Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [pron] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weak or not , in her opinion men should be given their rights as the dominant sex . |
| 2 | In the Amazon , the numbers of Indians declined , ceasing to be a threat to western expansion , so that by the second half of the last century , they were becoming more of a curiosity , regarded as anachronistic impediments to progress , which had to be educated on Christian lines on the one hand , the true lords of the territory to be given their freedom on the other . |
| 3 | The commission would be given its objectives by the Government and would be accountable to it . |
| 4 | Using correlation techniques it can then be seen what feature of the sum best predicts response time . |
| 5 | The machines must be told which parts of the drawing represent solid volumes and which do not . |
| 6 | But the distinguishing feature of those films ( even if they can not quite be credited with inventing the conceit ) was what might be called their sense of the inverted anachronism . |
| 7 | To recall Vaitsos ' point , it is not the foreignness of the firm that makes the difference but the foreignness of the product and its technology , what can be called its transnationality within the global capitalist system . |
| 8 | Sri Lankans , who have lost two of their three main political leaders within eight days , will be asked their opinion of the remaining politicians at provincial elections on May 17th . |
| 9 | If I were to be denied my belief in the almost limitless potential of my students , I 'd give up . |