Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are parted from their parents on hatching and raised without an anemone . |
| 2 | AT THE end of Mass , when the children had been dismissed to their schooling with Brother Paul , and only the choir monks were left as awed witnesses , Abbot Radulfus offered a brief and practical prayer for divine guidance , and approached Saint Winifred 's altar . |
| 3 | The ruling collegium of the Defence Ministry , comprising deputy defence ministers and commanders of forces , had replaced over half its membership after the coup , as reported on Sept. 16 ; Marshal Dmitri Yazov and Gen. Valentin Varennikov , former Defence Minister and Deputy Interior Minister , had both been dismissed following their arrests in August [ see p. 38371 ] . |
| 4 | Some 90,000 have been dismissed from their jobs for political reasons and thousands have been imprisoned for long sentences . |
| 5 | Cosmetic companies are building on their foundations for black skin this spring : |
| 6 | Curiosity may have been aroused by their performances but , according to Watman , ‘ they enjoyed incredible popularity at the time and there was never any suggestion of race as a factor ’ ( personal communication , 1981 ) . |
| 7 | Thus , on Jan. 30 parliament co-opted 120 new members to replace CPCz members who had resigned or who had been recalled by their constituencies . |
| 8 | There were 180,000 guestworkers in East Germany including 40,000 Vietnamese as well as Mozambicans and Cubans ; 40,000 North Koreans had been recalled by their government when demonstrations threatened the old regime . |
| 9 | 1 on the ground , having been flown from their barracks in Omagh some twenty miles away . |
| 10 | Proletarianisation has occurred in Latin America because the peasantry have been dispossessed of their land or because their land has become insufficient to support a family . |
| 11 | In the western United States travellers encountered the native Americans , the Indians who had so often been dispossessed of their lands and livelihoods by the railway companies . |
| 12 | Among Sikhs , for example , many of the first male immigrants arrived in the 1950s , by the 60s they had been joined by their wives and children and by the 70s many of them had brought their elderly parents . |
| 13 | It is , of course , true that such officers in many cases have powers which enable them to do lawfully what a private person might not do , but the question whether their acts are justified by their powers must be decided in proceedings before the ordinary courts . |
| 14 | Those who are called according to its rules are justified by their reward . |
| 15 | All agree that some of our beliefs are justified by their relation to other beliefs . |
| 16 | Clinicians , most notably , have been guarded in their enthusiasm about becoming embroiled in management . |
| 17 | Another group went to talk to the ‘ Educated Youth ’ ( i.e. young people who after leaving school in the city go to work in the commune and learn from the peasants ) — after 2 or more years in the country , a few of them may get the chance for further training or education before they are assigned to their jobs ( there is no such thing as applying for a job here ) . |
| 18 | IN A thoughtful leader , The Feudal Times and Reactionary Herald deals with the issues of the forthcoming General Election : ‘ A considerable number of our readers , we need hardly point out , are debarred by their rank ( and a few for other reasons ) from casting votes for the membership of the new House of Commons . |
| 19 | Recorded last year in Nancy , France and London , England , its nine tracks are invigorated by their environment — especially such worn-in faves as the fierce , questioning ‘ London City ’ and the commandingly swirly ‘ You 're The Judge ’ — but the crowd noises are infuriatingly badly mixed in , making for an imperfect peep into BTTP 's spiritual home . |
| 20 | The girls are placed to their mother 's left against the background of the enclosed garden , the boys to their father 's right . |
| 21 | Casks are placed on their ends in the cellar and a long tube known as an extractor is inserted through the tap hole . |
| 22 | They will retain this tonic immobility even if they are placed on their backs , giving certain human tricksters the chance to claim that they are capable of ‘ hypnotising frogs ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ As lifeboats become faster yet more demands are placed on their crews . |
| 24 | Also from Chicago is promised High Renaissance Art in St Peter 's and the Vatican : an interpretive guide by George Hersey in which the papal commissions from such artists as Michelangelo , Raphael and Bramante are placed in their historical context ( £45.50 , $57 ) . |
| 25 | The positions of the main parasites ( including bacteria and viruses ) responsible for the diseases are placed in their zoological context with the aid of a series of tables which also indicate , in relevant cases , the prevalence of major parasites . |
| 26 | The positions of the main parasites ( including bacteria and viruses ) responsible for the disease , are placed in their zoological context with the aid of a series of tables which also indicate , in relevant cases , the prevalence of major parasites . |
| 27 | The inhabitants are hidden behind their city walls , cowering in fear , if Rahab is to be believed . |
| 28 | Many women from immigrant communities are hidden by their men , who may be entrepreneurs , and they fear offending both their men and the community by complaints about their work . |
| 29 | THE parents of murdered British safari girl Julie Ward , left , have been honoured for their campaign to bring her killers to justice . |
| 30 | A NUMBER of North West names have been honoured for their services to the community or their profession . |