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Example sentences of "[be] [adj -er] but " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ Looking back on it the plan could n't have been simpler but we must have rehearsed it forty times .
2	now if I was to go there and back that 's eighty pence , I mean I could get , for , for that e extra eighty pence I could get a few things in there that are dearer but I mean I like going down the town anyway and just wander and go back but I do get a few more bits in there now than I did .
3	The examples at Kaupanger ( Sognfjord ) , built c. 1200 but rebuilt in 1862 , and at Fantoft , near Bergen are simpler but also of considerable interest .
4	Well it would have been easier but I would have , I would n't find
5	‘ Today 's fatigues are lighter but warmer , showerproof and give a limited protection against flames also .
6	The fare increases would have been bigger but for the governments last minute intervention .
7	Bentley customers are younger but no less affluent than typical Rolls-Royce buyers ; they must presumably be looked upon as good investments because they are more likely to make a repeat purchase than their Rolls-Royce counterparts .
8	The Honeymoon are better but their ‘ How Much More Do You Want ’ does sound like The Wedding Present .
9	The Honeymoon are better but their ‘ How Much More Do You Want ’ does sound like The Wedding Present .
10	The difference might have been closer but transfers of otherwise non-transferable votes would have had to have been massive in favour of Donnelly in order to ensure his election .
11	Rhesus are cheaper but they 're bitches to handle . ’
12	It would 've been better but erm I think that these terms have now become so widely known there 's , there 's no way of changing it back .
13	Strata are weaker but important lines of division , based on more temporary conflicts of economic interests which do not produce separate political organization .
14	C chrysanthus varieties are smaller but flower earlier and naturalise well in the rock garden or grass
15	I should probably update one of these days because I know there are all kinds of new things that have come out — especially things that are smaller but which sound really good .
16	I think the price this time might be lower but competition between rival bidders might mean that Stakis can get a sum close to £9m .
17	If you knew your twelve times or your two times up to twelve that would be quicker but if you do n't
18	For those who have read the book the game will be easier but it is not a necessity .
19	‘ Ana will be easier but with Mitch arriving every other weekend you may have to lay down the law a little . ’
20	It is generally held that it should be larger but no agreement on enlarging it seems attainable .
21	At L'Assiette Champenoise the wines may be younger but are still exciting .
22	you might not be better but you 're natural .
23	A games console may be cheaper but you ca n't type a letter on it , and while the children are playing games they 'll be monopolising the television screen .
24	Credit unions , which would be cheaper but still allow weekly payments , are ruled out for the great majority — simply because there is n't yet one they could join .
25	Oh it would be cheaper but I 'm not sure whether it would be
26	This may be faster but it leads to a kicking action that tends to collide with the opponent 's leading knee rather than pass over it .
27	NATO military forces would be smaller but more mobile and flexible , and with the capability to be built up when necessary .
28	‘ I think the fines should be higher but I ca n't change the magistrates ' rulings , ’ he adds .
29	So in small Japanese firms average tenure may be higher but only one in six men have the 20 years or more of tenure that would place them on the higher parts of their wage profile .
30	Without the recession it would be higher but we must be thankful for what we can get in these times when other railways are reporting reductions of up to 20 percent .