Example sentences of "but it be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er Ministers are often in a very grave difficulty these days , if they do n't listen er er they 're accused o o of being autocratic , i i if they do listen , er then they 're accused of making u-turns , well even the gathering swine did n't have to make a u-turn , a change of direction would have been quite sufficient and I welcome the change of direction which the Home Secretary ha has made erm the objectives of this Bill are I think to be commended , but it is be perfectly clear from the outset that you ca n't combat crime by antagonising everyone concerned with the enforcement of law and order , the police authorities , the police and the magistrates . |
| 2 | Other land does belong to the company , but it is being worked still and eventually will be restored . |
| 3 | They are not caused by individual neurosis , but it is being asserted that religion is best understood as if it were a symptom of a neurosis of humanity as a whole . |
| 4 | The old pattern of streets and houses is still just visible but it is being rapidly engulfed by the ubiquitous housing estates and ‘ infill ’ as the drive for ‘ a home in the country ’ goes on apace . |
| 5 | ‘ Change is not a word that one would readily associate with academic bookselling , but it is being visited upon us and we must respond . ’ |
| 6 | But it is being used I believe as a scapegoat to get the government off the hook for financial reasons . |
| 7 | The Auch mountain glen project , which would restore a local beauty spot , has remarkable local support , but it is being thwarted by the obduracy of the Minister and his officials . |
| 8 | ‘ It is not growing , but it is being maintained with growth agents . |
| 9 | A county spokeswoman said : ‘ Clwyd has agreed with Wrexham Maelor that it can have the buildings but it is being held up because of the situation with NEWI . |
| 10 | But it 's 's name yeah . |
| 11 | And he does so and he finds and squares the ball to his right , Alan made an advance for it but it 's was there first , put ball forward looking for and it 's just beyond the fair haired striker and races away to pick it up . |
| 12 | But it 's being treated that way and a tough fight is promised . |
| 13 | But it 's being stretched to the limit . |
| 14 | The Beeson Ward at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford has pioneered a new type of nursing , but it 's being closed down because the local Health Authority says it does n't have enough money to keep it going . |
| 15 | No one knows when or by whom whisky was invented , but it was being made in Ireland when Henry 11 carried out his invasion in the twelfth century , and by Tudor times distilling was a thriving industry in Scotland . |
| 16 | She was disappointed when he told her he was sorry but it was being used for band practice that day . |
| 17 | Joe should have gone back to school the previous week but it was being used as an evacuation centre . |
| 18 | Roger Wade , co-owner of the Boxfresh label and now handling UK fashion sales for the Carhartt brand gives an insight into the emergence of workwear : ‘ For probably two years there were only really bits and pieces of names like Carhartt being worn — it was a very small thing , but it was being worn by the right people . |
| 19 | The Crossrail scheme for an east-west underground passenger line would benefit London , but it was being re-examined , Mr Lamont said . |