Example sentences of "impression be give [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important to begin with this sense of perspective , lest the impression be given that politics exists only for the benefit of those who practise it — a kind of hobby ( or , better still , paid profession ) for an educated élite who compete among themselves for the ‘ prize ’ of being on the winning side that forms the next government . |
| 2 | In much existentialist writing the impression is given that , in order to test the believer and evoke real trust , God makes a world in which all the evidence points against Him . |
| 3 | The impression is given that , rather than being positively valued for its autonomy , housework is negatively valued as a retreat from a disliked alternative — employment work . |
| 4 | In such a case the impression is given that Jesus is , as it were on his own , and with no reference needing to be made to the other persons of the trinity , God . |
| 5 | I had , in fact , noticed this and had reported it , asking that the board should be moved at once in case the impression was given that the house was about to be demolished . |
| 6 | Because the novel is written mainly in dialogue , a spurious impression was given that it would be easy to adapt . |