 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 . ) |
| 2 | On a wider note , authors need to organise themselves to redress the current imbalance of power . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Until that time , membership will still be open to people who have shown themselves to possess a broad level of experience in indirect taxation matters . |
| 8 | Perhaps it was a show of support for his disciplining of Gilchrist ; perhaps there was the feeling that Worrell had drifted away from the hub of West Indies cricket ; or perhaps once again the selectors simply could not bring themselves to appoint a black man . |
| 9 | And they chose themselves to have the ruling family to be the Al Sabar family . |
| 10 | They all have interest in the scheme so that we would believe the thing to do would be to have at least an equal number of employer appointed trustees and employee appointed trustees and the employee in this , I 'm using it globally , so it does cover all three groups and we also believe it would be advisable because er inevitably the e er members er probably would n't know a lot about pensions themselves to have an independent trustee from an independent company who specialises in pensions and pensions laws and could a advise them on exactly what the law says and what they they 're legal duties etcetera are . |
| 11 | This information could be used as the basis of a ‘ good school ’ or ‘ good house job ’ guide , allowing students themselves to influence the educational experience by voting with their feet against poor courses . |
| 12 | She expressed her condolences briefly and tactfully , in marked contrast to some of those present , who could n't quite bring themselves to approach the grieving widow but were quite prepared to quiz me at length about the details of Dennis 's last hours . |
| 13 | Companies must position themselves to exploit the technological convergence between communications and computing . |
| 14 | In a curious way , and despite its commitment to vigorous prosecution of the war , Common Wealth provided a refuge for pacifist-minded individuals who could not bring themselves to oppose the anti-fascist war . |
| 15 | At this time of year , when everyone is pledging themselves to improve the sorry lot we call our lives , I have decided to give up lying . |
| 16 | What they needed , they decided , was to set up a nursery themselves to gain a corporate reputation . |
| 17 | Perhaps , the main conclusion to be made from the response these Reports evoked is that in today 's world and its existing political structure , the LDCs must rely on themselves to achieve a higher level of economic welfare . |