Example sentences of "but the [noun sg] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Yi dynasty presided over Korean affairs from 1392 to 1910 but the dynasty was in decline from the seventeenth century onwards ; and Yi ascendancy was distinguished by a combination of exploitation , corruption and brutality in which endemic factionalism predominated . |
| 2 | But the laugh was on him , and he 'd be on his way to finding his proper place in the smithy — which was to stand by and watch , and not ask too many questions . ’ |
| 3 | But the bruiser was after her , and the click-clack of her heels over the pavement kept him from losing her . |
| 4 | The schoolmistress was ‘ quite inefficient ’ and was also to go , but the porter was to be admonished only . |
| 5 | The fuse again is correct and not only the fuse but the wiring is in good working order . |
| 6 | Sovereignty was formally transferred on 27 December ; but the occasion was unlike the independence celebrated in India and Pakistan on 15 August 1947 and in Burma on 4 January 1948 . |
| 7 | The volumes published so far now bear the collective imprint of Lund Humphries ( the publishers of Moore 's catalogue ) , who provide three handsome slipcases for purchasers of the complete set : but the enterprise is by no means finished , as work continues to pour out of Caro 's Camden Town studio . |
| 8 | There is no evidence ruling out either the pentagon-road or fullerene-road schemes , but the field is at a state where new suggestions for the fullerene formation mechanism are welcome . |
| 9 | I looked to see if he cast a shadow but the sun was in the wrong direction . |
| 10 | But the chanson was by no means always obscene . |
| 11 | But the ball is in our court . |
| 12 | Normally , the smiddy would not have been opened on a Sunday but the animal was in pain and its owner said he needed the mount urgently . |
| 13 | The demand need not be personally served on the debtor , but the creditor is under an obligation to do all that is reasonable for the purpose of bringing the demand to the debtor 's attention and , if practicable in the particular circumstances , to cause personal service of the demand to be effected . |
| 14 | But the cook was in fine form and they seemed to be thawing a bit when I left them chattering away in Greek with Denholm sitting among them and not understanding a word they were saying . |
| 15 | But the art is in its infancy ; every scientific mind in Europe will be immediately directed towards the subject ; and we predict that ere long improvements will be suggested in the process , which will leave nothing to be desired , either in that or in any other respect . " |
| 16 | Two fragments of the chariot were also tested : one , a wheel , was also of Pentelic marble but the axle was of Ephesian marble ( Ephesus was a major port on the west coast of Turkey , north of Halicarnassus ) . |
| 17 | But the proof is in the curry . |
| 18 | But the trend is towards taking the bitterness and confrontation out of divorce , and in the last few years there has been a growth in the number of ‘ mediation ’ and ‘ conciliation ’ ( not to be confused with reconciliation ) services available . |
| 19 | Not only are more and more people willing and able to go and look at the countryside , but the trend is towards more active recreational pursuits , involving the more extensive use of space and paralleled by an extension of the time spent there . |
| 20 | ‘ We have n't seen the bottom of the market yet but the trend is in the right direction . ’ |
| 21 | The tiny motherboard is upgradeable but the processor is underneath the disk drive cage , so you might have to remove the motherboard completely to upgrade it . |
| 22 | Nationalised industries were first set annual cash limits under a Labour administration , but the concept was in line with Conservative Government policy to cut direct taxation and release cash so that people ( voters ) had a greater choice with what to do with their money . |
| 23 | " Just before we left Iran , the Shah asked me to call Sadat , but the telephone was on strike , the telex also . |
| 24 | For example , a breaking wave has a form which is not random , because it is repeated as each successive wave breaks , but the shape is in no sense deducible from the shape of a water molecule : if the sea was made of alcohol , the waves would be much the same shape . |
| 25 | But the plan is for us all to write a couple of things to put on an album . ’ |
| 26 | But the plan is for me to get a look in that van without , for the moment , the driver noticing anything wrong . ’ |
| 27 | The cutters and machinists were to remain at the club house for another twelve and eighteen months respectively but the plan was for the printers to move immediately into the new premises . |
| 28 | Moxon explained : ‘ It was a difficult decision to make but the choice was between Ashley or Simon Kellett who played particularly well at Canterbury when he scored 90 . |
| 29 | Stations on the Cambrian Line are now pretty decrepit : Welshpool boarded up and part used by a Catering Contractor with minimal facilities and passenger information but the station is to be done up by the Local Authority : Newtown — possibly manned for only one shift per day ; Caersws — very nice with the semaphore signals and signal box still in use . |
| 30 | Generally it was felt that there was a lack of quality control of ACE schemes being quite good but the majority being of poor quality with poor working conditions , bad pay and often inadequate training . |