Example sentences of "but it [be] [verb] [to-vb] a " in BNC.

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1 One senior courtier said later : ‘ There is no doubt that this is an issue which concerns the Prince of Wales but it is beginning to look a little cynical .
2 The third area was not revealed , but it is thought to cover a Unix alternative for the Microsoft Corp Object Linking and Embedding and Dynamic Data Exchange technologies .
3 The third area was not revealed , but it is thought to cover a Unix alternative for the Microsoft object linking and embedding and dynamic data exhange technologies .
4 Once expected by the end of last year , and the subject of technology demonstrations earlier this year , the exact scope of CICS/6000 is still not clear , but it is expected to include a number of technology elements from other vendors , including MicroFocus Cobol , parts of the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Computing Environment ( DCE ) technology , and Transarc Corp 's Encina transaction processing software , developed with IBM 's backing .
5 Erm so I mean this is this is never distressed but it 's beginning to look a bit ancient now .
6 In that respect the game is certainly true to the movie , but it 's beginning to age a little now , since the release of its successors .
7 Indeed , as Paul Du Noyer noted in NME , it might not make a sausage of difference to your diet but it 's guaranteed to leave a feeling of guilt in your head as you tuck into that rump steak .
8 Their ability to swing it , he stressed yet again , was ‘ something to do with the grip ’ — but it was going to remain a secret !
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