Example sentences of "but [adj] [modal v] [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that would be tantamount to admitting that somehow , by some outrageous quirk of emotion , she cared whether Roman had a relationship with Stephanie … which was unthinkable … |
| 2 | A central European bank could regulate the money supply of all EC countries , but that would be unacceptable to many members . |
| 3 | ( On Mori figures , the swing was relatively low among Express and Mail readers , but this may be due to sampling variability . |
| 4 | One possibility would be a statutory reformulation of Rylands v. Fletcher shorn of the qualifications and defences which so emasculate it now , perhaps on the lines of the Restatement , which imposes strict liability on one who carries on an ‘ abnormally dangerous activity , ’ but this would be open to varying judicial inclinations and would give rise to considerable uncertainty for a very long period of time . |
| 5 | Real chemical systems do show chaotic activity [ 5 ] , but this could be due to spatial , hydrodynamic irregularities rather than true chemical chaos . |
| 6 | Some are the familiar ones that we have all seen many times , but most will be new to the majority of readers . |