Example sentences of "but [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These shapes might look cool on stage and in promotional videos but tend to be uncomfortable to wear . |
| 2 | Lapsed priests remain priests , but tend to be unemployable in their clerical functions . |
| 3 | Other indicators , such as consumption anomalies and incident , of misuse , are available but tend to be unreliable . |
| 4 | The Safrane is good but needs to be better . |
| 5 | Cases included 7,000 tons of ash from a Berlin power plant which was sent to be mixed with cement but found to be radioactive . |
| 6 | He 's a star here , but wants to be top of the bill at the Westminster palace of varieties . |
| 7 | He 's good , but looks like being temperamental . |
| 8 | She , too , was extremely worried , but tried to be practical . |
| 9 | Though every responsible artist must know the annals of his art ( no one more than Pound insisted on that ) , still every artwork that is worth anything not only can be but has to be new , unprecedented . |
| 10 | She looks about eight years old but has to be more than that . ’ |
| 11 | For example , he thought that BT should be allowed to offer entertainment services but seemed to be unaware that it could and had applied for cable franchises . |
| 12 | Gloriana , by contrast , was launched in the most auspicious of circumstances but seemed to be one of Britten 's most upsetting professional disappointments . |
| 13 | Turin fair : not just ethical but seen to be ethical |
| 14 | In an interview with France ( Inter ) radio on Oct. 11 Aoun admitted that he was surrounded on all sides , but claimed to be ready for " the last battle " . |
| 15 | It can be used as an inner voice in the woodwind ensemble , but tends to be obtrusive . |
| 16 | Call hardly distinguishable , but tends to be shriller and less loud . |
| 17 | Very hard to distinguish from Crested Lark in the field , but tends to be smaller and have shorter bill , more conspicuous spots on breast and greyer underwing . |
| 18 | But getting to be one of these fashionable high-flying image makers with a top salary is hard going . |
| 19 | The association wished to be involved in a major city-centre conversion but needed to be sure that the selected project would succeed . |
| 20 | While supplies lasted , breakfast was a combination of the foods I disliked , but felt to be essential : glucose , oats and Sanatogen powder , mixed with water , milk powder and cocoa to disguise the taste . |
| 21 | I know you are one , but try to be fair . |
| 22 | Mrs Huntley sighed ; her brother whom she had loved , but knew to be self-indulgent to a fault , had done his niece real harm by leaving so much of his money away from the girl who had confidently believed herself to be his favourite thing on earth . |
| 23 | ENGLAND batsman Robin Smith is to have a shoulder operation but hopes to be fit for the new domestic season . |
| 24 | Vice-captain Gary Bennett , who limped off against West Ham with a thigh injury , will miss Saturday 's game at Southend but hopes to be fit for the FA Cup replay . |
| 25 | Neil Edwards , the 27-year-old Harlequins lock forward who broke his nose and had stitches inserted in a gashed lip in the 1810 win over the Irish , did not play for his club on Saturday but hopes to be fit to face Bristol this weekend . |
| 26 | Aminopterin had disadvantages , and the normal process of making and testing a series of closely related compounds led to a better drug , amethopterin , which differed by a single additional substituent but proved to be one of the most effective drugs for the treatment of blood cancers . |
| 27 | Jodami 's pilot Mark Dwyer bruised some ribs when taking a heavy fall at Nottingham , but expects to be fit to ride . |
| 28 | Full-back Terry Phelan was injured in training but expects to be fit for the match . |
| 29 | Jose-Maria Olazabal , Seve 's Ryder Cup partner , missed the pro-am because of a heavy cold but expects to be fit to join Germany 's Bernhard Langer in the line-up . |
| 30 | ‘ Think of all the people we shall meet , and the places we 'll go to , and the things we shall do ! we 've had some good times at Pinehurst , I know , but think of being free ! ’ |