Example sentences of "but [pron] be [art] [noun] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has n't been much opportunity to do anything new , but there is a painting which will be the final work in the catalogue and which I have yet to complete . |
| 2 | ‘ But there is a by-law which prevents the keeping of asses or swine within the burgh limits of Inverness . ’ |
| 3 | It is popularly assumed that it has medicinal benefits , but there is no evidence whatever to support this , and much evidence to the contrary . |
| 4 | ‘ The government have raised great expectations but there is no sign whatever of their being honoured under the present arrangements . ’ |
| 5 | If they are rich , they can spend more on it , and will ; but there is no calculus which can tell us the optimum amount that we ought to spend on education , any more than on the relief of suffering and the cure of the sick , or on the arts . |
| 6 | The outcome satisfies egos and may prevent trouble , but there is no reason whatsoever why the compromise solution should actually fit the problem . |
| 7 | ‘ But there is no need whatever for this to mean recession , providing business and industry keep a firm control of their costs , including wage costs in particular . |
| 8 | But there is an orchid whose shape and colouring exactly mimics that of his female , flightless partner . |
| 9 | But there 's no doubt what my favourite and proudest , moment of the by-election will always be . |
| 10 | But there 's no knowing what an intending suicide will do . ’ |
| 11 | In transport , then , Margaret Thatcher 's first Government extended privatization far beyond what we had thought possible in Opposition , but there was no doubt what was the jewel in the crown . |
| 12 | But there was no doubt which triumphed . |
| 13 | In the Government 's first review of social security benefits in 1979 , pensions were increased by 19.5 per cent , in line with price rises , but there was no increase whatsoever in child benefit . |
| 14 | There was clear consensus on the need for a change to single-tier authorities , he said , but there was no option which would be applied across Scotland . |
| 15 | He had intended to put in an hour 's fishing but there was an impatience which he could not appease by the sport and so he turned aside into the fields which took him across towards Portinscale . |
| 16 | But they are a reality which Naipaul treats in such a way that they , too , can at times seem phantasmagorical . |
| 17 | But he is the stuff which above all others makes a great people . |
| 18 | My brother-in-law was educated in Paris but he is an idealist whose unorthodox views are not shared by myself or many of our countrymen , cut in Tran Van Hieu hastily . |
| 19 | But it is a part which gives me so much pain that sometimes I ca n't bear it — ca n't bear it at all . ’ |
| 20 | The fourth attribute demanded by George Corner , that of understanding , is possible for the first time in the history of civilization ; but it is a possibility which so far is available to only a small minority of specialists . |
| 21 | Since we wanted to record long , in-depth interviews , this was inevitable , but it is a difficulty which must bring caution . |
| 22 | This is a highly skilled and sensitive business , but it is a capacity which will be in increasing demand from management developers : it involves combining the skills of the counsellor with those of the management consultant . |
| 23 | There is some sense in this comment which may well explain the position of the Situationists at a particular conjunction , but it is a sense which would also explain earlier avant-garde trends in art ( if not cinema ) since , say , Futurism . |
| 24 | But it is a self which readers of the book can only rarely have found it hard to experience . |
| 25 | Within masculine sexuality the most significant other is the male — but it is a significance which presupposes , and is rehearsed in relation to , the female . |
| 26 | We shall see more formally why this is the case when we discuss bonds in Chapter 6 , but it is a relationship which is easy to grasp intuitively if we just consider the position of a holder of existing bills . |
| 27 | In some instances , the long-term benefit to the victim may be worth the short-term price , but it is a question which must be faced . |
| 28 | Indeed , but it is a pretension which effectively connects with the masses . |
| 29 | This gives an important role to word-recognition skills , but it is a role which recent studies are tending to support ( see , for instance , Gough , 1984 ) . |
| 30 | It does n't have to happen but it is a disease which is n't noticed until too late . |