Example sentences of "be [adv] [vb pp] but [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And say erm where he would be best used but there have been a couple of errors caused by his bad eyesight . |
| 2 | The words may be brilliant , the sentences may be perfectly constructed but it has n't got that life in it that the more spontaneous talking will have , and it 's less persuasive . |
| 3 | The number of pregnancies that do not produce a viable infant but end in miscarriage , induced abortion or stillbirth or , of those that result in a live born baby with serious health impairment , can not be reliably assessed but it may be put at a much larger figure . |
| 4 | Young Anna is going to be well heeled but she will have to come to some arrangement with Beryl and Beryl would prefer , much , to deal with the devil himself . |
| 5 | The reasons for it remain to be fully understood but it will certainly reopen the debate about this aspect of dependency — chosen or enforced ? |
| 6 | The loss of defensive co-ordinator Dave Wannstedet , to become the new head coach at Chicago has yet to be fully assessed but it was his planning that neutralised the Bills ' threat . |
| 7 | Nepal 's climbing permits , for example , require an undertaking that rubbish will be adequately disposed but it is rarely enforced . |