Example sentences of "been brought [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oswald had been brought up as a Christian prince in Celtic lands from the age of 12 , so it was perhaps natural for him to look to an Irish religious foundation for ecclesiastical and spiritual direction , and it may be that these overtures to Iona also reflect a dependence on Dalriadic military support at the time of his accession . |
| 2 | Tamar had been brought up on a tenanted farm and was sensitive to the diffidence felt when an approach to the landowner was necessary . |
| 3 | He 'd been brought up on a steady diet of blood , sweat and tears and Douglas Bader . |
| 4 | Without Anna for her mother she would have been brought up like an Italian girl of the time , like her aunts . |
| 5 | In her reactionary way — for Lili had been brought up by an independent , feminist mother — she thought it all right for men to carry suitcases but not bags of washing . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I 've been brought up in a good school these last few years , do n't you think ? |
| 7 | The company of women was by no means disagreeable — he had , after all , been brought up in a similar household — and the Mirrlees family provided him with the kind of comfort and security which his life otherwise lacked . |
| 8 | Success in education has come largely through a process of social indoctrination ; if the young person has been brought up in a supportive home which was valued education and encouraged the youngster to stick at the work in order to pass through the hoops which lead to higher education and the professional occupations , the young person has very often done well at school . |
| 9 | In March 1939 the CRREC claimed that ‘ Not only are Jewish children with no particular religious affiliation being placed in non Jewish homes and schools , utterly abandoned as far as their religious education is concerned , but even children who have been brought up in a religious atmosphere … are being callously placed in non Jewish schools and homes , where they suffer mental torture which , in at least one case , has brought the child to the verge of a nervous breakdown . ’ |
| 10 | In both cases , the girls would have been brought up in a genteel atmosphere , although they might originally have come from very poor families . |
| 11 | Younger people have been brought up in a different way from the way our parents and grandparents were . |
| 12 | She 's just a chit , and a knowin' one at that , who 's been brought up in a different atmosphere . |
| 13 | He has sympathy for the small scale dealers : ‘ They 've been brought up in an entrepreneurial country under Thatcher where they 've been taught to make money . |
| 14 | Savognia had been brought up in an anglicised fashion . |
| 15 | Peter Tomlinson , inexperienced in television terms , had been brought in for a key " anchor " role and I could appreciate the excessive pressure on him . |
| 16 | It is the first time troops have been brought in during an industrial dispute since 1978 . |
| 17 | Today will be the first time troops have been brought in during an industrial dispute since 1978 . |
| 18 | It is the first time that troops have been brought in during an industrial dispute since the firemen 's strike in 1978 . |
| 19 | Thus there was a confusing number of elements on earth , above it and below it which contributed to the afterlife , representing ideas which had been brought together over a long period of time . |
| 20 | Several placements have broken down , including that for one person in this study ( WG ) , who was returned to hospital at the last datapoint ( this person has since been brought back to a staffed house in her home district ) . |