Example sentences of "but they [be] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may have sacked the Chancellor but they 're still committed to capitalism and economic policy which is diametrically opposed to any form of such a justice . |
| 2 | the Tories are gon na introduce their alternative , but they 're still going to through this banding system , the whole objective of that is to , is to make sure that the better off people do n't pay their full whack |
| 3 | Such enzymes do exist — they are known as reverse transcriptases — but they are generally believed to be exclusive to RNA viruses , which need them to transcribe their RNA genes into DNA for replication inside cells . |
| 4 | They can be stated in a number of different ways , but they are generally accepted to be : |
| 5 | Illustrations are seen to be a motivating factor for poor readers , but they are otherwise considered to be a distraction and ‘ do not themselves make the reading level of the prose any lower ’ ( ibid . |
| 6 | The sizes of these crystallites are small relative to the length of a fully extended polymer chain , but they are also found to be independent of the molar mass and rarely exceed 1 to 100 nm . |
| 7 | Not only then do about a quarter of respondents cite pavement parking as one of the problems for pedestrians in that they object to the loss of pavement space to the vehicle and the obstruction caused by it , but they are then subjected to considerable accident rates as a result of the broken slabs and uneven surfaces that result ( Figure 8.3 ) . |
| 8 | But they are usually tied to a particular building society or insurance company and so will only arrange loans with them . |
| 9 | Some of my colleagues have accepted that it became discredited , but they are still trying to a certain degree to defend it . |
| 10 | But they were well adapted to the insecure lives of poorer workers ; if due to unemployment or other crisis they had to cease contributions they could lose no more than one year 's contributions . |
| 11 | These were sometimes intended , as in the eighteenth century , both to provide an event in the garden and house a labourer ; but they were also directed to those of the middle class who might want a retreat in the country or a retirement home . |
| 12 | They can be rough , ragged , they can have fights onstage , but they were never meant to be a workaday band . |