Example sentences of "[noun pl] put themselves " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difference is that the poststructuralists put themselves forth as heterodox prophets and turn out to be priests of convention . |
| 2 | But 30 young drivers put themselves through it to try and win the title best young motorist . |
| 3 | The voting continued throughout Monday night , eight candidates putting themselves forward for the honour . |
| 4 | Various groups put themselves forward as entitled to control or govern either parts or the whole of Somalia . |
| 5 | Once again peacemakers put themselves between Saddam Hussein and the leaders of the alliance ranged against him . |
| 6 | I could n't get rid of my disability , became more staunch in my socialist politics , got rid of my accent and was thankful when my parents put themselves into enormous debt and bought a tip of a house in Croydon . |
| 7 | About two-thirds of all temporary workers put themselves into the seasonal , temporary or casual category , though the proportion was much higher amongst those in lower level occupations and much lower amongst those in more skilled , and particularly in " professional " occupations [ see Table 2.4 ] . |
| 8 | It is no wonder that the profession is held in such low esteem , when accountants put themselves before their clients . |
| 9 | An honest ‘ airing ’ may entail managers putting themselves on the line for criticism as it is clear that the inefficiency of a manager can in itself be a cause for tension in a bureau . |
| 10 | I always ask shareware users to put themselves in the place of the author . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know if a lot of men put themselves up against that . ’ |
| 12 | He saw the state as ; rising from an explicit or implicit contract among men to put themselves under ; single sovereign ( which could be a parliament rather than a king ) which would establish peace among them . |
| 13 | They can also include questions which ask pupils to put themselves in the place of some person in the past . |
| 14 | But how do rational agents put themselves in a position of being able to anticipate changes in the money stock ? |
| 15 | But I think it 's a little bit rich if I may say so Joe to blame the women for this because the parliamentary Labour party did vote for this new rule and the fact that a number of women very able women put themselves forward , I do n't think it 's right to say it is the women 's fault . |
| 16 | We do n't see it as a bad quality in women to put themselves down , we see it as a good one . |
| 17 | The assumption that politics is not a place for women persists and must itself reduce the number of women putting themselves forward . |
| 18 | as if lax regulations are not enough consumers put themselves at risk by careless use of refrigerators and microwaves . |
| 19 | This not only involves a mutual understanding of the common-sense notions in everyday life about what counts as an excuse , it requires that constables put themselves in the position of the offender to test whether they would have done the same . |