Example sentences of "be but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since what I am to say must be but that Which contradicts my accusation … |
| 2 | Though every responsible artist must know the annals of his art ( no one more than Pound insisted on that ) , still every artwork that is worth anything not only can be but has to be new , unprecedented . |
| 3 | Eric Honecker , the country 's ageing and inflexible leader , must know that Saturday night 's demonstrations seem certain to be but a foretaste of what is to come . |
| 4 | Before long , the famous pouting Gallic shrug may be but a fond memory . |
| 5 | More recently Gallop has remarked her suspicion of the wish to deny sexual difference because it ‘ might be but another mode of denying women ’ , adding : ‘ I distrust male homosexuals because they choose men over women just as do our social and political institutions , but they too share in the struggle against bipolar gender constraints , against the compulsory choice of masculine or feminine ’ ( Thinking through the Body , 1 13 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ It might not be but it 's the godalmighty truth , ’ he asserted so playfully back that the whole table laughed . |
| 7 | Working girl she may be but , having turned 40 , Sigourney Weaver ( right ) took time out for motherhood |
| 8 | Inside you sit well , the trim is all that is should be but , after driving in some more modern interiors , are the buttons and switches as handy as they might be ? |
| 9 | I do n't know what my future style will be but the one thing I do know is that I will keep on changing . ’ |
| 10 | Wilson hesitated over how little ‘ little ’ would be but , when she heard the sum , could not resist agreeing since it was so very small . |
| 11 | Fickle it may be but , while in its intense form , it can lead to the greatest heights of courage and self-sacrifice . |
| 12 | A career in outrage is a fine place to be but some jokes just are n't funny any more . ’ |
| 13 | Stupid they may be but not lacking in guile . |
| 14 | They are no longer the inconvenient , unwanted , useless and ‘ why did I have to get it now ’ things that they are commonly thought to be but they are actually the manifestation of each person 's attempt to get well , to maintain order and balance in the system . |
| 15 | An almond may be but a simple nut compared with a walnut but at last I was getting close . |
| 16 | Alain Prost is not as quick as he used to be but was smarter , and Nigel Mansell is not the smoothest driver around but he has a lot of ‘ mechanical talent ’ . |
| 17 | I have sometimes found that they are longer than need be but not wide enough . |
| 18 | There is no other place to be but the stream . |
| 19 | Modest he may be but soft he is not . |
| 20 | In the morning there came an ominous indication , although it still could be but threat . |
| 21 | All the beauty that ought to be but rarely is , all the promises of perfection are caught in a few moments of that iridescent light . |
| 22 | As he went to the net , he raised one finger in the air as if to acknowledge the banners that proclaimed him No 1 — he might not be but the way he played last night he could be again soon . |
| 23 | It was not known yesterday what the exact number of redundancies would be but it is hoped that they can be achieved voluntarily . |
| 24 | Hooker believed that ‘ The Church of Christ can be but one , in heaven and on earth . ’ |
| 25 | He 's not the player he used to be but I suppose you could say the same about me . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ He 's not as aggressive as he might be but that could come , and he has more skill and speed than someone like John Fashanu , who plays an intimidating game . |
| 27 | He tried to be the former and his Notebooks show his struggle : the latter he knew he could never be but always revered . |
| 28 | To this there can be but one response . |
| 29 | Wrecked cars and land raiders smouldered along the boulevard under a leaden ceiling so high that utility tubes and power cables seemed to be but a delicate tracery . |
| 30 | ‘ Who else could it be but me ? ’ |