Example sentences of "but it [be] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is mistaken to the point of being morally grotesque to argue that , before we can decide whether human slaves should be liberated , we first need to count everyone 's interests , both slaves ’ and slave owners ' alike , and count equal interests equally . |
| 2 | As has been indicated , such machinery is established , but it is intended to be used only as a last resort . |
| 3 | But it is bound to be expensive , and defence budgets are being cut . |
| 4 | The degree of suffering involved varies according to the temperament of the individual ; but it is bound to be no less tormenting than the hair shirt of the penitent . |
| 5 | The preventive duty is broader than Section I of the 1980 Child Care Act , but it is owed to a restricted group of children ( Masson , 1990 ) . |
| 6 | The former could cover all cases but it is felt to be more appropriate to use fairness in the context of , for example , company inspectors , or immigration officers . |
| 7 | But it is tied to the capitalist social order and therefore it can not strategically deal with the causes of discrimination ( this is as true of discrimination against women , against black people , against those with disabilities ) . |
| 8 | European funding can be lavish but it is tied to cooperation with public bodies . |
| 9 | Unlike serious pollsters , the brewer 's flaccid organ fails to report the size of the sample of Scousers interviewed but it is believed to be adjacent to the number of fans at a Tranmere Rovers away match . |
| 10 | The reason for this is not clear but it is believed to be related to surface characteristics such as defect chemistry . |
| 11 | This is the case at Richmond , where it is incorporated in the royal charters of Elizabeth I in 1576 and Charles II in 1668 , but it is believed to be much older . |
| 12 | Ferguson declined to reveal the fee but it is believed to be Pounds 1.2m . |
| 13 | The exact function of sleep is unproven , but it is believed to be important in the maintenance of health and body repair . |
| 14 | Publishers have been reluctant to comment on this proposed scheme at present , but it is believed to be an agreement whereby a publisher 's rep would be given authority to put into the store any title in any quantity , for example 500 copies of a new title , and after 60 days would take back any copies the manager no longer wanted . |
| 15 | He refused to speculate how many jobs could be lost if the council was capped , but it is believed to be around 50 . |
| 16 | Pool boss Alan Murray is refusing to reveal the fee paid for the new man , but it is believed to be about £50,000 . |
| 17 | But it is believed to be in the region of £40,000 although it could be higher . |
| 18 | This point may sound very obvious , but it is seen to be crucial when one party to the contract is looking for a way to get out of his contractual obligations and is able to seize upon an ill-defined point . |
| 19 | When Malcolm James 's book Born of the Desert — the reminiscences of a doctor with the 1st S.A.S. in the Western Desert — appeared in 1945 , a reviewer wrote : ‘ All men have conscience , but it is given to only a few to have the selflessness to stride out into battle and , by themselves undertaking the combat that has to be done by someone , to satisfy its insistence … ’ |
| 20 | Little information is available on the developmental cycle of this genus , but it is thought to be similar to that of the genus Trichonema . |
| 21 | Wimpey refused to quantify the additional charge it has taken for its involvement in the Channel Tunnel project , but it is thought to be similar to the £8 million announced by its fellow Chunnel contractor , Balfour Beatty , recently . |
| 22 | The Labour party is not committed to any specific increase in health service expenditure , but it is committed to a specific cut in the proportion of NHS expenditure used for patient care . |
| 23 | We may reasonably think that the vase-picture of the Underworld does bring us really close to the composition of a lost wall-painting , but it is adapted to the small , curved surface of a pot ( though , being a calyx-krater , the curve is only horizontal , and it does retain some of the character of a wall ) , and there are other important differences , in particular the nature of the red-figure technique . |
| 24 | In theory , logging was suspended by law in January 1990 , but it is reported to be continuing apace . |
| 25 | A directive is addressed to member states within the EC but it is left to each individual government to decide whether or not to implement the directive . |
| 26 | A disc with a genuine de Reszke label is known , but it is attached to the wrong record ! |
| 27 | Yet I did not want to leave things alone entirely , without making an effort , but it is restricted to the expression of two things — the cypresses — the olive trees — let others who are better and more powerful than I reveal their symbolic language … |
| 28 | No fee has yet been agreed for the player but it is expected to be in the region of £35,000 . |
| 29 | ‘ But it 's believed to be a kind of dark mirror-image of this world . |
| 30 | I do n't know even what the panto is , but it 's bound to be a good one if it 's Dinda , yeah . |