Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] [be] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have no wish to take the adventure out of climbing — that is not in my professional interests , after all — but I would be a hypocrite if I did not accept that we are causing environmental damage , ’ Rowland confesses . |
| 2 | ‘ I have no wish to take the adventure out of climbing — that is not in my professional interests , after all — but I would be a hypocrite if I did not accept that we are causing environmental damage . |
| 3 | no , but you 'll be a bit |
| 4 | You wo n't be competing with video and music stores , but you will be a part of the information base of the high street . |
| 5 | But you 'd be a fool to try and get this agility if you have n't got those safe levels suppleness , strength , stamina and coordination cos you 'd be asking for trouble . |
| 6 | But you can be a bit sickened by the effect as you pass the new crop of boarded-up shops and closing down sales . |
| 7 | But she would be a sheep indeed to be ruled only by that . |
| 8 | It were born on , Yvon Yvon hang on , get it Yvonne 's birthday is the first of February , and mine 's the twenty first , but she 'll be a year older than me , so she 's like a year and twenty days |
| 9 | But she must be a virgin . |
| 10 | Out of habit the Brigadier treated everybody as though they were local National Service boys who had grown up in the village and so knew every blade of grass as well as he did but who might be a bit hazy about certain family backgrounds and about things that had happened before their time . |
| 11 | Now there are several of those that will require a statement being accepted by the executive but there 'll be a statement on behalf of the C E C , and there 's at least one where there 'll be a qualification . |
| 12 | Then he said : ‘ Your husband 's murder will be reported , but there 'll be a media black-out where the kidnap 's concerned . |
| 13 | But there 'll be a lot of people after the jobs . |
| 14 | I do not say that people ’ have it taken out of them ’ for making a complaint at the time when that complaint is made , but there may be a problem the next time something happens . |
| 15 | So far I have been lucky in that I have never had to work at getting the next job but there may be a point when I look up and there is no opportunity around the corner . ’ |
| 16 | The right of subject access is established , as is the right to have the record corrected or erased if the other data protection principles require it , but there may be a charge for it . |
| 17 | But there may be a connection . ’ |
| 18 | So there might be something in the argument that , that it 's not just a , a question of what you 've learned from the north , but there may be a recognition that the economy in the south is different , or at least they might be arguing , those who are arguing that the economy in the south is different and that , that reform might not be necessary , it might not even be appropriate in the south . |
| 19 | Governments would find it easy to cut taxes and unbalance the budget when unemployment was rising , but there would be a lot of resistance to raising taxes to create a surplus of revenue when prosperous times returned . |
| 20 | Unsuspecting , Trent would be watched , certainly , but there might be a chance moment in which the Latinos relaxed or shifted their concentration . |
| 21 | Consultation is a form of limited participation in decision-making for subordinates , but there might be a tendency for a manager to appear to consult his subordinates when really he has made up his mind beforehand . |
| 22 | But there will be a chill in the relationship following the Tories ' undercover support for George Bush . |
| 23 | ‘ But there will be a couple of surprises , ’ Matthew Walden , vice-president of music at Twentieth Century Fox , tells me . |
| 24 | Where , on a buy-in , the purchase price of Target 's shares is equal to or less than the subscription price ( ie , nominal value plus any share premium ) , there will not be any distribution within s209 so no ACT will be payable , but there will be a capital gains tax disposal by the shareholders . |
| 25 | It wo n't be a dramatic recovery , but there will be a pick-up , ’ he predicted . |
| 26 | ‘ But there will be a maid and someone to cook the meals until Jim is well . ’ |
| 27 | Plans for the shipyard do not include a heritage centre but there will be a marina , waterfront housing and a community building . |
| 28 | ’ It has to be done because it 's the law but there will be a lot of ill feeling if farmers take all the responsibility for clearing the land and then no-one uses it . ’ |
| 29 | As usual there will be no charge , but there will be a receptacle for donations , and there will be a raffle . |
| 30 | Communal drains save time and money when several houses are being built together , but there can be a problem sorting out whose responsibility it is when something goes wrong . |