Example sentences of "but they [modal v] be [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er you er you 'd have two outside independents and you could n't say how they would be , but they would be elected by the whole te whole er Board of Trustees . |
| 2 | Often the distinction between the two will be blurred , but they may be tested by the following criteria : Do not assume , however , that all judgements are automatically good and opinions bad . |
| 3 | The majority of smokers who give up do so by simply deciding to stop but they may be helped by the informal support of the family , friends or colleagues . |
| 4 | But they 'll be elected by the cast . |
| 5 | Some of the present generation 's problems with information will therefore recede , but they will be replaced by others : and chief amongst these are selection , interpretation and evaluation of information . |
| 6 | But they will but they will be appraised by , who will appraise them then ? |
| 7 | There will be sweet moments for all of us , but they will be swamped by the sour … and we 'll all be happy , in our own peculiar way , saving up for a sunny day two or three years off in the future . |
| 8 | Plasmids that do not carry fertility genes are unable to move from one bacterium to another , but they can be mobilised by plasmids which do have them . |
| 9 | Below , tag lines to the standard Harken genoa cars are normally handled on a cockpit winch , but they can be replaced by tackles if desired . |
| 10 | If you are over-weight , and must cut down the amount you eat , you will repeatedly lapse , to satisfy your cravings. persistent minor symptoms , such as headaches , aching limbs or a lack of energy are often put down to nerves or stress but they can be caused by a reaction to food . |
| 11 | Insteps frequently smash into elbows and need bandaging , but they can be protected by shin or instep pads . |
| 12 | The closer the Gnostics stood to orthodoxy , the more likely they were to wish to infiltrate the catholic community ; this was especially the case among the Manichees , but they could be detected by their refusal to drink of the eucharistic cup ( since they regarded wine as an invention of the devil ) and to make the sign of the cross ( since to them the suffering of Jesus was no actual event but a symbol for the universal condition of the human race ) . |
| 13 | He would allow the existence of different ideological currents , but they must be bound by the common rules of play imposed by him . |