Sentence examples for exempted himself from inspiring English sources

It was supposed to decide the succession question, but King Abdullah exempted himself, and it has never been activated.

Though he joined the earl of Liverpool's Tory cabinet as master general of the ordnance, he exempted himself from automatically opposing a subsequent Whig government: "a factious opposition," he argued, "is highly injurious to the interests of the country".

As expected, he wandered round adjusting his bandmates' equipment (can he tell how it will sound from in front of the PA? By the end, it was painful); as expected, he exempted himself large sections of songs; as expected, he didn't play any material dating back more than a couple of years.

Fletcher exempted himself from the blanket pardon.

Emanuel said his decision to let McCarthy go was an example of his accountability as mayor, but exempted himself from his own call for "fresh eyes and new leadership".

Mr. Eliasson exempts himself from the cooking.

But neither does he exempt himself from criticism.

But that does not mean that he exempts himself from the historical burdens that are the subject of his film.

Another case of a family-values politician thinking he knows what's good for everybody else but exempting himself.

"We're letting ourselves down and our supporters by the way we batted," said Australia's captain, Michael Clarke, who did not exempt himself from criticism.

To his surprise, according to at least one adviser, Mr. Morsi's decree exempting himself from judicial scrutiny set off a furious reaction.