Example sentences of "but it be [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should , at this point , declare my interest as being associated with Horizon , but it is through this link that I know that not one of the producers involved with BBC productions was consulted in any way during the writing of the book . |
| 2 | But it is with this group that antiracism can be most readily identified and we need to examine it on its own terms and in its relationship to other more easily identifiable class groupings . |
| 3 | Local education authorities have considerable flexibility to provide additional assistance to small primary schools , through the small school protection factor , but it is for each authority to devise its own scheme and to choose its priorities within that scheme in the light of local needs . |
| 4 | In other words , it is not arbitrary that the wolf and dog are closer to one another than either is to the cat , but it is to some extent arbitrary whether one recognizes some given degree of similarity by placing two species in the same genus , or in the same family . |
| 5 | Man works far below his capacity ; some writers have put a figure on the deficiency but it is of little value to you to make quantitative estimates . |
| 6 | The earliest aryballoi have abstract linear decoration , but it is on this shape , linked to the eastern trade , that the first oriental motives appear in Greek vase-decoration , perhaps not long after the middle of the eighth century . |
| 7 | But it is at this point that an Aristotelian-type argument fails to be able to deal with the most difficult questions about autonomy . |
| 8 | Once again there are many names to choose from but it is at this point that the design of the Amstrad PC starts to interfere . |
| 9 | Arcturus can be found by following round the curve of Ursa Major , but it is in any case quite unmistakable ; it has a K-type spectrum , and is a lovely light orange , so that in binoculars it is beautiful . |
| 10 | Which motive was dominant can only be a matter of opinion , but it is in any case unrealistic to grade them too rigorously . |
| 11 | Which motive was dominant can only be a matter of opinion , but it is in any case unrealistic to grade them too rigorously . |
| 12 | The King 's own statements , however , show the extent to which his view of the Church was political : ‘ It is not the change of Church government which is chiefly aimed at ’ , he wrote in 1646 , ‘ ( though that were too much ) but it is by that pretext to take away the dependency of the Church from the Crown , which , let me tell you , I hold to be of equal consequence to that of the militia ; for people are governed by the pulpit more than the sword in the time of peace . |
| 13 | Jane : No I did n't is certainly confrontational but it 's of little interest dramatically . |
| 14 | But it 's like any job , it has to be thought through and planned out . ’ |
| 15 | But it was of less value . |
| 16 | Junior naval officers were nominally ratings , for a midshipman was a warrant officer in contrast to the army equivalents , the ensign of foot or cornet of cavalry , who enjoyed commissioned rank , but it was for that reason that the Admiralty did not monopolise first appointments in the fleet , only interesting themselves in appointments at the rank of lieutenant or above . |