Non-Fiction Writing Objectively Speaking

Identify whether the sentences below are written in an objective or subjective voice.

1. MI6 is recruiting teenagers to help it keep ahead in the global technology race.
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2. Almost half of GPs remain opposed to a change in the law on assisted dying, a survey found.
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3. I am sipping vino in a monastery and feeling a bit naughty about it.

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4. Oxfordshire aims to be the first tobacco-free county.

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5. I hated the idea of getting old, and felt stuck and lonely in my marriage.
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6. Well-established shrubs can be difficult to move and I wouldn’t advise it.

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7. Escaping from our dreary winter in Britain, I welcome the hot and humid climate in January.
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8. Sentencing of police attackers branded a disgrace.

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9. Harris, who wore a black suit, spoke quietly as he entered his guilty plea
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10. Some people don’t like it grilled but, objectively speaking, it makes no difference whether you
grill or fry.
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