Example sentences of "but they [vb mod] [adv] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ORTF and ex-ORTF companies , and public service broadcasting organizations in 1990 , would be governed by texts ( laws , ordinances , decrees , rules and regulations ( that constituted a growing corpus of communications law , but they would also be subject to texts governing all public services , and , of course , to the Constitution itself . ’ |
| 2 | They would be explicit , coarse , probably , and almost undoubtedly sexist ; but they would also be straightforward and easily understood . |
| 3 | The poverty lobby may be critical , but they may also be helpful in creating a constituency for your department 's proposals . |
| 4 | Other discourse types do not have such overtly marked units ; but they may also be susceptible to the same representation . |
| 5 | They may be the best equipped to identify the tariff for retribution and deterrence in a particular case but they may also be wrong . |
| 6 | These may be production workers but they may also be senior people ; managers hired for a fixed term and technologists and others used as consultants . |
| 7 | You ca n't contact the ‘ Bears ’ direct on that rig but they might just be able to pick up an emergency signal . |
| 8 | In comprehension , children might already be aware that different speakers used different terms for instances of the same category , bird and oiseau say , but they might still be unsure for themselves of the specific conditions under which a speaker used one or other term . |
| 9 | But they 'll only be able to do that when she 's hungry and she 's lost her appetite for freedom . |
| 10 | But they will also be suitable for students who have just finished Standard Grades , but are not ready to go on to Highers . |
| 11 | But they will certainly be disappointed by the style of Rockies skiing above valley level . |
| 12 | But they will never be able to achieve their goal . |
| 13 | Rabbits also betray their presence with freshly excavated soil outside their burrow , but they will still be cautious and elusive at this time . |
| 14 | But they will still be independent of a powerful state monopoly and monolith . |
| 15 | Children born in the United Kingdom to students , visitors or illegal immigrants no longer automatically acquire British citizenship at birth , but they will still be able to register as British citizens if either parent later becomes a citizen or settles in the United Kingdom , or if the child has spent the first ten years of its life in the country . |
| 16 | These people will still be entitled to all the investment returns on the with-profits element of their investment — which accounts on average for about half of all investment into UWP contracts — but they will only be entitled to 60 per cent of the infrastructure profits on both the with-profits and the unit-linked business . |
| 17 | A person born severely disabled will need a great deal of help in overcoming the effects of the disability , but they will possibly be able to adjust to it better than the person who has enjoyed perfect health and led a full , normal life and is suddenly injured or crippled by disease . |
| 18 | Since advertisements are often dated , they can be useful in establishing priority of issues ; but they can also be misleading and should always be interpreted with caution . |
| 19 | Everybody knows and helps each other , like a family : but they can also be adverse to change , even if it 's constructive . |
| 20 | But they can still be loan-tied , which means the nationals will still effectively control these outlets . |
| 21 | The position is changing rapidly , but they can still be powerful , behind-the-scene figures . |
| 22 | They are unashamedly retro in their appeal , but they could equally be futuristic . |
| 23 | All children should be supported in valuing their own dialects and in using them where they are appropriate to context and purpose , but they should also be able to use Standard English when it is necessary and helpful to do so in speaking as well as writing . |
| 24 | But they must also be wary of allowing the costs of their trusts and their administration to outweigh the tax advantages sought . |