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The phrase "agencies themselves" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize the agencies as the subject of discussion, often in contrast to others or to highlight their role or actions.
Example: "While many organizations contribute to the project, it is the agencies themselves that will implement the final decisions."
Alternatives: "the agencies in question" or "the agencies involved".
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Yet donor agencies themselves are not conspicuously well-managed organisations.
But the aid agencies themselves are short of supplies.
Immediately after the crisis, the agencies themselves moved to tighten their standards.
The group also calls for greater disclosure by the ratings agencies themselves.
(Even the agencies themselves believe investors should be placing more emphasis on other indicators, such as derivatives prices).
The rankings should be done by an independent commission — not by commercial ventures, universities or government agencies themselves.
Home care agencies themselves determine how much their costs go up each year and bill the state accordingly.
Individual intelligence agents are thus spared from appearing as witnesses; more important, the agencies themselves are let off the hook.
This applies not just to off-the-rails deputies like Sheriff Arpaio, but to the federal enforcement agencies themselves.
The problem, however, does not lie solely with the agencies themselves, but with the way their ratings are used.
The agencies themselves have been widely criticized for overstating the quality of many mortgage securities that ended up losing money once the housing market collapsed.
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