Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [be] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 61 | The former could cover all cases but it is felt to be more appropriate to use fairness in the context of , for example , company inspectors , or immigration officers . |
| 62 | It may lack a certain flair , it may have a garish badge , it may still be cheap and cheerful inside ( there are now some very attractive leather-look plastics about ) but it is proving to be a reliable , easy-to-drive family car with lots of equipment as standard and rock bottom prices . |
| 63 | Unlike serious pollsters , the brewer 's flaccid organ fails to report the size of the sample of Scousers interviewed but it is believed to be adjacent to the number of fans at a Tranmere Rovers away match . |
| 64 | The reason for this is not clear but it is believed to be related to surface characteristics such as defect chemistry . |
| 65 | This is the case at Richmond , where it is incorporated in the royal charters of Elizabeth I in 1576 and Charles II in 1668 , but it is believed to be much older . |
| 66 | Ferguson declined to reveal the fee but it is believed to be Pounds 1.2m . |
| 67 | The exact function of sleep is unproven , but it is believed to be important in the maintenance of health and body repair . |
| 68 | Publishers have been reluctant to comment on this proposed scheme at present , but it is believed to be an agreement whereby a publisher 's rep would be given authority to put into the store any title in any quantity , for example 500 copies of a new title , and after 60 days would take back any copies the manager no longer wanted . |
| 69 | He refused to speculate how many jobs could be lost if the council was capped , but it is believed to be around 50 . |
| 70 | Pool boss Alan Murray is refusing to reveal the fee paid for the new man , but it is believed to be about £50,000 . |
| 71 | But it is believed to be in the region of £40,000 although it could be higher . |
| 72 | This point may sound very obvious , but it is seen to be crucial when one party to the contract is looking for a way to get out of his contractual obligations and is able to seize upon an ill-defined point . |
| 73 | But it is going to be necessary because , by the time the later subjects come on stream , there will certainly be a need to look at the first ones again , such as maths and science . |
| 74 | Little information is available on the developmental cycle of this genus , but it is thought to be similar to that of the genus Trichonema . |
| 75 | Wimpey refused to quantify the additional charge it has taken for its involvement in the Channel Tunnel project , but it is thought to be similar to the £8 million announced by its fellow Chunnel contractor , Balfour Beatty , recently . |
| 76 | In theory , logging was suspended by law in January 1990 , but it is reported to be continuing apace . |
| 77 | No fee has yet been agreed for the player but it is expected to be in the region of £35,000 . |
| 78 | ‘ But it 's believed to be a kind of dark mirror-image of this world . |
| 79 | I do n't know even what the panto is , but it 's bound to be a good one if it 's Dinda , yeah . |
| 80 | The Senate wants to merge us into University College and we 've been told we 'll have to get rid of some of our staff — it may all be very neat and tidy for the bureaucrats , but it 's going to be absolutely disastrous for some people . |
| 81 | Now she declares unswerving loyalty to diesel : ‘ I 've experienced three petrol cars in the past , but it 's going to be diesel all the way for me in the future . ’ |
| 82 | ‘ Obviously Barcelona is the most important thing this season but it 's going to be different from four years ago . |
| 83 | Extra space : But it 's going to be a bleak Christmas for developers |
| 84 | ‘ If you say so , miss , but it 's going to be hard getting out of the habit , mind . ’ |
| 85 | Performance is not breathtaking but it 's going to be acceptable to most people . |
| 86 | ‘ Now he has got fascinated by the paper as well , he 's made it look like a field of bridal veils , but it 's going to be difficult to keep it in place when we move it at night . |
| 87 | ‘ I want to work with Lovegrove , ’ it said , ‘ but it 's going to be difficult . ’ |
| 88 | Right so it 's going to be something like I mean this is n't anything like to scale but it 's going to be something like this perhaps . |
| 89 | But it 's going to be all right — there 's nothing to worry about . |
| 90 | " It could , but it 's going to be something delivered by ship . |