Example sentences of "but [was/were] [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of these omissions , one quarter were inflected forms , one quarter were proper nouns , one sixth were hyphenated forms , one twelfth were misspellings and one quarter were not yet resolved , but were likely to be new words occurring since the dictionary was published . |
| 2 | None had been seen at that time in the Harwell experiments that preceded ZETA but Kurchatov announced that the Soviets were seeing some neutrons which were due to fusion occurring , but were unlikely to be from thermonuclear fusion because the rate of their production did not vary with current in the expected way . |
| 3 | A gaze into a crystal ball showed that the Europeans would out-drive the Americans , would make more greens in regulation but were prone to be wild off the tee . |
| 4 | Among the crowd there were heroes of the late war and some who might not have been heroes then but were prepared to be so now . |
| 5 | As Stedman Jones has shown , marriage was often portrayed as a ‘ comic disaster ’ ; marriage was necessary , especially for the woman , but was best to be resisted for as long as possible by the man . |
| 6 | Patrick Murphy said last night he was angry about his treatment by police but was delighted to be free . |
| 7 | Sylvia had enjoyed her months in the States , but was glad to be going home . |
| 8 | He had enjoyed the meal but was glad to be gone , reminding himself that he was a priest and Benedicta was the mistress of her own life . |
| 9 | Mrs Claudio Abado was another who had worked hard towards making the evening a success , but was unable to be present . |
| 10 | Yes , in the sense that she was not a person who just reacted and went along with the system , but was prepared to be independent and assess situations for herself . |