Example sentences of "but [subord] it be [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drills which elicit repetition , substitution , and so on , but where it is possible to form sentences without understanding them . |
| 2 | But although it is easy to write fine-sounding words about the vision which should inspire community care services , it is much more difficult to put them into practice . |
| 3 | When investing offspring , when investing offspring results in increased males stay together , but if it is possible to reach by deserting a partner , then the individual is likely to be erm you ca n't decide on based on potential opportunities made parental investment . |
| 4 | But if it is desirable to assign a property to an entity , then that will far more frequently , although not invariably , be needed precisely when the property is not an inherent quality of the entity in question ; further , this will especially be so when the property is tied to some particular event — hence the high incidence of present and past participles among postnominals . |
| 5 | The ‘ unit of desire ’ however , is admitted to be a presumption , but if it were possible to prove with scientific exactitude that it really existed then it would not be within the province of religion at all , but of science . |
| 6 | I think it would have been perhaps better if you , somehow er , maybe er I du n no , you could erm , nothing to do with you so you ri you 're not in a position to be able to move them erm but if it was possible to put them in a , a different situation I think would have made a more interesting picture . |
| 7 | you see if it was a fine stand crop you could cut quite a bit but if it was all raffled it took a while . |
| 8 | But if it was difficult to keep racism on it , it was impossible to even breathe the word heterosexism . |
| 9 | But unless it is possible to escape being moved from other viewpoints , our selfishness can not perfect itself to its theoretical absolute except in such circumstances as a tooth-and-claw fight for survival . |
| 10 | A Plec is not recommended , not because of any effect on the mating , but because it is likely to polish off the eggs at night . |
| 11 | In infections with adult worms , the eggs will be found in faeces , but since it is difficult to distinguish these from Heterakis eggs , confirmation must be made by post-mortemm examination of a casualty when the large white worms will be found . |
| 12 | The daily combat practice sessions were starting to have an interesting effect on Alexei 's ability to control his temper , but since it was essential to beat him every time , they were also very hard work . |
| 13 | Thinking and fantasizing seem to have constituted the majority of Foulkes 's and Vogel 's subjects ' reports , but while it is possible to make fine distinctions between levels of sleep depth using EEG/ EOG measures , these did not seem to be very predictive of the quality of experience reported . |
| 14 | But while it is impossible to overstress the importance of Cézanne in the emergence of Cubism , it is wrong to see even the earliest Cubist painting simply as a direct continuation of him . |
| 15 | The question to be answered is not whether the deprave-and-corrupt test is necessary in a modern society — that has now been conceded — but whether it is sufficient to catch the full range of material which ‘ the protection of health and morals ’ requires ? |
| 16 | Jacobs and Kinsella makes it clear that the consideration which courts must now take into account is not whether a custodial sentence was necessary to protect the public from offenders generally of the same type , but whether it was necessary to protect the public from a particular offender . |