Example sentences of "they [be] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the items are fine as they are but are not given unconditional approval because they should only be eaten in moderation . |
| 2 | You judge people not by who they are but by what they do and how they behave . |
| 3 | I can very easily help them into a situation where they can be very much more successful than they are but that would mean compromises . |
| 4 | Or they are but I 'm not a very good person to bring out these effects , I do n't know which is true . ’ |
| 5 | If ‘ Two Pints Of Wazzer ’ and ‘ Clean As Clark ’ are dull , overdone and in danger of slipping into pantomime rather than humorous satire , they are but mere red herrings before the frenzied energy and monstrous drum rolls of ‘ Japanese Girls ’ and ‘ Later F—Off ’ . |
| 6 | They are but not as I saw things at the time — I did n't think I would marry . |
| 7 | It is important that they should understand that they are not being examined to see how ignorant they are but that you are trying , with their help , to help them to become good spellers . |
| 8 | ‘ They are but rooms , my lady … ’ |
| 9 | They are but one source from which Legionella pneumophila can breed . |
| 10 | Their craggy faces are as safe as old bark to me ; they are but remnants of a petrified forest I have left behind . |
| 11 | I am advised that the press says that they are but that in practice they are not . |
| 12 | Yes yes well leave the trees where they are but but that diabolical thing well art today I do n't know what they think art is . |
| 13 | For many people birds become an obsession — but for most they are but one part of the whole countryside experience . |
| 14 | I ca n't remember where they are but they |
| 15 | I ca n't quite think what they are but |
| 16 | Technical yeah the technical people but you have to ensure do n't you that with with your audience that you understand who they are but if you do n't then you have to keep it to a common denominator . |
| 17 | They are but I 'm just I mean y'know it 's cos it 's not really correlation yet so I 'm sort of u that 's why I 've put quotes round association . |
| 18 | Yes , they are but I think perhaps she 's a little too young for them |
| 19 | Oh yeah , hang on , I ca n't think who they are but they came all the way . |
| 20 | Yeah they 're quite , they 're doing quite well these people , I du n no who they are but they 're doing quite well . |
| 21 | Mind you , he and Uncle Brian they are identical twins people can find out who they are but , well they ca n't find out who we are can they ? |
| 22 | Think they are but it might not be we could ask they 'll probably be the vegetarian Christmas lunch as well wo n't there ? |
| 23 | Absolutely no interest in politics whatsoever you know all they 'd done it 's you know it 's sad to see things the way they are but it seems to be that with the world over at the moment so . |
| 24 | I do n't expect the heartbeat award scheme to suffer , I will be in touch with Matthew fairly closely to ensure that , but I think the position of the labour group is that we can not support these recommendations as they are but we offer you a compromise solution . |
| 25 | Well , you see the you say they are but that does n't mean anything . |
| 26 | Yes but then they 're but nevertheless they could n't |
| 27 | They 're but we do . |
| 28 | So we got a thousand letters to do that 's all , well it might be over I do n't know they 're but |
| 29 | And I said to them they 're but they 're quite , quite expensive , the cats . |
| 30 | They 're paying their bills , they 're but there 's nothing in there ! |