Example sentences of "to [be] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eric Honecker , the country 's ageing and inflexible leader , must know that Saturday night 's demonstrations seem certain to be but a foretaste of what is to come . |
| 2 | A career in outrage is a fine place to be but some jokes just are n't funny any more . ’ |
| 3 | They are no longer the inconvenient , unwanted , useless and ‘ why did I have to get it now ’ things that they are commonly thought to be but they are actually the manifestation of each person 's attempt to get well , to maintain order and balance in the system . |
| 4 | Alain Prost is not as quick as he used to be but was smarter , and Nigel Mansell is not the smoothest driver around but he has a lot of ‘ mechanical talent ’ . |
| 5 | There is no other place to be but the stream . |
| 6 | All the beauty that ought to be but rarely is , all the promises of perfection are caught in a few moments of that iridescent light . |
| 7 | He 's not the player he used to be but I suppose you could say the same about me . ’ |
| 8 | Wrecked cars and land raiders smouldered along the boulevard under a leaden ceiling so high that utility tubes and power cables seemed to be but a delicate tracery . |
| 9 | But the only other guidance necessary is to say : be as funny as it is in you to be but be careful not to go too far . |
| 10 | In the darkness they seemed not the amusing and-loveable clowns they were meant to be but somehow menacing . |
| 11 | She was more relaxed than she used to be but still , in Dexter 's view , judged herself too harshly . |
| 12 | It was still sixty-odd kilometres from where we wanted to be but we were obsessed with our goal — Krakonosc , the Patron Saint of Czech skiers . |
| 13 | The Jews of his day had come to see the Old Testament law not as a pointer to the life of trusting obedience in God which it was meant to be but rather a code to be scrupulously followed in every detail . |
| 14 | person you might like to be but actually unfortunately are n't . |
| 15 | Some courts treat these terms in an omnibus fashion ; natural justice is said to be but a manifestation of a broader concept of fairness . |
| 16 | expecting to be but you know , how , how could you be |
| 17 | A ladies ' man he may profess to be but he 's also been a bit of a louse . |
| 18 | Well , I think not that they 're afraid not to be but |
| 19 | I doubt it actually , I think they , it ought to be but I do n't think erm the people appointing are likely to look outside the immediate environs , and |
| 20 | The decoders here are just non-linear functions , they 're just binary non-linear functions they happen to be but they 're non-linear . |
| 21 | There 's no need for them to be but there again it 's a desperate situation That 's it . |
| 22 | coach keith Richardson says they are very worried … they have to be but there is no panic … the team spirit is good and they need to find more passion … |
| 23 | So who 's going to be the next manager of Oxford United … the shortlist is being drawn up this weekend … the appointment will be made early next week … we ca n't tell you yet who it 's going to be but we can tell the Manor Ground directors who you want … |
| 24 | Harrowing stuff with emotions , hormones and nerve ends aching , but for all the quality of the acting and the script , it does n't seem as moving as it ought to be but it is hard to define why not . |
| 25 | Golding knows exactly what boys , man is like and how they disintegrate their civilisation and how we humpty-dumpty our world , never to be but back together again . |
| 26 | There used to be but there is no |
| 27 | It used to be but I think it 's an old |
| 28 | Well I was supposed to be but erm every single time they arrange it and they either tell me the wrong da well they told me the wrong day last week cos , they told me Tuesd they told me it was Thursday when it , when it was actually Tuesday when I was getting pissed at Scott 's house so erm it was too late by then . |
| 29 | Well it 's just fire and you have to be but |
| 30 | Well to be but er |