Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Changez 's brother sent him money , too , which was unusual , because it should have been the other way round as Changez made his way in the affluent West , but I was sure celebrations in India at Changez 's departure were still taking place . |
| 2 | But she is minor character in a story that is about a future constitutional crisis between a wicked and unscrupulous politician and a dignified , noble but politically naive monarch . ’ |
| 3 | Sorry I 've kept Martin , but we 're old friends from Manchester . |
| 4 | That may sound emotional , but we are mere custodians of the game , which will be there long after we have departed . |
| 5 | He is a great player but we are different types of fly-half . ’ |
| 6 | Devotees of the films will love playing out all the scenes , but they 're great games in their own right with neat graphics and well-designed , compulsive action . |
| 7 | somebody is a bit later on in the season but they 're overnight travel by coach I would have thought . |
| 8 | But they 're hellish cold in the winter ! |
| 9 | For instance , all four operators U , D , L and R of the eight tiles problem are reversible , but they are partial functions on the set of states and so they do not have inverses . |
| 10 | The supposition that Theunis — or maybe his father — invented the name Krankoor shortly before emigrating comes from the fact that no surviving Krankoors , nor records of such a family , have come to light in Holland ; two Crankos live in The Hague but they are recent arrivals from South Africa . |
| 11 | Again there are several very competent programs available and they would certainly provide considerable advantages over manual systems But they are general purpose in their construction — ie. they were not specifically designed for personnel applications The main deficiency is that the reporting facilities ( iQ the way in which information can be presented ) do not generally go beyond well formatted listings with totals and subtotals In my view , more advanced numerical analyses are required , especially for factors such as wastage and sickness/absence . |
| 12 | These are not small yards , but they are small companies in the sense of not being part of large conglomerates with access to substantial investment . |
| 13 | They rarely go hungry , but they are easy prey for aquatic hunters , having little or no mobility with which to defend themselves . |
| 14 | But they are vital members of the team and have played an important role in the season 's success so far . |
| 15 | It is therefore important for the peace movement to penetrate and politicise the apparently technical arguments of the ‘ experts ’ , and to demonstrate that there is no technical inevitability , but they are social problems to which human solutions can and must be found . |
| 16 | There are , of course , differences between science and religion but they are institutional differences in the kinds of rule which govern ‘ how to go on ’ . |
| 17 | But they were tiny amounts of money , and only to kick-start us , to get that first film made . ’ |
| 18 | Adam Ant and Duran Duran might have worn just as much greasepaint and hairspray , but they were post-punk dandies in leather trousers , whose heterosexuality was never open to question ( ie they grabbed their crotches ) . |
| 19 | But they were busy talking about religion . |
| 20 | These outbursts were exceptional , directly attributable to increasing distress , but they were extreme symptoms of the ready violence of much of medieval society . |
| 21 | I do n't know what his true politics really are , but he 's sure right about the ‘ bitter ramblings ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ … the guy called me the minute he got back to his office and he said : ‘ Mo do you agree with me that judge was as wet as hell ? ’ and I said : ‘ If you so say but he was sure swimming in the right pool . ’ |
| 23 | But it is good news for the insurance fraternity : the US government , which owns the satellite , did not bother to take out insurance on it . |
| 24 | But it is good practice for the tenant 's adviser to ensure that a right of entry is expressly conditional on the landlord making good any damage caused by his entry . |
| 25 | If he did not know that , I do not mind him admitting it , but it is extraordinary ignorance on his part . |
| 26 | There is no space to go into detail about the ding-dong and the relevance of that remark , but it is gentlemanly mayhem at its best and I wish I had seen the first encounters between the CSIRO and its critic , who , I infer , also had a go at the research on skeleton weed . |
| 27 | But it is different strokes for different folks . |
| 28 | The railway lines to Prome and Mandalay are working again but it is hard work with only 1/5 of the number of pre-war engines , and only 1/3 of the goods wagons and hardly any of the passenger coaches . |
| 29 | In formal debates only one amendment may be before the meeting at any one time , but it is common practice in committees to allow several amendments to be moved , seconded and accepted . |
| 30 | Mark Ermler draws generally crisp and lively playing from the Covent Garden Orchestra , but it is uphill work with such a score , hardly helped by what is happening on stage . |