Example sentences of "members [verb] themselves " in BNC.
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| 1 | It recommended , in brief , that council members confine themselves to debating broad issues of social policy , leaving the professionals responsible for the detailed execution ; that there should be fewer committees and a management board of about seven council members supported by a corresponding group of chief officers to make most policy decisions on a corporate basis . |
| 2 | Erm there are days , occasions that could have sparked off major confrontation with the trade unions binding , the members binding themselves together to protect the interests of one of their colleagues . |
| 3 | While the pro-democracy movement which crystallized during street protests in December 1989 and January 1990 [ see pp.37428-29 ] , was expected to press later for more extensive political reforms , its members pronounced themselves " satisfied " with the terms of the agreement . |
| 4 | At Board/WEA level , as neither body wished the impasse with which members found themselves confronted to continue interminably Hickson met Green informally . |
| 5 | For too many of its members consider themselves to be over-mighty . |
| 6 | Its members view themselves as occupants of the moral high ground because they see their cause as legitimate , their crimes political . |
| 7 | Simple random sampling can be achieved even when no frame is available but where the population members present themselves one at a time as potential sample members . |
| 8 | One commented on ‘ Iran 's astonishing gesture in accepting … while all the other OPEC members bound themselves to return to the quotas of 1984 . ’ |
| 9 | In a similar way , although the CIB 's rules of professional conduct have previously required members to keep themselves informed of ‘ new thought and development ’ in building , CPD becomes ‘ obligatory ’ for them this year . |
| 10 | There is some evidence that committee members feel themselves less fettered by party ties in committee than on the floor of the House although there has been a tendency for party loyalty to reassert itself if the report is debated . |
| 11 | Members commit themselves to a weekly meeting and visitations . |
| 12 | The artificial strip has now been laid at Linford Cricket Club 's Broxhead ground and club members profess themselves very pleased with it . |
| 13 | Not only were disquieting statements made about certain rota solicitors but by rota members regarding themselves , which suggested that the present criterion for admission is a failure : |
| 14 | If so , they might persuade the queue members to bind themselves to wait in line , and to punish transgressors . |
| 15 | A COSATU statement also gave full support to the ANC 's May 9 ultimatum , and called on its members to arm themselves and to form self-defence units " in a disciplined and organized way " . |
| 16 | Members pride themselves on a choice of self catering and bed and breakfast accommodation that offers visitors excellent value , first class service and a unique insight into country life . |
| 17 | The refusal of the members to commit themselves in controversial matters certainly made it possible to achieve uniformity , and to make a powerful contribution to the debate on curricular diversity . |
| 18 | Many organisations , College included , realise this and organise induction sessions for their new members to familiarise themselves with the basic characteristics of the organisation . |
| 19 | We may then want to ask whether there might not be something about the cult that reduces the likelihood of its members killing themselves . |
| 20 | The household of William the Conqueror was the nerve-centre from which his military victories were planned , from which his duchy and the kingdom of England were held in subordination ; its lay members held themselves always ready for battle . |
| 21 | If , as Lord Bruce of Donington points out ( letter , April 2 ) , the new Parliament will be presented with a Bill before most members have themselves been able to read the text of the treaty , this is presumably in the hope that they will railroad it through before the British presidency commences in June . |