Example sentences of "[noun pl] give themselves [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many golfers give themselves no chance of playing well because they ruin the swing with a poor takeaway . |
| 2 | Directors gave themselves an average five per cent pay rise in the past year , according to a survey yesterday . |
| 3 | as if to confirm that they had rejected the old emphasis on local political organizations , the new studies gave themselves a new title . |
| 4 | She was a piano teacher ( most piano teachers give themselves the title Madam in South Wales ) , and the food was as tasteless as any I had encountered . |
| 5 | When the result — 373 votes for , 12 against — flashed up on the black and green computer screens at either end of the chamber , the assembled deputies gave themselves a short , self-congratulatory round of applause . |
| 6 | This meant that country could keep on running during the war , and , proving that they could do the same jobs as men , women gave themselves an enormous boost in the push for votes . |
| 7 | Just because our MPs give themselves a three-and-a-half week break does n't mean we can all benefit from copying them . |
| 8 | In the 19th Century the working classes , exasperated by their plight and the lack of initiative of their employers , formed into trades unions to give themselves the corporate strength which individuals lacked . |