Sentence examples for taking upon themselves from inspiring English sources

Third, they centralized ownership of wildlife in the state, disenfranchising landholders and taking upon themselves the burden of protecting wildlife from people (anti-poaching) and protecting people from wildlife (problem animal control).

The job Tom and Peter took upon themselves was pioneering and visionary.

They have taken upon themselves a task that culturally cannot be worked out.

They take upon themselves and on their children the blame for killing the Son of God.

The biggest incentive for them to take upon themselves the responsibility is just for us to leave.

They would have to take upon themselves the conflicts of interest and the odium that rescuing financial capitalism entailed.

This is an insult to the 13 million Americans who have decided to take upon themselves the task of protecting themselves and their families.

His colleagues tried to console him, and they will doubtless try to shield him from the inevitable loss of face that Asians can take upon themselves.

This was a coup by those who saw an opportunity to oust a weakened president and take upon themselves the role of interim leaders.

"They have taken upon themselves to say, 'We don't like this person, therefore he's a domestic terrorist,' " Mr. Hildes said.

The doctors agree that the need for late abortions is not going to disappear soon and worry what measures women will take upon themselves.