Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [adj] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Cornish are fortunate to be able to paint their regional discontents in the attractive colours of Celtic tradition , which makes them so much more visible , even though it leads some of them to reinvent a language not spoken for 200 years , and even though the only popular public tradition with genuine roots in the country is Wesleyan Methodism . |
| 2 | Most of the registered unemployed are unlikely to be interested in temporary jobs lasting only a few days . |
| 3 | The individual who 's gon na be assertive is likely to be open and honest or likely to admit things that are not so good at honest those , but they 're not gon na necessarily apologise for those , they 're gon na treat those as statements of fact and they 're certainly gon na try and involve other people and actually say what do you think this , what are some ways forward er but it does n't mean that they 're gon na be walked all over and they still stand up for the things that they firmly believe in . |
| 4 | A horse that is underfed is likely to be dull and lethargic ; whereas an overfed horse which has too little exercise , especially if it is fed grain , is likely to be over-excited and silly . |
| 5 | For the Roman catholic social teaching of the day laid down certain things as of natural law which anyone who was reasonable and honest was supposed to be able to recognize . |
| 6 | But this alone is unlikely to be effective in many cases where underlying psychogenic factors are the root cause of the problem . |
| 7 | Furthermore , even if it were possible to make the necessary calculations , the finance available is unlikely to be equivalent to these costs . |