Example sentences of "but it [vb mod] be [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Association with colleagues after working hours could be taken as an indication of the priority given to company matters but it may be reluctantly undertaken . |
| 2 | Curran is convinced that it produced a ‘ muted radicalism ’ but it would be equally justified to claim that the Mirror had to change because it could not portray the 1950s and 1960s in the language or imagery of the 1940s . |
| 3 | I know we 're not inviting anybody for lunch Christmas day could n't cope with that but it would be quite to have them in the afternoon ca n't cope with the people ! |
| 4 | Whatever they like bottom of the River Trent if you like but it would be very going off the subject and I 've only got a minute or two to spare but what someone pointed out to me that terrible monstrosity outside the Theatre Royal subway and every time I pass I fume inwardly . |
| 5 | But it would be highly destabilising for any modern state . |
| 6 | They were undoubtedly used by the employers , and the strike was seized as a chance to bring them in — but it should be firmly stated here , since it is usually glossed over , that the damage to the strikers " cause was not for the first time , the result of actions by other men . |
| 7 | A salad certainly does n't have to be made of lettuce ; but it should be mainly composed of vegetables or greens dressed with a complimentary sauce . |
| 8 | Side-drum parts are usually written in the treble clef on the note C , as above , but it must be clearly understood that the side-drum never gives a note of definite pitch . |
| 9 | Her growth and development was difficult to define , but it could be clearly felt by those around her . |
| 10 | This definition was used by Cohen to explain the response to youth in the 1950s and 1960s but it can be similarly applied to moral crises in the more distant past — one may refer by way of example , to the nexus of fears generated by the French Revolution , which significantly shaped the contours of ‘ Victorian ’ sexuality , or the anxieties which produced the legislative restructuring of the 1880s and 1900s , or the fears generated by the cold war in the 1950s . |
| 11 | This is usually tucked away under a fold of skin but it can be quickly erected and used as a weapon . |
| 12 | Not heroic , but it can be superbly done . |
| 13 | But it can be validly claimed that there is a crisis in at least two senses , identified by Morris ( 1999 : 125 ) . |
| 14 | For example , we have withdrawal groups for music , not that their ordinary subjects are disrupted in this way , but it can be so organized on the timetable that they are withdrawn at a different period each week , and getting together , for example , to play in the school orchestra erm is of terrific value . |
| 15 | Of course , each German state retains the right to self-determination , but it can be only exercised in the context of other norms and principles of international law . |
| 16 | Now , if we say no , the project will still go ahead , but it will be slightly scaled down , and there will be a meeting later this month to decide how to revise the spec erm , it 's possible for example , that the lift to allow disabled visitors to the first floor would not be included if the twenty thousand pounds were n't forthcoming . |
| 17 | You may appeal under rule six , my branch was told , this is the appeal procedures that refers to members not branches , but it will be well understood you are making the appeal on behalf of the branch , which obviously means we 've got ta borrow one to do something else . |
| 18 | Yes , but it will be well screened and , and there will be planting round it and it 'll be well fenced . |
| 19 | During this year WASL will maintain its opening ours from Tuesday to Friday , from 10am–5pm but it will be formally closed to readers and users during the whole month of August . |
| 20 | There is more to be said , but it will be better said in reply other related objections . |
| 21 | If your roof is not felted , it may be a little dustier in the roof space , but it will be better ventilated and you can see what is happening to the tiles and battens more easily . |