Example sentences of "[be] bear [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a very appealing theory but scarcely seems to be borne out by the facts ; after all , we dream about all sorts of things which in no way do we wish to experience in real life . |
| 2 | Klaasen 's contention that ‘ the only integration that has gone on so far has been among the top officials ’ seemed to be borne out by the fact that we had to wait for the penultimate game of the tours to seen the first nonwhite player take the field . |
| 3 | The idea that people enter care ‘ wilfully ’ or ‘ inappropriately ’ enter institutional care does not seem to be borne out by the available data . |
| 4 | Experimenters , who approach an experiment with a belief that their hypothesis will be borne out by the experiment , tend to make mistakes of interpretation that favour their hypothesis and tend to overlook interpretations which are unfavourable to it . |
| 5 | The experience of PAT , which seems to be borne out by the NSPCC , is that , while some authorities provide excellent training , others seem to do virtually nothing . |
| 6 | It was generally agreed that republics were now much more likely than monarchies to use them ; and this belief seems to be borne out by the facts . |
| 7 | That NBT audiences and critics are out of touch would seem to be borne out by the response to NBT 's recent touring hit Romeo & Juliet . |