Example sentences of "for [noun pl] [verb] themselves " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though it is too early for beginners to concern themselves with the relationship between musical forms and mathematics , the often surprising exactness in the relative proportions of musical sections , and even between movements , may be mentioned here . |
| 2 | The Confederation of British Industry after examining the extra work for employers described themselves as ‘ horrified ’ at the thought of LIT ( Layfield 1976 , App 8:249 ) . |
| 3 | The superimposition of targets and penalties upon the GREA-based block-grant mechanism made the system very complex , whilst the uncertainties engendered by fluctuations in targets , penalties , GREAs and the like inhibited financial planning and encouraged a tendency for authorities to protect themselves by building up reserves ( Audit Commission , 1984b ; Comptroller and Auditor General , 1985 ) . |
| 4 | It is not possible , however , to come to any conclusion about the usefulness of testing and inspection ( outsider evaluations ) without considering what is possible for schools to do themselves ( Becher et al , 1979 , go on to consider the merits of school-based approaches ) . |
| 5 | Despite criticism of these research findings , I remain convinced that they offer a framework for schools to investigate themselves as organisations and for teachers to analyse themselves as individuals when meeting disruptive behaviour . |
| 6 | Under existing company law , accounts are prepared on the assumption that the company is a going concern , but there is no explicit requirement for directors to satisfy themselves that this is a reasonable assumption to make , by , for example , preparing a cash flow forecast . |
| 7 | He lay still for a while , steadying himself , waiting for explanations to arrange themselves in his head . |
| 8 | He sat still for a while , steadying himself , waiting for explanations to arrange themselves in his head . |
| 9 | ‘ On the table for guests to help themselves , so it would n't be possible to make sure that Sir Thomas 's portion was poisoned , would it ? |
| 10 | But it is still important for amateurs to prove themselves before turning pro , claims former Irish Amateur Champion McGinley . |
| 11 | The success rate of lawyers in 1982 was 36.9 per cent whereas that for trades union representatives and for individuals representing themselves was 25.1 per cent . |
| 12 | It is difficult for individuals to identify themselves with the objectives of a large organisation . |
| 13 | Social production also makes it easier for workers to organize themselves against the capitalists . |
| 14 | You see ads for PCs promoting themselves as ‘ network-ready ’ and you wonder just how ready a PC needs to be before it can be used on a LAN . |
| 15 | It is now becoming difficult for consultants to call themselves generalists covering all functions and all industries , and still be credible in today 's highly professional and competent search market . |
| 16 | It is relatively rare for accountants to find themselves in trouble , whether legal or ethical , because work they have done has been misinterpreted or misunderstood . |
| 17 | For Spender , it makes no sense for reformists to restrict themselves to a small set of targets like generic pronouns and man . |
| 18 | waiting for names to speak themselves . |
| 19 | Doctors believe the gun may also reduce health care costs … easy enough for patients to use themselves instead of a visit to the hospital . |
| 20 | As noted in Chapter 3 , there is no inherent power for partners to rid themselves of an unwanted colleague short of seeking a dissolution unless their partnership agreement contains express provision . |
| 21 | Never has it been so important for museums to prove themselves popular . |
| 22 | Despite criticism of these research findings , I remain convinced that they offer a framework for schools to investigate themselves as organisations and for teachers to analyse themselves as individuals when meeting disruptive behaviour . |
| 23 | Runswick claims a modest role in his ‘ Write-Your-Own Opera for children to do themselves ’ , providing the musical frame and a scenario which magics six classes through the ages and to the ends of the earth in search of ingredients for Mr Gandolfi 's birthday cake . |
| 24 | Some schools have attempted to increase playground safety but here again , as in the home , preventing accidents needs to balance the necessity of supervision and restriction in the interests of safety , against the need for children to enjoy themselves and to develop a sense of personal responsibility for their own safety . |
| 25 | They offer very scant opportunity for children to express themselves in creative and cultural activities , while retaining a relatively generous allocation for physical education ( a subject which in all my years as an inspector and teacher trainer I never saw convincingly taught outside college teaching practice ) . |
| 26 | For men to model themselves on Ulysses rather than Hercules . |
| 27 | The recently launched Parents against Tobacco ( PaT ) is a forum for patents to involve themselves in anti-tobacco campaigning on behalf of their children . |
| 28 | Indeed Higgs ( 1993 ) builds a very persuasive case for the need to involve historians in the record creation process from the earliest stage or for historians to involve themselves . |
| 29 | Sure , she does n't scream with anguish and caterwaul and present a screwed-up persona like some ‘ foxcore ’ groups we could name , but she 's quite comfortable being a woman and there should be as many ways for women to express themselves as there are grains of sand on a non-radioactive beach . |
| 30 | But it would be a mistake for women to consider themselves reasonably ‘ safe ’ , because after the menopause a woman loses the protective effect of her hormones and her chances of suffering from heart disease are almost equal to a man 's . |