Sentence examples for exempted himself from from inspiring English sources

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".

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.

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

"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.

Then things got complicated: Treasury lawyers told O'Neill that he could exempt himself from decisions that might affect Alcoa's stock and keep his Alcoa stock options.

Swann did not exempt himself from blame, admitting he called time on his career before the end of the series because he was no longer contributing.

This gentle and heavily built man, who never exempts himself from the discipline of fairness, drives witness after witness backward, step by step, till on the edge of some moral abyss they admit the truth.