Example sentences of "but they [vb mod] [be] [adj] to " in BNC.

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1 Yes … high earners will get bigger fines … but they may be disproportionate to the offence .
2 They can carry on a normal life like going to school or work and having fun with their family and friends , but they will be infectious to other people for the rest of their lives .
3 Users will not be forced to take up object-oriented features if they do n't want to , but they will be able to can add bits of object-oriented programming as they wish , and insulate existing Cobol programs by making an object out of an existing data structure .
4 Shift-work hours are not merely inconvenient but they can be disturbing to the functioning of the whole family .
5 Expenses can be a sensitive issue but they should be available to all volunteers if needed .
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