Sentence examples for laying themselves from inspiring English sources

Since Mr Berlusconi undertook to back the executive in a private venture, both men were laying themselves open to accusations of corruption.

Operatic characters have a way of laying themselves bare, and they are never more uninhibited than at the climax of a Verdi tragedy.

But demanding that women bear the brunt of subverting beauty standards by laying themselves bare is a cruel - and maybe even anti-feminist - way of addressing the issue.

The idea has been strongly resisted by the US and other rich countries, which fear they are laying themselves open to unlimited compensation claims.

"What people are doing more than in the past is laying themselves off if they get what amounts to a big enough package," said Deborah Hart, a principal at Towers Perrin, a consulting firm that designs exit packages for corporate clients.

(So perhaps Mulhall's point that human beings are distinctive in that they lead their lives would be better expressed as the observation that human beings are the nuclei of lives laying themselves out).

One by one, as Sam Cooke sang, the dancers entered and laid themselves down in the handcuffed position, or lay on others.

pepp believes that Australian writers have "laid themselves out in the land around them.

By paying one for rating the CDOs, some may have laid themselves open to a conflict of interest.

"Something must have gone desperately wrong with the technical aspect for them to have laid themselves open to such a disaster.

Once again, gullible Japanese investors laid themselves open to the predations of their stockbrokers.Exchangeable bonds are designed to appeal to savers who face paltry interest rates on bank deposits and government bonds.