Example sentences of "[Wh det] the [adj] [noun pl] [verb] themselves " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it will be an exclusivist world in which the rich countries insulate themselves from the pressure of migration , and the threat of terrorism . |
| 2 | Yet recognition of the difficulties in which the two papers found themselves had the apparent effect of making the Government and the party think more clearly about mass communications . |
| 3 | Warfare was the means by which the upper classes provided themselves with exercise and occupation , and justified their existence . |
| 4 | Mangen and Castel relate an appalling tale of how the circumstances in which the French asylums found themselves in the Second World War prompted experiment with alternatives . |
| 5 | This was achieved by a religious ritual which may have stemmed from one in which the original parricides mutilated themselves ( and especially the organ which was responsible for their incestuous desires ) out of remorse and guilt at what they had done and in mourning for the primal father . |
| 6 | This dialectic concerning the balance of human cognitive powers in theological understanding certainly influenced the way in which the medieval mystics expressed themselves , and it is necessary to be aware of the context of argument within which they wrote . |
| 7 | It specifically made visible the gap in post-elementary provision , one to which the subsequent enquiries addressed themselves . |