Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [be] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Barry and Diane do n't expect their jobs or their home back — but they 're hoping to be given a tribunal date for later this year . |
| 32 | The Nairacs , now in their eighties , declined to comment , but they 're said to be hopeful that one day they WILL be able to give their son a proper burial . |
| 33 | But they 're going to be |
| 34 | ‘ But they 're going to be dead by dawn tomorrow , so I do n't think the General or I will lose any sleep over it . ’ |
| 35 | But they 're going to be cut out from the two litre bottle range er if they 've got a bad back or these sort of situations . |
| 36 | But they 're going to be the smaller version , they 're going to be Escorts and Fiestas , I think people need encouraging to use them , cos |
| 37 | They are still at large and Scotland Yard has not ruled out their possible involvement in the latest attacks , but they are believed to be firearms specialists rather than bomb makers . |
| 38 | Associations with bells or illuminated disks are rather artificial , but they are intended to be experimental versions of things that would be important in nature . |
| 39 | I have not tried the Nitragon myself but they are said to be very good . |
| 40 | The manner in which the dolphin receives the returning echoes is also a mystery , but they are thought to be picked up by all parts of the body , to travel through the bones to the head . |
| 41 | Erm , and there are , there are some signs of erm , odd categories of advertising being slightly up but they are need to be counter balanced by others which are down too . |
| 42 | Many aquarium shops will sell these terrestrial plants but they are meant to be used as marginals outside the tank or in a paludarium . |
| 43 | But they are set to be without injury victims Robert Lee and Carl Leaburn for Tuesday 's game against Tranmere at Upton Park . |
| 44 | Nordstrom has not publicly put a cost on its plans , but they are going to be very expensive . |
| 45 | but they are going to be running short courses there about |
| 46 | The rocks primarily consist of unfossiliferous conglomerates the age of which is not known with certainty , other than being post-Caledonian , but they are considered to be of probable Trias age . |
| 47 | The party 's spin-doctors had remained sceptical about the polls , but they were expecting to be able to argue that the Conservatives had lost their mandate , even if they were clinging to power in a hung parliament . |
| 48 | Boccara/Boucherit of France had the next fastest time but they were seen to be wash hanging , not for the first time at this level , and a protest was upheld , posing the question why the umpires Riccardo Guala and Glyde Brytt had given white flags . |
| 49 | The discretion was for the District Courts to exercise , but they were urged to be sensitive to the interests expressed in the Convention . |
| 50 | Not only that , but he is preparing to be interviewed by a Teesside literary magazine . |
| 51 | Johnny Jamieson picked up a first half knock in the 2– defeat by Portadown but he is expected to be fit in time for Saturday . |
| 52 | Police have yet to name the dead man but he is thought to be from the Grangetown area . |
| 53 | I suspect he 's happier in sports cars , but he 's determined to be a country gent ! ’ |
| 54 | Like most boys he 's full of sin but he 's promised to be good . |
| 55 | But he was bound to be right still about something . |
| 56 | Innocent also had an " acting chancellor " in his second pontifical year , from 1199 to 1200 , Rainald , a papal notary , but he was sent to be archbishop of Acerenza . |
| 57 | Ian Barclay , coach to the 1987 Wimbledon champion , said it was extremely unlikely Cash would play singles then , but he was aiming to be fit for the Davis Cup tie with France in February . |
| 58 | As has been indicated , such machinery is established , but it is intended to be used only as a last resort . |
| 59 | But it is bound to be expensive , and defence budgets are being cut . |
| 60 | The degree of suffering involved varies according to the temperament of the individual ; but it is bound to be no less tormenting than the hair shirt of the penitent . |