Example sentences of "but it be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is governed in some detail by statutory requirements , and so is undeniably a system of statutory regulation . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The total investment need is there from the beginning but it is split into two phases and in our thinking it is only too easy to look only at the first phase because this almost returns the organisation to profitability , and to ignore the second phase which may be essential . |
| 4 | That is not to say that Parliament does not have a significant influence on the pattern of public expenditure , but it is exercised in various indirect ways at the formative stage of determining the pattern of public expenditure , and not through variations in the government 's proposals once they have been laid before the House . |
| 5 | Not every noun has a plural form , but , because such words behave in other ways like words which do form plurals , they are admitted into the noun class , eg advice — it is impossible to say *advices , but it is accepted into the noun class . |
| 6 | But it is accepted by physicalists of all kinds that the meaning or semantic value of internal states must be analysed in terms of their causal relations to stimulus and response , just as it is for the behaviourist 's dispositions , and is not something they possess in their own right , or of themselves . |
| 7 | The Regulations derive from EC law , but it is accepted by UK practitioners that an employee is required to acquiesce in the transfer of his employment to Newco , provided the terms and conditions remain materially the same . |
| 8 | But it is encapsulated in the phrase that she was subjected to sadistic behaviour over a lengthy period of time which she accepted because she was in love with him . |
| 9 | Through the letters and poetry there runs a strong current of paedophilia , which has an erotic strain ; but it is tempered by a humane appreciation of the freshness and generosity of children not yet tainted by the manners of society . |
| 10 | But it is exposed above all in a letter of Alcuin ( 796 ) criticizing the whole policy . |
| 11 | The only means he has of doing that is by accepting new clause S. He will have to come up with very convincing arguments to persuade any Hon. Member that he can not accept it , but it is framed in the most uncontentious way anyone could imagine . |
| 12 | As has been indicated , such machinery is established , but it is intended to be used only as a last resort . |
| 13 | It may seem pretentious to say so but it is intended in Gramsci 's terms as an organic intellectual work . |
| 14 | In The Old Curiosity Shop it is high summer , and Dickens himself does not mention a fire , but it is featured by one of his illustrators , within a chimneypiece much too solid and grand for a labourer 's ‘ hut ’ ( Fig. 39 ) . |
| 15 | Adventure in Kingston 's stones is fast and active but it is handled with a light touch . |
| 16 | Rather a bizarre concept , some would think , but it is handled in a sensitive way . |
| 17 | , America ) is true in the start state but it is contradicted in some later states . |
| 18 | But it is contradicted by Nationwide 's house prices index for November which shows a 2% fall in prices . |
| 19 | But it is bound to be expensive , and defence budgets are being cut . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | But it is acknowledged in security circles that whoever fired the shots that killed the two soldiers and constables Alan Corbett in Belcoo , Fermanagh , and Jonathan Reid in Crossmaglen last month , has received army training in handling firearms and is a cool operator . |
| 22 | This does not replicate the monolithic vision of the Early Church but it is characterized by the same overall patterns . |
| 23 | The theory is less applicable to land animals , but it is supported by the paler back of a sloth that lives upside-down . |
| 24 | The style and feeling of the poem is exalted , but it is written with perfect lucidity , and a firm sense of the tradition of Christian conversion . |
| 25 | The first part describes the plain of the Temple , but it is written in strange tribal symbols , which you will have to decode . |
| 26 | 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 ) . |
| 27 | That is the conventional view , but it is disputed by Maureen Cox , former teacher , now psychology lecturer . |
| 28 | The ESR reflects these changes in the various acute phase proteins , but it is affected by factors such as anaemia and hyperglobulinaemia , which may be irrelevant to the acute phase response in some prople . |
| 29 | He is known to have favoured that , but it is rejected by the report as a ’ a crude device which can not do justice to the different abilities a pupil may show in different subjects and contexts ’ . |
| 30 | At paragraph 1497 , it is stated that in larceny the owner of the thing stolen has no intention to part with his property therein to the person taking it , although he may intend to part with the possession ; in false pretences the owner does intend to part with his property in the money or chattel , but it is obtained from him by fraud . |