Example sentences of "but [be] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But are are they yours ? no . |
| 2 | Tablets which look like the sweet Smarties but are be harmful to children have been lost in Gloucestershire . |
| 3 | Some people dispute the use of the phrase ‘ one-parent ’ on the grounds that children have two parents but are being raised by a ‘ lone ’ parent . |
| 4 | Clearly if users present for treatment in ‘ bad faith ’ , that is , they do not really want to try to come off but are being either coerced or attempting to deceive ‘ authority ’ , then it is unlikely treatment will succeed . |
| 5 | They 're obviously being continually carried in from the river water but are being taken out of the system somewhere in the marine environment . |
| 6 | Now that herbal usage has been revived so much in other disciplines , the definition has expanded to include plants usually grown nowadays for garden ornament , such as the Christmas rose ( Helleborus niger ) , marigold ( Calendula ) and the Florentine iris ; plants which were regarded as weeds , such as tansy , comfrey , yarrow and herb robert , but are being treated with respect as their usefulness for all sorts of reasons is realized again ; and plants which supply dyes , cosmetics , insect repellents and fragrances . |
| 7 | Many of these may already be recognised in their local community but are being lost to the Church , with consequent resentment , frustration and impoverishment of the parish . |
| 8 | New patterns for External Verification are being developed but are being phased in gradually over a longer timescale . |
| 9 | This is equivalent to credit rationing because banks would like to continue lending the £40 billion ( or even more ) , but are being prevented from doing so by the authorities . |
| 10 | In short , in deciding whether or not a child was being abused ( and what course of practical action to take ) , social workers were not simply relying on clinical and other sources of more objective evidence , but were being asked to make value judgements about the kinds of situations in which child abuse is most likely to occur , and the ‘ types ’ of people most likely to engage in it . |
| 11 | Governments are helping , but is is n't enough . |
| 12 | FUNDAMENTAL science often leads to fresh technologies and even to new industries , but is is far less usual for developments in technology to lead to new science . |
| 13 | With many more illustrations , a shorter text rigorously checked and edited , decent notes and index , the book would be greatly improved but is is sad to reflect on a great opportunity missed . |
| 14 | But is is surprising how often High Court judges , pressed for time and hearing only the plaintiff 's side , overlook the principle and grant an " interim injunction " without inquiring whether the defendant intends to defend . |
| 15 | But is is that you know , is this three quarters , is that the same a is ten to the power three , all raised to the power and then find the fourth root , is that the same as ten to the seventy five and then find one hundred . |
| 16 | But is is that usual though , so they usually take a form up for this mobility thing ? |
| 17 | Mr Saatchi will continue as chairman but is being replaced as chief executive by Robert Louis-Dreyfus , a French citizen and president and chief executive of IMS International , who yesterday pledged to restore the strength of Saatchi & Saatchi 's core business . |
| 18 | The Sunderland-based Vaux wants to buy 100 or more pubs but is being choosy . |
| 19 | The first , a 660MW reactor of the Candu type has yet to enter service , but is being built with no outside supervision and under military control . |
| 20 | The extent of choice available to the DHA purchasers will vary from one location to another , but is being broadened through the advent of self-governing NHS Trusts and the existence of a number of private hospitals . |
| 21 | The average age of Spencer Stuart directors is older than that of other Big four consultants , but is being lowered by new recruits . |
| 22 | But is being a good constituency TD the same as being a good TD ? |
| 23 | For example , early indicators of investment success under a cost-leadership strategy might be the proof , at an embryonic stage of the life-cycle , that the product matches its rivals in quality but is being produced at lower cost . |
| 24 | Therefore it is necessary to maintain documentary evidence that our system not only exists , but is being operated as intended . |
| 25 | Right fair enough , that 's er that 's a very fair point but is being thrown in a bath er full of excreta , bleach and urine part of the toughening process ? |
| 26 | Again , the conditions are very very different in every place , so if you go to Honduras , erm they have 2 million hectares of tropical forest , which is scarcely being used at all to the use of timber , but is being steadily cut down , and turned into , first peasant agriculture , and second , ranching . |
| 27 | But is was not to be . |
| 28 | Originally they were termed ‘ accessory foods factors ’ but is was then found that the first of these ‘ factors ’ belonged to a group of substances called amines . |
| 29 | Karl patted her arm , making Erika feel that she was deeply in the wrong but was being forgiven . |
| 30 | The bond between the two men had been established quickly , but was being strengthened with slow , deliberate precision . |