Example sentences of "[art] people [vb mod] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the military could provide them with bread and circuses , then the people would be content . |
| 2 | Its eradication would inevitably be painful and the miseries of the people would be intense ; but they would even so be light compared with the miseries of eternal enslavement at the wheel of poverty and relief works . |
| 3 | And that is how it would remain , until such time as the people would be free to worship in their religion and be proud of their centuries-old heritage . |
| 4 | Er and I say I want to come on the on the phone and I want to talk to James , I want to put him straight , I tell him that we 're not doing this and I want to tell him that we actually erm know that er the people will be concerned about us giving ourselves a huge pay rise . |
| 5 | Do you believe the people should be faithful for their wives etc. , |
| 6 | Quite , my goodness me , we er , surely the people must be sick and tired of this lot . |
| 7 | It would be good for the Hong Kong citizens , and it would be inconsistent for Thatcher not to do this , since she has said , for the Falklands , that a people should be able to choose their own government , and we should n't give in to dictatorships . |