Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [be] [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dally goes as far as to state that it indicates a bad prognosis for the disease , but I am glad to be able to report that although my jealousy continued into my adolescence , including the anorexic period , it did not deter my recovery , and that my sisters and I are now the best of friends . |
| 2 | I can legitimately say , ‘ I know ’ , and add in the same breath , ‘ but I am open to being shown I am wrong ’ . |
| 3 | I am not expecting my parents to be reaching the end of their life when they are fortyish but I am likely to be expecting this , although probably unconsciously , when my parents are ninetyish . |
| 4 | But I was delighted to be asked and I must say that I found Heffernan 's style of management very much to my liking . ’ |
| 5 | I did n't know what was going on , but I was happy to be there , sipping Dennis 's eight-quid-a-bottle plonk , trading glances with his vibrant young — well , youngish — wife and openly admiring the charms of her lovely concentrated body . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not being modest about it , but I was lucky to be in the right place at the vital moment ’ , he says . |
| 7 | Mr Devaux said : ‘ I have had 22 happy years at the bar but I 'm pleased to be appointed particularly in the area in which I 've practised for 14 years now . ’ |
| 8 | Clyde Cosper was one of many but I 'm pleased to be here to honour him today |
| 9 | I do n't feel like one , but I 'm supposed to be , well , a physical scientist , so you get that sort of identity thrown at you . |
| 10 | But you are fortunate to be writing in English . |
| 11 | This subject may send shivers down your spine , but you are right to be alarmed , for whether it is the lowly woodworm or the dreaded deathwatch beetle , whether it is dry rot or wet rot , all weaken the structural timbers of a dwelling . |
| 12 | You may be able to sue a negligent surveyor or go to arbitration , but you are likely to be the loser , though your interests are now ( since April 1989 ) better protected in law . |
| 13 | And because holism involves every aspect of the individual , you will not only feel better physically but you are likely to be more alert , freer from stress , more able to interact well with others and able to find greater peace of mind . |
| 14 | If she will be earning , that will eat into her profits , but she is likely to be more contented than if she had given up her job . |
| 15 | I ye yes and I agree with that , but we 're supposed to be communicating with the little bastards right |
| 16 | Mr Keegan , 47 , said : ‘ It will be an enormous emotional strain on us but we are glad to be going at last . |
| 17 | ‘ They 're cunning animals but they 're used to being hunted by leopards , not by men with guns . |
| 18 | But they 're likely to be back at any time . |
| 19 | they 're dead naff , right , cos Steve Wright in the afternoon as a thing , he says , he says , what do you want Essex girl and he 's said something funny she 'll , she 'll go , you crack me right up you do , you make me crack right up , right and they 're suppose and they are , well I do n't know , but they 're supposed to be really naff |
| 20 | There are many ways to grab a person but they are all to be avoided for two reasons . |
| 21 | Proliferation of such schemes will make it essential both to try to avoid consumer confusion , and also to ensure that gaps and overlap are guarded against , but they are all to be welcomed as a recognition that a proper complaints and redress system is necessary if justice is to be done . |
| 22 | ( I grant that the difference is not absolute , and there may be elements of the affective and the intuitive in the pursuit of any intellectual discipline , but they are likely to be marginal . ) |
| 23 | To a remarkable extent , blind people do cope with the many hazards to personal safety which exist but they are likely to be more vulnerable in an unfamiliar environment . |
| 24 | Most problems will fall short of these rather alarming possibilities , but they are likely to be more complicated in themselves . |
| 25 | Of these , the first three ( rules , programmes and procedures ; hierarchical referral ; goal-setting ) are very basic and can be found in practically any organisation but they are likely to be insufficient for non-routine activities , so organisations must also choose some combination of the remaining four options . |
| 26 | These trees were planted by the , from the public purse but they are likely to be harvested by private owners , so I 'm not particularly be to happy about that . |
| 27 | But they are likely to be of greater strategic than employment significance , and there will be losses . |
| 28 | COMMENT AND FACT Newspapers should not express comment on conjecture as fact and should distinguish between them , but they are free to be partisan . |
| 29 | But they are wrong to be so forlorn . |
| 30 | But they are unlikely to be able to save more than a dozen or so seats . |