Example sentences of "but [pron] [modal v] [be] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therese can not be Snow White or Cinderella , but she can be Queen of the Night . |
| 2 | Not people who are experienced in object programming , but who may be expert in legal or manufacturing objects , for instance . |
| 3 | But there would be access to the roof , if only for care and maintenance . |
| 4 | But there would be time enough to intervene on the Continent if and when the Russian advance began . |
| 5 | But there will be relief that the Chancellor has not tapped business to ease his problems with the public sector borrowing requirement by raising taxes directly . |
| 6 | But there will be cost involved , I think about eighteen thousand , over the course of that year , in sustaining that contract rather than replacing it with a new tender . |
| 7 | This gives no variable cut-off but there will be provision for lap and lead . ’ |
| 8 | the engine will seem to run well but there will be damage . |
| 9 | ‘ But there will be equality — the labour force will control itself . ’ |
| 10 | But there will be pressure on the company to produce ‘ quick fixes ’ for traditional industries that have fallen on hard times . |
| 11 | But there can be criticism of psychoanalytic theories on a rational basis . |
| 12 | Thirst is usually marked but there can be dysphagia for solids from the constriction . |
| 13 | For instance , we may agree that the course should include such topics as word processing , graphics scanning and page makeup applications , but there could be debate as to which heading(s) they fall under . |
| 14 | Reform of the CAP will be difficult , but there must be reform . |
| 15 | The wider the cut , the quicker the lawn will be mown , but there must be room to manoeuvre the machine properly . |
| 16 | Clients may not be physically ill , but there should be provision for care in the appropriate environment if required . |
| 17 | The critic is an unusually acute and well-informed reader , but there should be equality of esteem between the critic and other readers . |
| 18 | The receptor for TGLP-1 in the rat gastric mucosa seems to be different from that for glucagon-29 , but they may be part of a closely related family . |
| 19 | Sometimes the ‘ tokens ’ are simple ticks on a little notebook , but they can be milk bottle tops or counters or spent matches kept in a little bag . |
| 20 | But they could be vinegar the next day , ’ he said . |
| 21 | Gen Enrile went on : ‘ I told them they would be treated fairly , justly and humanely but they must be man enough to take the consequences of their actions . ’ |
| 22 | Gen Enrile went on : ‘ I told them they would be treated fairly , justly and humanely but they must be man enough to take the consequences of their actions . ’ |
| 23 | But he would be honey , set round me |
| 24 | But he could be touchpaper , and a spark from a fancied slight , a disagreement over politics , a moment of heedlessness from someone , and he would catch and soon the conflagration was at full blast consuming everything in its path : new friendships , old friendships , new clients , his reputation , his wife 's love , even that . |
| 25 | Its BCR number can not be identified with certainty , but it may be No. 6 . |
| 26 | But it might be coke . ’ |
| 27 | I know , but it 'll be midnight before it finishes wo n't it ? |
| 28 | well she said she , she wants to come and she 'd like to come , but it 'll be end of June , because she 's going to some er Methodist day out somewhere , I do n't |
| 29 | No , but it would be shock |
| 30 | But it would be folly to repeat the mistake , made with Iraq , of allowing foreign-policy merit to blot out oppression at home . |