Example sentences of "but they [vb mod] [adv] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The manufacturers might be able to build the black box for a fraction of the cost of separate instruments , but they would n't be able to sell as many individual bits , making a profit on each one . |
| 2 | But they would not be ready for some time to admit the fact to one another . |
| 3 | They are acceptable , for example , for gathering evidence of a candidate 's knowledge and understanding — but they would not be acceptable for providing evidence of practical skills such as driving or welding . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | They would be explicit , coarse , probably , and almost undoubtedly sexist ; but they would also be straightforward and easily understood . |
| 6 | The majority of readers probably regard these features as self-evident , but they may not be aware of the speed with which UK society has changed in the last three decades , or , as we shall see , of the effects on areas which have not shared in the process . |
| 7 | The poverty lobby may be critical , but they may also be helpful in creating a constituency for your department 's proposals . |
| 8 | Other discourse types do not have such overtly marked units ; but they may also be susceptible to the same representation . |
| 9 | They may be the best equipped to identify the tariff for retribution and deterrence in a particular case but they may also be wrong . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | And they won but they wo n't be difficult cos they 're all linear . |
| 12 | The Government eventually opted for services at Ardley , but they wo n't be ready for many months . |
| 13 | They play a physically demanding pressing game which is very effective under normal conditions , but they wo n't be able to maintain the pressure if it is very hot . |
| 14 | ‘ But they wo n't be able to get word out that he 's been to see them . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Of course I will , but they wo n't be able to hold you . |
| 16 | But they wo n't be able to deal with their main sources of production , as er Professor Bradshaw said there , they 're going to have absolutely you 've got no control over the track on on which they operate , and they ar going to have to hire their carriages from and rolling stock from a separate leasing company , so their room for manoeuvre is limited to say the least . |
| 17 | You ca n't contact the ‘ Bears ’ direct on that rig but they might just be able to pick up an emergency signal . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | But they 'll only be able to do that when she 's hungry and she 's lost her appetite for freedom . |
| 20 | That makes sense , but they ca n't be accurate because compost heaps generate heat which might accelerate decomposition . |
| 21 | Labour-only sub-contractors supply their labour and , in addition , may provide small tools and plant , but they will not be responsible for the provision of materials . |
| 22 | According to US press reports , the 64-bit bus architecture will be backwards-compatible with AT and EISA boards , but they will not be able to upgrade to the higher performance . |
| 23 | Consumer organisations can not , and should not , attempt to do everything , but they will not be able to ignore the effects of , for example , environmental or protectionist policies , or new threats to health or safety . |
| 24 | Their knowledge of the area may be slight , it may be greater than perhaps we think , but they will not be able to tell the Chief Constable what to do and that is the glory of our system . |
| 25 | But they will also be suitable for students who have just finished Standard Grades , but are not ready to go on to Highers . |
| 26 | But they will certainly be disappointed by the style of Rockies skiing above valley level . |
| 27 | But they will never be able to achieve their goal . |
| 28 | Rabbits also betray their presence with freshly excavated soil outside their burrow , but they will still be cautious and elusive at this time . |
| 29 | But they will still be independent of a powerful state monopoly and monolith . |
| 30 | 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 . |