Example sentences of "but [subord] [pron] [noun] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many whales also spend some considerable time swimming on the surface , where good sight is required but where their sonar is of little use . |
| 2 | This is because they have been processed automatically ; but if our attention is on our own thoughts rather than the author 's , then comprehension will fail . |
| 3 | But if your family is at the bottom or middle of the community hierarchy it is under constant critical scrutiny and the women particularly have to conform ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 4 | But if your need is for anything other than that , that is to say something a little more complex , then the functionality built into Designer Labels is probably powerful enough to do the trick for you . |
| 5 | But if your figure was above hundred and twenty five thousand pounds you 'd have to fill int an inland revenue account . |
| 6 | But if your data is worth ANYTHING to you and to your organisation , it is worth protecting — and the data network could be your most vulnerable point . |
| 7 | Naturally he has expressed a desire to see you , but if his wishes are to be fulfilled you must leave for France at once . |
| 8 | William could see the village where they lived and the smoke from the fires rising straight up into the air and the dark tower of the church rising above a cluster of stark trees , and because he was nervous he wanted to work his way in that direction , so it would not be so far to run , but because his father was beside him , smiling his reassuring smile , he did n't . |
| 9 | Not because your parents are right , but because your obedience is to Christ ; your obedience is in the Lord and you are therefore honouring God by so doing . |
| 10 | But when their focus is on personal experience rather than the discussion of issues , the parallels between the emerging agendas will often be striking . |
| 11 | But when your filter 's in it 's |
| 12 | Maggie would have left at that point , but as her bed was in the kitchen she could n't get into it until after he 'd left the room . |
| 13 | ‘ I liked him ’ , one daughter summed up a grandfather who had been orphaned in the Irish potato famine : ‘ he was an old man , and I was only nine when he died , but as our father was at the [ First World ] War , I suppose he was the only man in the house . |