Example sentences of "but be [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( I muse but am too weedy to say . ) |
| 2 | One I envy but am never likely to possess . |
| 3 | There are occasions when we have grudged paying a top rate , but been too cowardly to refuse . |
| 4 | Plumbers refer to these as ‘ fifteen mil ’ , ‘ twenty-two mil ’ and ‘ twenty-eight mil ’ , but are equally likely to call them by the names of the premetrication pipes they replaced : ½in , ¾in and lin . |
| 5 | The French are as committed as the British to the concept of a privately financed Channel Tunnel but are also concerned to maximise its benefits for the surrounding region , and the economy as a whole , by the judicious use of public investment . |
| 6 | They include the effect of rising divorce rates on the number of one-person households and single-parent families , which disproportionately seek accommodation in the rented sectors because of relatively low average incomes , but are also able to take advantage of the low-cost home ownership schemes introduced by the 1980 Housing Act and largely confined to the urban stress areas . |
| 7 | These may not only reduce industrial competitiveness but are also likely to influence the location of industry , since spatial variations in the distribution of the constraints do exist . |
| 8 | Social workers are highly critical of other professions ' seeming unaccountability , most notably doctors and police officers , but are notoriously unwilling to look at their own . |
| 9 | External frames are sometimes available , but are less stable to carry . |
| 10 | ( d ) Explain briefly why accountants normally consider a provision for bad and doubtful debts necessary but are less likely to insist on a provision for discounts allowable to debtors . |
| 11 | Glass lenses are heavier , but are less likely to become scratched ; they can be made shatterproof . |
| 12 | Road names are a prolific form of aviation memorial but are often difficult to track down . |
| 13 | With every player in the Whaddon team a potential striker , we tend to concentrate on defence but are always ready to spot the half chance to score a breakaway goal . |
| 14 | ‘ We are not very strong but are very willing to learn . |
| 15 | African Fish Eagles are not an endangered species at the moment but are very difficult to breed in captivity , so it 's quite an achievement for the birds of prey centre . |
| 16 | The principles apply equally to inconstant traits , but are more clumsy to express . |
| 17 | In a curious way , women are probably more prone than men to changes of mood , but are more able to manipulate them . |
| 18 | They are no longer confined to the immediate shorelines and the traditional food of limpets and other shellfish , but are more inclined to forage in fields and parkland in company with curlews and starlings . |
| 19 | These factors may indeed be present but are more likely to act as partners with unresolved emotional issues in people 's lives , rather than to initiate the disease . |
| 20 | Now write a description of your hand , taking the risks , following the associations that may lead nowhere but are more likely to lead exactly where you need to go . |
| 21 | In discussing the interactions of mental illnesses and brain failure Gray and Isaacs ( 1979 ) showed that illnesses such as depression , psychosis and neurosis do continue to occur in old age but are more likely to recur than appear for the first time . |
| 22 | As Freud has pointed out , however , children do not normally repress the thought of death , but are more likely to express it in fantasy . |
| 23 | People are not merely dupes , but are more likely to accept uncritically a line which is constantly propagated by the media if it does n't touch them personally ; otherwise they are more likely to insist on making up their own minds . |
| 24 | They were anxious to get a definite indication from the player regarding his future , but are now content to wait for Connolly 's decision . |
| 25 | Publisher 's themed series now account for a significant part of the market , but are too many thought up by designers and marketing departments rather than horticulturalists ? |
| 26 | Often we have opportunity but are too shy to speak . |
| 27 | Police investigating the murder of John Stanley , who was fourteen and from Moss side in Manchester , say that some people know who the killer is , but are too frightened to speak out . |
| 28 | You think you might have a hobby , but are too embarrassed to tell anyone about it ? |
| 29 | ( All the stories came from girls — Dr Kitzinger thinks boys probably suffer similar things but are too embarrassed to admit it ) . |
| 30 | The revival in borrowing was concentrated on credit cards , suggesting that consumers are stepping up purchases of everyday items but are still reluctant to take on debt to finance household durables and cars . |