Example sentences of "but he [is] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he is keen to join the King 's African Rifles and go off and fight . |
| 2 | According to Ron Grant , some of these cases were appalling , but he is keen to point out that the vast majority of farmers enjoy a trusting relationship with his organisation and increasingly bring their concerns to his inspectors before problems arise . |
| 3 | But he is easy to find , for he always wears a blue suit . ’ |
| 4 | Mr Mellor is no soft touch , as those within the industry who had to negotiate with him quickly discovered , but he is accessible to reason , and that is itself a great advance on what had been experienced before . |
| 5 | But he is anxious to embrace the whole city , which is why the council is sponsoring a series of 40 commissions embracing artists , musicians and playwrights . |
| 6 | I agree that we must not tell him , but he is sure to find out , you know . |
| 7 | But he is right to remember his wife 's vibrant presence and to take pride in her achievements . |
| 8 | His methods of computation may be ridiculous , but he is right to think that they do not love him , and his sense of bitter ingratitude causes his madness . |
| 9 | At the age of 37 — old by Australian standards — Border accepts that he is nearing the end of his career but he is desparate to prolong it for two reasons . |
| 10 | Alt is wisely tentative in his conclusions given the nature of the available data but he is prepared to argue that there is " no evidence that any British Government in the period [ since 1964 ] … believed it could " steal " an election by mortgaging the future in the interest of an economically better present " . |
| 11 | But he is prepared to act as consultant for corporate clients like Mars in order to be able , for little or no money , to advise clients like Greenpeace or the China Appeal , Michael Manley and the Jamaican government , the National Council for Civil Liberties and the opposition parties in the 1989 Hungarian elections , on their communications and advertising strategies . |
| 12 | He recognizes the mythology of its English adherents , in which all criticism of their ideas attracts the charge of ‘ a characteristically insular suspicion of nasty foreign ideas ’ , but he is prepared to risk it , continuing : |
| 13 | Mr Clarke knows how serious this dispute is but he is prepared to risk people 's lives rather than talk . ’ |
| 14 | The stall holder is being unpleasant but he is entitled to refuse to change it . |
| 15 | Senior South African official Ali Bacher told me last night : ‘ We are concerned about Allan , but he is entitled to earn a living wherever he can . |
| 16 | But he is unlikely to attend because he 's too busy . |
| 17 | 2.30:LEADING American hurdler Lonesome Glory is extremely difficult to assess but he is unlikely to appreciate these testing conditions . |
| 18 | But he is unlikely to climb into a Holland Park ivory tower . |
| 19 | Boss Kevin Keegan is not pushing the 30-year-old striker out of the door , but he is unlikely to stand in the way if Quinn decides he wants to leave . |
| 20 | But he is unlikely to have foreseen the next blow . |
| 21 | But he is ready to accept the need for air power to be brought into play against the Serbs to enforce the UN no fly zone over Bosnia . |
| 22 | But he is hard to understand ! ’ |
| 23 | His goal is to join the regular force but he is happy to have the experience before making his mind up . |
| 24 | His goal is to join the regular force , but he is happy to have the experience before making his mind up . |
| 25 | Glendenning follows a long trail of Darlington players who have gone to Rovers , but he is unable to force his way into the first team . |
| 26 | Mr. Richards rightly does not deal with the judge 's decision as such , but he is unable to uphold the judge 's ruling for two reasons which can be stated at once . |
| 27 | ‘ My husband has a new job but he is unable to start work because he can not leave Oman . |
| 28 | But he is likely to have a frustrating time of it as Industry Secretary until the economy recovers , wanting cash to fund his ambitious regeneration plans that will simply not be available in the next year or two . |
| 29 | The cricket chairman Brian Close is away on holiday but he is likely to face some testing questions on the 10th . |
| 30 | He remains quiet within himself , but he is difficult to overcome , because of the circular energy that surrounds him . |