Sentence examples for securing oneself from inspiring English sources

Booking with a nom de plume - or more bluntly booking as "a nobody" -  and securing oneself a prime table sounds as likely, to me, as hearing that the man who picks his nose over the chestnut stall at Marble Arch has won a Michelin Star.

As a teacher in a secure institution one has to separate oneself from what the person did and simply teach the person.

Where does connection come from in a post-secure world where one is loyal to oneself or a project rather than a company, and social bonding extends only as far as contingent "teams"?

The crushing stacks of money can then be used to restore some Sacrified [sic] Privacy equilibrium in the form of bodyguards, impenetrably secure mansions, private jets, plenty of time to oneself in luxurious remote locales, and so on… They're both right.

Trump himself is a raging embodiment of what Rousseau called "amour propre": the desire and need to secure recognition from others, to be esteemed by them as much as by oneself.

It can be characterised by commonly shared norms and values, the development of ethical relations which are not secured by contract or other regulatory forms, or the acknowledgment of risk in allowing oneself to be open to disappointment and regret [ 12, 21].

Spin-off companies can increase employment by creating jobs for academics or young researchers/students. Surprisingly, it was found that securing jobs for young researchers was seen as more important among the respondents than securing a job for oneself when one's academic position is terminated.

"One must show oneself deserving," he said.

Is it possible to smack down oneself?

Kant called "counsels of prudence" those which ask that one act so as to secure one's own happiness and "commands of morality" those which require that one act without any thought of gains for oneself.

Pacing oneself, thus, is virtually impossible.