Example sentences of "[vb base] themselves [prep] [art] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pupils seat themselves in a square representing the doctor 's office . |
| 2 | While Gould 's first impressions were not favourable , he was determined , as he wrote to Sir John Franklin , to keep an open mind : ‘ The heat and dust of Sydney is extremable neither does the presence of Drunkards which constantly present themselves in the streets add to the interest of this place , time and better acquaintance with the country will however perhaps enable me to speak better of it . ’ |
| 3 | Is that not one of the distinguishing characteristics of an institution of higher education , that its staff do , by and large , conduct research and feel themselves under an obligation to do so ? |
| 4 | Characteristics of groups , like the characteristics of species , are thus considered by most theorists today to be the result of the selection of genes as they manifest themselves in the individuals comprising populations ( G. C. Williams 1966 ; Lewontin 1970 ; E. O. Wilson 1975 ) . |
| 5 | The many continents of the planet Marinus are the settings for this six part adventure as the Doctor 's party find themselves on a quest to locate the missing keys to the Conscience of Marinus . |
| 6 | According to David Hume , Locke was not alone in thinking that visual perception involves something two-dimensional : ‘ It is commonly allowed by philosophers that all bodies which discover themselves to the eye appear as if painted on a plain surface . ’ |