Example sentences of "[num] but it be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is only forty-two but it is feared he may have tuberculosis . |
| 2 | They had a two year romance in the thirties but it was broken up by the war and the appearance of Rose 's first husband . |
| 3 | ( There are no plans for national development of courses within batch 3 but it is hoped that resources will be available to allow SCOTVEC to support consortium development of courses ) . |
| 4 | Its herdbook was formed in 1892 and there was a breed society from 1920 to 1938 but it was reconstructed from a few remaining individuals , with the result that there was considerable inbreeding and a particularly popular bull , widely used for his whiteness , was later found to have spread a serious genetic defect ( hypoplasia ) correlated to the degree of whiteness . |
| 5 | When the merger plans were announced , an offer for sale of shares to the public was planned for early 1988 but it was scrapped in the wake of the 1987 stock market collapse . |