Example sentences of "[prep] be [adj] but [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's a deliberate pain to be honest but his yelling has made a difference . |
| 2 | I , I do n't remember really to be honest but I , I erm erm Malcolm said something once which so I was n't surprised , you know , ca n't remember exactly what . |
| 3 | Does n't have to be current but it usually is . |
| 4 | He glanced down at Mariana , throwing her a fresh smile that was meant to be encouraging but she was looking straight ahead , eyes fixed on the sand-spit . |
| 5 | ‘ We all want F1 to be successful but it 's going in the wrong direction . ’ |
| 6 | Anstey 's approach to this edition was initially intended to be thematic but she has reverted to the chronological format of the first edition , thus not only dispensing with the problems of placing the themes but also giving the reader a parallel in comment on Thomas 's development both in poetry and prose . |
| 7 | Benazir Bhutto looks to be strong but it 's a coalition of convenience not conviction , in a country where politics follows the rules of war , opposition means nothing , winning is everything . |
| 8 | When I say we must accept " the general outline of Darwinian theory " I do not mean that we must accept the dogma of gradualism which Darwin felt to be crucial but which is now becoming increasingly suspect . |
| 9 | The parents have said they do not want their schools to be self-governing but they see the legislation as the only way to avoid closure . |
| 10 | ‘ It was supposed to be perfect but it was a total nightmare , ’ said Brian , 24 , who booked the £666 honeymoon a year in advance . |
| 11 | No doubt there will be an extensive scrutiny from those who expect everything to be perfect but it passes pretty well from my point of view . |
| 12 | I never expected the job to be perfect but I was surprised by the nature of the problem . |
| 13 | Nicholson , 55 , said last night : ‘ I know reporters are supposed to be neutral but I had a chance to help someone . |
| 14 | Erm there was I am sorry to be boring but there are all these action points from the previous meeting Oh yes I forgot the action points do you feel we have covered them . |
| 15 | Jessup considered the morale of South Korean troops to be good but he was struck by the appreciation of the strength of the North Korean forces : the resources of the North Koreans were not underestimated by South Korean officers . |
| 16 | As someone who made little enough progress beyond Youll Cup school tennis and county junior teams in 20 years , I remain to be convinced but I enjoyed the three hours I spent reading the book . |
| 17 | The group expected Charman to be upset but they were taken aback at his extreme response . |
| 18 | It was hard to be certain but she was pretty sure he had n't , and she imagined she must have assumed he was on duty at the hospital . |
| 19 | Walsh added : ‘ I expect James 's ankle to be right but I 'll probably start him from the bench and let him make an explosive entrance . |
| 20 | But he says , it 's no need to be expensive but he said , do n't go out and buy a set of bowls and then hope that you 're gon na like it . |
| 21 | The example is taken from the feature story in the tabloid newspaper The Sun , which claims to be royalist but which delights in uncovering royal gossip . |
| 22 | The industry in this town used to be great but everything 's shutting . |
| 23 | However , the major problem , and you Ma'am have already touched upon this as well as the Chairman and I am sorry to be repetitive but we do serve all yachtsmen , two and a half to three million of them whilst being financially supported by only sixty five thousand of them . |
| 24 | It 's supposed to be non-stick but it 's not . |
| 25 | Many of the concepts explained may appear to be self-evident but their thorough understanding will assist the reader in later chapters which concentrate on international banks , markets and financial flows . |
| 26 | Some mediums were found to be fraudulent but there seemed to be genuine phenomena underlying the whole business ; and it seemed to be the job of earnest doubters to come to grips with it despite its general slipperiness . |
| 27 | Homeless people tend to be stereotyped but you can walk past someone in the street without realising they 're homeless . ’ |
| 28 | In the more elementary systems that we are now considering , kinship , of a general sort , is assumed to be all-pervading but there is again a discrimination between the insiders and the outsiders , we " and they " . |
| 29 | In much less detail is a list of acceptable products , a list which does not claim to be comprehensive but which included a number of medications I had not expected to see , when eventually found under headings which would generally mean more to the medic than to the layman . |
| 30 | ( No such lists can hope to be comprehensive but it is a pity that no reference is made to Geoffrey Beard 's indispensable and pioneering studies on decorative plasterwork in the Adam period . ) |