Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] [adv] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are all doing well but so is Kylie . ’ |
| 2 | Most of the signals are only noted subconsciously but , with a little effort , it is quite easy to become more aware of them so that , should a warning bell ring at the back of your head , you will know it is time to be careful . |
| 3 | I think the snooker section , the table section they 're still flourishing actually but as regards to football , you just had n't got enough members . |
| 4 | The candidates , all seven of them , are still canvassing hard but it is not conversions they really expect now , just promises to turn out and vote . |
| 5 | Overseas visitors are still coming here but they 're staying for shorter periods and spending less money . |
| 6 | Of the other great churches , S. Maria Maggiore has been extensively altered outside but its interior , built 432–40 , still retains much of the original features including the 21-bay Ionic marble colonnade with its gilded arabesque frieze . |
| 7 | Unionists are also taken aback but Fermanagh-South Tyrone MP Ken Maginnis said : ‘ It has not been my personal experience that the RUC Special Branch gambles with the lives of potential IRA victims . |
| 8 | One sees that the fluctuations are now occurring throughout but with a trend towards less regularity . |
| 9 | The crews were still rowing well but as Cambridge 's bend began to end , Oxford drew level again . |
| 10 | What is rarely stated openly but constantly implied is that the younger generation should be less negative because they know better ; they are university educated men . |
| 11 | This particular investigation is rarely performed nowadays but can still be useful in cases of treatment-resistant urethritis . |
| 12 | The old structure is still working well but now something is diverting some of the energy and effort . |
| 13 | This is partly done individually but the discussion and agreement stages involve meetings within the project team and between members of the team and other company functions . |
| 14 | The personal-impersonal nature of Gandhi 's descriptions of God is clearly illustrated here but the point already made earlier can be reiterated , namely , that it is not important to him whether God is conceived of in personal or impersonal terms since neither superiority nor inferiority of expression is implied in either case . |
| 15 | The method is perfectly structured internally but has no necessary connection to anything outside itself ; there is no analytical purchase on it from without . |
| 16 | ‘ Playing to the referee ’ is often used pejoratively but , in modern international rugby , you fail to do so at your peril . |
| 17 | ‘ Today I 've taken 50 and it 's definitely selling well but mainly to students and English rugby fans . ’ |
| 18 | The coal and nuclear programmes are currently performing unimpressively but this could change . |
| 19 | Many subjects are represented in a standard form or treated in a standard way and , to cater for this , each edition of the Dewey system lists standard sub-divisions that are never used alone but may be added to any number from the general subject tables . |
| 20 | He was rather taken aback but said he would report to head office and let me know about it in the New Year . |
| 21 | He was only whispering then but Maggie heard clearly and her face lit up with delight . |
| 22 | Much to his surprise , he found Burn was already staying there but ‘ laid up with a severe illness ’ , so he arranged to meet him on the following Monday . |
| 23 | Apart from that she was now showing little but contempt for him . |
| 24 | It was well put together but |
| 25 | Once a boy was almost carted away but the Headmaster changed his mind at the last moment . |