Example sentences of "they belong [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They see it as affirmation that they belong to the Irish nation . |
| 2 | Even so , they belong to the new era of Celtic studies which , as we shall soon see , was inaugurated and encouraged by the Romans . |
| 3 | They belong to the British Museum , which bought them in 1816 from Lord Elgin , as every schoolboy knows . |
| 4 | They belong to the huge daisy family ( Compositae ) , and are sometimes still listed under the dreadfully tongue-twisting name of Dimorphotheca . |
| 5 | Despite their astounding obedience at the start of their story , they belong to the old order , and betray its features : deceit , fear , including fear of God , selfishness , thoughtlessness , recklessness , cruelty and shocking disbelief . |
| 6 | Where people have value as group members , our lives are not only our own or our immediate families ' ; in one sense they belong to the whole community , therefore each death is a loss to everyone . |
| 7 | It is , for instance , asking for compensation for the guns confiscated by American troops because they belong to the Panamanian government . |
| 8 | They belong to the primitive Soay breed and are attractive animals ( as sheep go ! ) . |
| 9 | This is like forensic science , where the more ‘ matches ’ one finds between two fingerprints , the greater the certainty that they belong to the same person . |
| 10 | They belong to the Orthodox branch of Christianity ; so do most of their northern neighbours . |
| 11 | Rufus was one of those people who admire their own kind of looks better than any other sort and whose partners are chosen because they belong in the same type as themselves . |