Example sentences of "[adj] [am/are] [adj] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those few yards from side to centre stage are strewn with obstacles and few are able to complete the journey unscathed . |
| 2 | Flogging was reintroduced in India at this time by the Whipping Act of 1864 , and even the bare statistical details of the numbers of floggings carried out by the British are enough to make the blood run cold . |
| 3 | Like chameleons , some are able to vary the colour of their sensitive skins , to remain camouflaged . |
| 4 | Among the poor , 0.391 of the young and 0.172 of the old are prepared to break the law — a difference of +0.219 . |
| 5 | North-easterly winds of about Force 5 will reduce predicted levels by about minus 0.2m , but stronger winds of Force 8 to 10 are likely to double the effect and reduce tide levels by a maximum of minus 0.5m |
| 6 | These are unlikely to assist the seller in the event of fraud whatever is said . |
| 7 | It may be that with adequate supervision and a period of reorientation it will not take very long to prepare yourself for a new role , but do take care to acknowledge your limitations , and to make known to your manager how these are likely to affect the care you give . |
| 8 | These are likely to include the department managers and possibly people who will use the system when it is implemented . |
| 9 | You should avoid long runs , however , because these are likely to aggravate the condition . |
| 10 | The House and the public at large are entitled to study the performance , or lack of it , of the county council in that respect after 50 years . |
| 11 | But not all are sorry to see the squadron go . |
| 12 | Feedback has shown that a lot was learnt and all are keen to see the programme continue — possibly in a slightly modified format . |
| 13 | The elderly are terrified to cross the road in what is the main shopping centre . |
| 14 | A new and controversial question will find out how many couples of the same sex are partners ( or , more accurately , how many are prepared to report the fact ) . |
| 15 | Only women in class II and ( especially ) class I are likely to have the accommodation , income , and confidence to employ any kind of residential domestic service : au pairs , housekeepers , or nannies . |
| 16 | FMS and IRF-1 are separated by an estimated 5–12 megabases and microdeletions that include one are unlikely to include the other . |
| 17 | Some have called for a boycott of the elections , but most are likely to back the faction of the Akali Dal , the Sikh political party , led by a former police officer , Simranjit Singh Mann . |
| 18 | IBM Corp , Digital Equipment Corp , NCR Corp , Unisys Corp , Fujitsu Ltd , Hewlett-Packard Co , ICL Plc and Sun Microsystems Inc are all using the product already in their Unix systems , and also under MS-DOS . |