Example sentences of "be but " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Even assuming a genuine ecclesiastic use of the chapel following demolition of the remainder , it can not be said the church as such is still in ecclesiastical use or would be but for the works . ’ |
| 2 | Where would we be but for the work done by previous generations ? |
| 3 | 1.14 " Working day " means any day on which clearing banks in the City of London are ( or would be but for a strike lock-out or other stoppage affecting such banks generally ) open during banking hours and " working days " shall be construed accordingly |
| 4 | A transfer of value is a disposition made by a person ( called the transferor ) as a result of which the value of his estate immediately after the disposition is less than it would be but for the disposition . |
| 5 | With the absence of any wind and the greens softer than they would have been but for the rain of Tuesday , the course was , as Jack Nicklaus put it , ‘ there for the taking ’ . |
| 6 | The first person must have been guilty of conduct which either was an offence under the Act or would have been but for a defence in sections 24 or 25 , Coupe v. Guyett ( 1973 D.C. ) . |
| 7 | A judge should be obliged when passing sentence to state what the sentence would have been but for the plea of guilty . |
| 8 | I would n't have known who it was but for her courtesy . |