Sentence examples for proposing himself from inspiring English sources

He was proposing himself as a transformative figure, the man who would spring the lock.

But, without directly proposing himself as the next prime minister, he outlined his belief in "the necessity and urgency of opening a new phase with a new executive".

But, without directly proposing himself as the next premier, he said the eurozone's third-largest economy urgently needed "a new phase" and "radical programme" to push through reforms.

Back in London, Pearson gave extension lectures on German history and folklore, and he participated in the upsurge of interest in socialism, proposing himself to Karl Marx as the English translator of the existing volume of Das Kapital (3 vol.; 1867, 1885, 1894).

"The Fourth Wall" is a cleverly experimental and modestly self-deprecating play; Mr. Gurney is not proposing himself as the antidote to the American theater's shrinking ambition, its lily-livered concession to the primacy of Hollywood or its palliating, finance-driven, television-influenced fare.

Before proposing himself as the ideal person to hold the Presidency, though, Johnson might want to know the answer to his own question: "What is Aleppo?" David Remnick has been editor of The New Yorker since 1998 and a staff writer since 1992.

He accepted, then proposed himself in October.

Mr Moon once proposed himself as supreme chairman of the reunited country, with a central ideology of "Godism .Even among Koreans, though, his name faded.

Rapidly, Allan became notorious for his bitingly quick wit, propensity to utter the outrageous and determination to assemble opposition to any motion he had not proposed himself.

Mr. Stack has proposed himself as a candidate for mayor in a separate election that would be on the same ballot as the recall vote.

Mailer ran for mayor of New York, proposed himself to the Kennedy Administration as a mediator on civil rights, and considered running in the Democratic Presidential primaries against Bill Clinton.