Example sentences of "[prep] us [be] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Few of us are blessed with ideal situations , often having to endure steep slopes , narrow alley-ways or deep shade .
2 If correct , it might imply that in a capitalist society our ordinary thoughts are part of a ‘ capitalist ideology ’ , which ensures that capitalists reap their profits whilst the rest of us are kept in obedient subordination .
3 After all most of us are accustomed with commercial television to having our viewing interrupted for advertisement breaks .
4 At sometime in our lives , 4 out of 5 of us are afflicted with back pain .
5 Although the most recent data available to us were collected in early 1978 , just before the survey members reached the age of 32 in March 1978 , their analysis should remain relevant in the 1980s in the light of the stagnation in the relative pay of men and women since then .
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