Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deposits of galena are widely distributed but by no means equally accessible to early centres of civilization . |
| 2 | A parallel trend which has been widely perceived but less well documented is that of increasing numbers of authors per article . |
| 3 | The examination timetable has been widely circulated but if any one wishes a copy please telephone your request to the examinations department . |
| 4 | Furthermore , until the coming of oil the planning regulations had not been rigorously implemented but with the transition to Island Authority status and the creation of the Structure Plan the planners sought to justify their existence . |
| 5 | Its biochemical causes are little understood but the effects of the disease in terms of organic deterioration are irrefutable and its effects on behaviour catastrophic . |
| 6 | For each martyr well known , there are thousands who are little remembered but who suffered death because they were disciples of Christ . |
| 7 | Several calls have been eventually connected but are suddenly dropped by the system for no apparent reason . |
| 8 | Parts of South-west England have been badly hit but reports of a national epidemic have been an exaggeration , according to the research unit of the Royal College of General Practioners . |
| 9 | Parts of South-west England have been badly hit but reports of a national epidemic have been an exaggeration , according to the research unit of the Royal College of General Practioners which collects reports from more than 200 doctors at 62 practices throughout England and Wales . |
| 10 | The politician may have been democratically elected but the politician does not have the same experience as the career official . |
| 11 | The Templars are much feared but also respected for their knowledge . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Teenagers are much maligned but the support they gave was tremendous , ’ he said . |
| 13 | The découpages of the last years are greatly admired but seldom appear at auction . |
| 14 | I do n't believe we have been wrongly informed but that 's the logic of the charge which has been made . |
| 15 | The pleadings are somewhat convoluted but must be referred to because they contain the facts , as is normal in a demurrer . |
| 16 | 7.4 Employees and their managers must complete this form and send it to the Employees Relations Officer at Department Headquarters , , not only in circumstances in which the employee has been physically hurt but also where they may have been abused or threatened in any way or subjected to racial or sexual harassment . |
| 17 | They are normally sheathed but when hunting they can be extended to a length of 2½ in ( 6 cm ) . |
| 18 | Sir , If you please to send me a scarlet Cardinal [ a short red cloak ] , and let it be full yard long , and rather longer than a yard long , and let it be full , for it be for a large Woman , they tell me I may have a long one , and a handsome one , for 11s but I shou 'd not be willing to give more than 12s , but if you have any as long as that , either duffil or cloth , if it is cheaper , I shou 'd like it as well as , for I am not to give but 12s for it . |
| 19 | Hitherto , youth , unlike children , had been largely ignored but the events and trends that so characterized the decades circa 1880 and 1920 brought young workers firmly within the investigative framework of the social sciences as report after report vividly illustrated their significance in most areas of society . |
| 20 | Mechanical joins such as rivets are easily recognised but , from as early as 2500 BC in Sumer , smiths developed methods of joining one metal with another of a lower melting point . |
| 21 | Rats and hamsters are easily infected but the disease is rarely fatal . |
| 22 | The facts of sea-warfare are not ignored but there is no concentration on their gruesome aspects and , usually , plain statements do not extend to an analysis of the effect of conflict on individuals . |
| 23 | Bankruptcy proceedings appear to have been taken against the plaintiffs by B.M.T. Receiving orders were made against them in the county court but , on appeal , these orders were , it is said , rescinded on terms which are not stated but which are said to have been fulfilled . |
| 24 | There are also some rivers which are not listed but clearly do have agreements at times , the lower Tryweryn and Exe being obvious examples , while others like the Wylye do not have any agreements to the knowledge of the LAO . |
| 25 | Their findings are not recorded but in 1938 self-service carving was discontinued . |
| 26 | All the uses of need and dare as full modal auxiliaries involve therefore a non-assertive quality whereby the needing or daring are not asserted but denied , questioned , conceded , represented as mere possibilities rather than as real events . |
| 27 | The services are not tested but a visual inspection is made and advice is offered if further specialists ' tests are needed . |
| 28 | The relationships are not named but it might be that STUDENT takes COURSE and that STUDENT has as tutor ACADEMIC STAFF . |
| 29 | Most torturers are not born but are fashioned deliberately from ordinary people , Dr Mika Haritos-Fatouros says . |
| 30 | As we have seen earlier , when a child 's existing links to a birth parent or relative are severed on placement with a new family , the feelings involved are not eradicated but driven ‘ underground ’ . |