Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [pron] be in " in BNC.
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| 1 | His insistence on arbitration rather than on judgment may be argued to have prolonged the contest but it was in line with past experience . |
| 2 | The Manager joined Andrew Cunningham underground and together they continued the search but it was in vain and they were forced to return to the surface . |
| 3 | Aileen was looking dubiously at her husband but he was in no mood to disapprove . |
| 4 | Most of them are indeed trying to pull the ‘ off with the old , on with the new ’ wife replacement technique but they are in such an emotional mess that they subconsciously drive away any woman who tries to get close to them . |
| 5 | Imaginary time may sound like science fiction but it is in fact a well-defined mathematical concept . |
| 6 | Townsend , who has only just returned to Premiership action for new club Aston Villa , said : ‘ It has been a slight worry but I 'm in no pain and after today 's training I know I 'll definitely play . ’ |
| 7 | Well actually the ward that I live in , we 're not having an election but there are in the Bicester area electors , so I have n't actually been approached . |
| 8 | Bobby sighed and turned to the chairman but he was in earnest conversation with a ponderous constable . |
| 9 | One patient developed a polypoid carcinoid but it was in a new location in the stomach . |
| 10 | Here we are not in the realm of childhood behaviour but we are in the realm of play . |
| 11 | It was an Arab strike but we were in a safe area . |
| 12 | Oh aye , I know that pub well , it 's just outside my constituency but it 's in the district where it 's in the North West , and we all know one another very well there . |
| 13 | But er it does n't look like a steeplechase but it is in fact |
| 14 | Indirect discrimination against a married person is similar in concept to indirect sex discrimination and may arise when a condition or requirement is applied equally to married and unmarried persons of the same sex but which is in fact discriminatory in its effect on married persons . |
| 15 | At first sight , this may appear to be a poor performance but it is in fact over twice as frequent as a random selection ( which for this data would be 32.7% of cases ) . |
| 16 | It 's a big subject but I 'm in a sense referring to it only in this context because it 's precisely in these areas that British art in the twentieth century has been very important . |
| 17 | The two-bedroom cottage needs refurbishment but it is in a superb location , in the middle of woodland owned by the National Trust and overlooking the River Yealm . |
| 18 | And London Borough of Bromley have got a spare bowling green in I forget the name of the road but it 's in the Beckenham area which unless they 're doing work to any of the main bowling greens just lies fallow through the summer . |
| 19 | Li Po is leaving the world of men for a far more perfect world but there is in his poem nonetheless the idea that he might have wanted both of these worlds , but he has lost one of them ; thus he is chastened . |
| 20 | The men were taken to hospital but none was in a serious condition . |
| 21 | was in the back room cos of the size of the fireplace and one in that corner but they 're in the way , that was only temporary while the house is upside down and I 've put two |
| 22 | It smelt like pure ammonia but I was in no position to be superior about it . |
| 23 | Bergsson said : ‘ He was in a hurry to take the throw but I was in not such a hurry to give him the ball . |
| 24 | It 's a real mystery but he 's in good form now , ’ said Alston . |
| 25 | People thinks it 's sciatica but it 's in , begin with that but it 's a funny name . |
| 26 | So I went to a very good secondary school but I was in the A one stream right the way through and I was always within that top three of that A one stream and it gave me confidence and I really got on . |
| 27 | Gray added : ‘ Huddersfield have won only one game since the turn of the year but they are in a good position for a play-off place . |
| 28 | I discovered a leak of brake fluid — just a small problem but I was in the fast lane so it was a bit worrying . ’ |
| 29 | I discovered a leak of brake fluid — just a small problem but I was in the fast lane so it was a bit worrying . ’ |
| 30 | She was sorry for this little man and his problem but she was in a tearing hurry . |