Example sentences of "[noun prp] be born deaf " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dorothy Stanton Wise was born deaf at Dover where she was educated at home by her mother who had taken her to see the Rev. Thomas Arnold at Northampton for advice . |
| 2 | Sir Arthur Fairbairn was born deaf to Sir Thomas Fairbairn , and was the grandson of Sir William Fairbairn who was a great inventor and builder of bridges and dockyards which earned him a fortune . |
| 3 | William Agnew was born deaf in Glasgow , and at an early age was sent to be educated at the Glasgow Institution for the Deaf and Dumb , where he proved to be a remarkable scholar . |
| 4 | Alexander Ferguson was born deaf in Dundee , and was sent to the Edinburgh Institution for the Deaf and Dumb . |
| 5 | Fred Mitchell was born deaf without speech at Calshot Castle , Hampshire , in 1845 and was educated at the Old Kent Road Institution in London . |