Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] these [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That state schools should teach by the oral method , but that a child found incapable of learning lipreading and speech after being taught these subjects for at least the initial year should , with the consent of the parents , be removed from the oral department of the school and , subject to strict segregation , be taught on the sign and manual system elsewhere . |
| 2 | The Brahman Centre for learning mental skills is in Provence and you 'll be one of a select few at a time to be taught these techniques . |
| 3 | Or do n't girls wait to be asked these days ? ’ |
| 4 | I said of course you were deep in domesticity and waiting for the baby and she said that was what so many good students seemed to be choosing these days … " |
| 5 | People need to be told these things , after all , and without asking , so that a few clear social indicators are a simple necessity in life and not , in themselves , a matter for regret . |
| 6 | ‘ We do n't want to be giving these things away for publicity reasons , ’ a company spokesman told New Scientist last week . |
| 7 | It talks of anecdotal evidence in 1991 that the carrying of knives is on the increase among young people and it quotes Detective Chief Superintendent Roger Stoodley , who works in east London , as saying : ’ I have never known so many people to be carrying these weapons . ’ |
| 8 | It is only right for men to be admitted these days . |
| 9 | But there was worse to come , with Angela Rippon ( the outdoor girl who wishes to be known these days as an incisive reporter ) giving free , uncritical publicity to somebody called Di Francis who has written a book about mysterious , leopard-sized felines roaming Britain . |
| 10 | Though felt rugs are more likely to be traded these days than silk , a number of other commodities are on offer from wicker baskets and wooden cabinets to horses and , in the food line , even doughnuts and bagels . |