Example sentences of "themselves and [pron] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most significant point here is that , whilst being ultimately sharp , quick-witted and astute , there is an alarmingly modest side to them as well ( maybe to be expected seeing as they 've barely put a distance between themselves and their former life in factory jobs and college courses ) . |
| 2 | When our children grow up , we no longer make the decisions for them , but accept the decisions they make for themselves and their own families , and we must do it as constructively and cheerfully as we can . |
| 3 | This creativity is explored here in the sense of poetical creativity : the words of the poem describe themselves and their own genesis . |
| 4 | It is naturally important to them that their children and grandchildren should know what life was like when they were young , and although younger people may not realise it at the time , a knowledge of their own family history and the characters that made it can be valuable to them , too , if they are to understand themselves and their own lives . |
| 5 | Again , in erm , in animal populations what studies of sexual behaviour actually shows is that individuals are not reproducing the species for the benefit of the species , they 're reproducing themselves and their own genes as fast as they possibly can , given whatever other constraints may be operating . |
| 6 | Though the elite may have to use ‘ political formulae ’ ( Mosca 's term ) to preserve popular illusions about their rule , they must nevertheless be clear-sighted and purposeful about themselves and their own capacities and , of course , about their own membership of a group holding power and united in this way . |
| 7 | King of the Slums ' cast of losers , survivors and sharpers turn their disappointment against themselves and their own kind . |
| 8 | Until Palestinians learnt to rely upon themselves and their own productivity , implying a withdrawal of both custom and labour from the Israeli sector , there could be no hope of liberation . |
| 9 | The British are not in any sense unique , though they may be an extreme example , in their preoccupation with themselves and their own ways . |
| 10 | For a while they are ‘ egocentric ’ — so self-centred that they seem to be interested only in themselves and their own point of view . |
| 11 | While these changes do not alone amount to a decisive shift in the social and political culture , they none the less have a crucial role in shaping people 's feelings about themselves and their own worth . |