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1. An enfeebled parliament is browbeaten by a ruthless use of patronage, the timetabling of all–important bills and a culture of compliance.
2. When they’re not backed against a wall and browbeaten into lip synching politically correct statements, even celebrities make surprisingly good reads.
3. He added: "We will go where we please, we will discuss what we like, and we will never be browbeaten by bullies.
4. Venezuela‘s opposition parties and media had been browbeaten into impotent subservience, reported Alma Guillermoprieto, a regional expert writing in the New York Review.
5. And some female councillors, emboldened by western–funded training programmes, vow they will not be browbeaten by the men this time around.