Example sentences of "the [adj] [am/are] [adj] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unemployment locks the underclass into place in three ways : it is more likely to hit those who are poor ; the poorest are likely to be unemployed longest ; and , in addition , instead of compensating the unemployed , the welfare state penalizes them more than any other group on welfare . |
| 2 | The British are supposed to be a staid , shy , retiring lot — and especially when they 're driving . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The challenges facing nurses in the 1990s are likely to be as great as any the profession has ever faced . |
| 5 | The former are due to be heard together at the beginning of December , a hearing at which the Bar Council will again be represented , and it is clearly too early to predict a result or to consider the implications in detail . |
| 6 | The better-off are likely to be advised to delay serious relationships until they have more life experience . |