Example sentences of "but this would be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this would be beyond all bounds . |
| 2 | But this would be of limited value to the defendant , since any costs recovered by the defendant would be subject to a charge in favour of the board under section 16 of the Act and the operation of regulation 103 of the Civil Legal Aid ( General ) Regulations 1989 , the detail of which I need not examine , and would have the effect in this case that the defendant would in fact recover only a very small proportion of the costs he actually incurred . |
| 3 | But this would be to little avail if the ground were waterlogged or so acid as to prevent the normal action of soil life . |
| 4 | But this would be at a great price for the many to deal with the problems of the few . |
| 5 | Later , when they came to know each other better , the pupil might graduate to calling him ‘ Lewis ’ , but this would be in the case of intimates . |