Example sentences of "but [pron] [be] [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stylistic categories are more complex phenomena which are often difficult to define , but which are assumed to be describable in terms of linguistic categories , although they are not a necessary part of the description of a language . |
| 2 | The latter course kept the family together , a consideration which became increasingly important during the first half of the twentieth century , but which was believed to be open to abuse unless the state assumed the role of the male breadwinner and insisted on good household management and sexual fidelity . |
| 3 | But you are expected to be competent with such material even if you feel this is not what you would eventually choose to work with . |
| 4 | But she 's said to be brave , tough , and very bright . ’ |
| 5 | You say you do n't want Mo to be hurt , but she 's bound to be if this goes on . ’ |
| 6 | But she 's bound to be rather boring , so they wo n't want to stay all that long . ’ |
| 7 | Glennis 's voice falters , but she is determined to be positive . |
| 8 | ‘ Little has been heard of her since Dead Rat , but she is believed to be in the South-Western United States . |
| 9 | Her identity was unknown , but she was believed to be the wife of an El Al employee working in Holland . |
| 10 | There is no record that the Prime Minister had ever visited a prison , but she was known to be offended by the deplorable conditions and personal indignities caused by overcrowding . |
| 11 | In Eliot 's poem it is ‘ While the melodious fountain falls ’ that love is made , but we are forced to be conscious of an artifice ‘ ( Carved by the cunning Bolognese ) ’ which suggests that the apparently primitive fertility ritual where ‘ The Adepts twine beneath the trees/ The sacrificial exercise ’ has become a decadent pleasure , rather than a genuine ritual . |
| 12 | But there is bound to be concern until Bracewell tests the ankle again . |
| 13 | But there is bound to be a strong challenge from Stitch Them Up , also based at Brough , which won an open for trainer Tom Robinson at Sunderland on Monday night . |
| 14 | Brough Park 's Movealong Sharp will be chasing a hat-trick of victories at the East Boldon circuit in the 450 metres puppy open , but there is expected to be a serious challenge from wide running Pond Pavarotti , which is also trained by Harry Williams . |
| 15 | An appointment has been made for this morning , but there is expected to be a delay before results are known . |
| 16 | ( 3 ) The proposal is a friendly merger with the larger company wishing to acquire the smaller company but there is known to be a difficult minority shareholder in the smaller company holding above 10 per cent of the voting rights ( or able to muster that level of support against the proposal ) which could prevent the larger company implementing the compulsory sale procedures under CA 1985 , s429 . |
| 17 | American version but there are bound to be titillating horrors to attract viewers . ’ |
| 18 | Nobody has counted science teachers for many years but there are thought to be about 30 000 , so 6000 more could be needed . |
| 19 | This meant that his grandad was temporarily unavailable for a ‘ tap ’ , but there was bound to be someone in the cafe who would stand him a coffee . |
| 20 | He is n't a rapist but there was bound to be some sexual element . ’ |
| 21 | No breach of confidence was alleged but there was said to be a contract not to publish before the report . |
| 22 | But there were said to be no signs of a break-in . |
| 23 | She was n't sure whether there were any artists or writers in town at the moment , but there were bound to be one or two back in the city after the Christmas recess . |
| 24 | The Nairacs , now in their eighties , declined to comment , but they 're said to be hopeful that one day they WILL be able to give their son a proper burial . |
| 25 | They are still at large and Scotland Yard has not ruled out their possible involvement in the latest attacks , but they are believed to be firearms specialists rather than bomb makers . |
| 26 | Associations with bells or illuminated disks are rather artificial , but they are intended to be experimental versions of things that would be important in nature . |
| 27 | I have not tried the Nitragon myself but they are said to be very good . |
| 28 | The manner in which the dolphin receives the returning echoes is also a mystery , but they are thought to be picked up by all parts of the body , to travel through the bones to the head . |
| 29 | Many aquarium shops will sell these terrestrial plants but they are meant to be used as marginals outside the tank or in a paludarium . |
| 30 | But they are set to be without injury victims Robert Lee and Carl Leaburn for Tuesday 's game against Tranmere at Upton Park . |