Example sentences of "[pron] but be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The garbage picker appears to work for himself but is in fact part of an industrial organisation . |
| 2 | One of the beefs I have about accommodation for elderly people is the fact that by , that the purpose built , very excellent , bungalows and flats for elderly citizens are restricted to one bedroom which , to which but is by government decree to keep the cost down , but it does seem to me to be very heartless because elderly people 's children are unable to come and stay with them except to the great deal of discomfort and perhaps as society grows a little more considerate for the fact that the percentage of elderly people will get even greater as the years go on , then they should make allowance and provide them for the facilities to enable them to be visited by their children and grandchildren . |
| 3 | They usually say to the old love about the new , ‘ I love you but am in love with her , ’ meaning that their nature is divided : their protective and uxorious souls reach out for the old love : their sexuality towards the new . |
| 4 | Their Lordships have no doubt that he was right to do so , for although it is obvious that a judge of subordinate jurisdiction has no power to make an order which directly governs the proceedings which not only are not before him but are in progress in a court of superior jurisdiction , the proposition that , when deciding what course to take as regards the furthering of the proceedings which are before him , he is forced to ignore the other proceedings entirely , is in their Lordships ' opinion quite unsustainable . |
| 5 | The Minister has said that what happened with the NBC is nothing to do with him but is for the Secretary of State for Transport to consider . |
| 6 | Lots of activities that need a spiritual power to make them work are actually outlawed by God in the Bible , so any spiritual power being used in them is clearly not from him but is from Satan ; God would n't ban something that he 'd created for our good ! |
| 7 | If A lacks the legal capacity to transfer the opportunity by his own act to anyone but is in a position by persuasion to procure B , who has the opportunity , to transfer it to C , can A properly be said in this way to provide C with the opportunity indirectly ? |
| 8 | The moon causes another rhythm , which has little influence on us but is of profound importance to life along the shore , and that is the rhythm of the tides . |