Example sentences of "[Wh det] be [pron] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The public have been provided with more choices , and have shown that they want a pension which is theirs by right . |
| 2 | inform about society , thus continuing the induction of pupils which they are already experiencing into the tradition which is theirs by virtue either of birth or of taking up residence in a country . |
| 3 | Remember which is which by bearing in mind that aka , like red , has three letters while shiro , like white , has five . |
| 4 | The election won , Baldwin prepared to move , both into 11 Downing Street , which was his by right , and into Chequers , which Bonar Law did not want . |
| 5 | Keswick ; ore which was his by ancient right . |
| 6 | I had regarded the English language almost as my own private possession , something which was mine by right , and now it seemed that I was going to have to fight to hang on to it , as I was having to fight for everything else . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's as may be , but I should n't have to pay for what 's mine by right . ’ |
| 8 | I spend the days working to support you ; I do not grudge that , but now — now you deny me what is mine by right . |
| 9 | Well , they 'd called it embezzlement but it was only taking what was his by right . |