Example sentences of "but [adj] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NASA says yes , highly probable for a prototype to be flying tests , but doubtful to be operational for two years . |
| 2 | but quick to be sarcastic . |
| 3 | The codicils of Popilius Heracla , whose dating is controversial but likely to be early third century , contain an odder expression : rogo iubeoque fideique vestrae committo . |
| 4 | Cross-fertilisation with publishers , government printing offices , and the computer industry is essential but likely to be ineffective until the historical profession gets its own house in order and begins to include its computer-literate members fully into the fold . |
| 5 | The environmental effects of the project are uncertain , but likely to be serious . |
| 6 | The singer Frankie Vaughan says he 's on the mend , but lucky to be alive after a two-hour emergency operation . |
| 7 | I guess I was fairly content — bored sometimes , but happy to be alive and eating properly . |
| 8 | Rain was thinking that Barbara Coleman was not only a chatterbox but inclined to be dramatic , too . |
| 9 | In assessing the effect of an anti-pain therapy , it is obviously important but difficult to be certain that the treatment has not simply prevented the animal from displaying the sign . |
| 10 | ‘ But difficult to be sure , since your mother died quite young , and you had no brothers or sisters . ’ |