Example sentences of "but [vb mod] be [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Californian housebuilding incurred a loss of £2.7 million , but should be in profit by next year , Sir Lawrie said . |
| 2 | Walling may have one or two faces , so a one-face finish may not be suitable for using as the edge of a tread instead of a paving slab , but would be for use underneath the slab . |
| 3 | The United States would be in violation of its commitments to the parties if it did not do so , but would be in violation of general international law with respect to third parties . |
| 4 | Increasingly with voluntary bodies , and I know that this was discussed at length in the P A G , but will be of interest to members , increasingly with voluntary bodies , we are moving towards er , jointly providing services with them , in a partnership arrangement where we are effectively purchasing and commissioning services from them , and that is the way we would wish the policy to go . |
| 5 | Dungannon face Munster visitors Highfield tomorrow at Stevenson Park , but will be without centre duo Paul Archer and Alan Burns as well as having to find a player to fill the void left by Willie Anderson . |
| 6 | I will be on location for the next two weeks but will be in touch with you shortly afterwards to arrange a meeting — preferably in London — during July . |