Example sentences of "to be [adv] [verb] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has to be closely supervised but provides a good job for any adult who might be feeling somewhat self-conscious . |
| 2 | Young Anna is going to be well heeled but she will have to come to some arrangement with Beryl and Beryl would prefer , much , to deal with the devil himself . |
| 3 | There is , as we shall see , pressure from many influential sources for the Constitution not only to be further amended but also to be radically altered . |
| 4 | Cramlington seems to be still planned but in the inner city we are now very definitely after the planners . |
| 5 | This last aspect has yet to be fully developed but training agencies have been short-listed for courses scheduled for later this year . |
| 6 | The reasons for it remain to be fully understood but it will certainly reopen the debate about this aspect of dependency — chosen or enforced ? |
| 7 | This has yet to be fully explored but one publication at least gives useful guidance in this . |
| 8 | The loss of defensive co-ordinator Dave Wannstedet , to become the new head coach at Chicago has yet to be fully assessed but it was his planning that neutralised the Bills ' threat . |
| 9 | ‘ As you probably know , Major Maxim is attached to Number 10 for duties that appear not to be precisely defined but touch on security matters . |
| 10 | Whilst noting the developments in human rights since the unbanning of political organizations in February 1990 , Amnesty expressed its concern at the number of killings in which security force members appeared to be directly implicated but where the security forces failed to take appropriate action . |
| 11 | Because of the constraints of space , the number of guests had to be severely limited but during the afternoon more visitors were invited to look around the Lodge and see for themselves this latest jewel in the Association 's welfare crown . |