Sentence examples for robbing themselves from inspiring English sources

During late spring and early summer they have the potential to put on metres of new growth and many people are tempted to chop it right back, keeping their plant under control, and thus robbing themselves of any scented blooms.

"We need hard-hitting campaigns like this to convince people just how frightening the effects of cannabis can be, and that for those who are vulnerable, taking it may not be just chilling out for an evening but could mean robbing themselves of their chances in life".

While mseymour thought the story about Tesco exploiting the Channel Islands loophole to sell VAT-free CDs and DVDs, was not cut and dry either: "Because we are all inherently greedy and nobody is capable of getting their heads around the notion that they are robbing themselves and their (grand kids all to save a few pence by supporting legal tax dodges like this it's never gonna change.

From those turnovers the Saints weathered the 49ers' storm but in the process they robbed themselves of a chance at creating their own storm.

Without political order, communities rob themselves of the capability to fight and win wars, manage technological change and reconcile inevitable human rivalries and feuds.

Fandom is, of course, wildly irrational, and last week the "Times" declared in a solemn editorial that the Knicks had in fact "robbed themselves" when their players left the bench while a brawl was going on beneath the basket.

"The list of stolen items is truly astonishing and taxpayers will worry that police giving out crime prevention advice can't seem to avoid being robbed themselves," said director Emma Boon.

By doing so, they rob themselves of the dignity that they've so rightly earned.

Who cares if Latinos accidentally vote to rob themselves of crucial government services because the state budget has been savagely cut?

So the banks that robbed themselves, robbed each other, financed what the FBI calls a "mortgage fraud epidemic," while gouging their customers with excess fees, phony charges and inadequate monitoring of fraud in individual accounts, are getting off Scott-free.

Since your husband could take his girlfriend to any number of places, his behavior seems intended to humiliate you, or impress those other codgers at the club who fantasize about robbing the cradle themselves.