Sentence examples for make themselves unavailable from inspiring English sources

(Actors can make themselves unavailable for any reason, including vacation).

He was one of a number of players to make themselves unavailable for the Brave Blossoms' tour: some, like the World Cup captain Michael Leitch, pleaded fatigue after a Super Rugby season with the Sunwolves, but the head coach, Jamie Joseph, who took over from Eddie Jones this year, is having to blood players earlier than he intended.

Employees can also easily make themselves unavailable in the system if they have a conflict.

And in a statement issued last month, the WICB made reference to "players who for reasons other than fitness or personal distress, make themselves unavailable for selection but expect to be selected whenever they deem it necessary to make themselves available".

Some parents feel too hurt by their swimmers, take too personally their daughter's rejections, and choose to make themselves unavailable to avoid going through it again…But being unavailable comes at a cost…Their daughters are left without a wall to swim to and must navigate choppy and sometimes dangerous waters all on their own.

Some people just talk as if things are simple, and that they will definitely help you, but when it comes to the real situation, they are the first ones to run away or make themselves unavailable.

It was only after Dwain Chambers, the world bronze medallist, Darren Campbell, the European champion, and Christian Malcolm, Lewis-Francis's predecessor as world junior champion, all made themselves unavailable that Jones turned reluctantly to the 18-year-old Birchfield sprinter.

Strauss, in an ECB statement, said: "Whilst we understand and respect Eoin's and Alex's decision, we are disappointed they have made themselves unavailable for selection for the Bangladesh tour.

It was like a primary school prize-giving speech from someone who had been drafted in at the last minute after the first 12 choices had made themselves unavailable.

A worrying number of those players have made themselves unavailable, most recently Roy Asotasi, the former Kiwi prop, who will join Warrington next season, and whose late withdrawal left Samoa's Australian coach Matt Parish unimpressed.

They have gone against the assurances presented to them by England's security expert, Reg Dickason, and made themselves unavailable for selection due to a personal preference to not play their cricket within a ring of steel and in a country where, according to government advice, "foreigners, in particular westerners, may be directly targeted" by terrorism.