Example sentences of "but it [vb mod] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it may be of interest to note , simply through the observation of some important early instruments , that different ways of playing the piano can be shown to have e– ted at the same time . |
| 2 | This has not proved easy and the following trilogy of United States cases give an indication of the development of tests which may be applicable in the United Kingdom ( United States law has no binding effect on the United Kingdom courts but it may be of persuasive authority , particularly in the field of computer technology ) . |
| 3 | This is n't the place to go into the details of the technology — turn to page 237 for the sordid facts — but it may be worth saying that the computer brings a new flexibility to the typesetting . |
| 4 | The thought has come up before but it may be worth revisiting . |
| 5 | As you 're importing the file from a mainframe , backing up should n't be a problem , but it may be worth copying the DB files at least before running any script like this , which can make some fairly major changes to your data ! |
| 6 | For some reason this ancient piece of folk-wisdom seems to have been largely forgotten , but it might be worth reviving it in cases where ordinary measures have failed . |
| 7 | ‘ No … but it might be worth talking over old times with him . |
| 8 | This is not the place to explore the many alternative theories of the firm , but it might be worth noting that , for example , the theory of sales revenue maximisation ( Baumol 1959 ) assumes that managers pursue the objective of maximising revenue rather than profits . |
| 9 | One of the things that does , I 'm not being Chairman , just asking questions , but one of the things that slightly concerns me because I know that in his document the director has put about providing day care type facilities in rural areas and I remember at our last meeting , the last meeting at one , we discussed specifically and area , erm it does , does worry me a little whether the absence of any capital expenditure on our part means that we may be providing day care facilities in some areas but it 'll be of a very much lower quality or a lesser quality than we may be providing anywhere else in the areas like and and . |
| 10 | No , ah , more senior than him , it 'll go to him too , but it 'll be for everybody 's |
| 11 | Ses she ca n't pay yet but it 'll be on its way . |
| 12 | Trials on women suffering from advanced breast cancer start soon , but it 'll be at least five years before scientists know whether gestodene can help treat the disease and 15 before it 's known if it can help prevent it . |
| 13 | It may prove traumatic but it 'll be worth it . |
| 14 | Have a very good holiday and er , tomorrow there wo n't be a normal agri-econ lecture , there 'll be a special lecture , but it 'll be in the same place , same time . |
| 15 | Travelling with Dennis was hardly going to be a delight , but it would be worth it . |
| 16 | But it would be worth making contact with Miss Frances Needham-Burrell when she arrived and asking her — when sorting out her cousin 's effects — to keep an eye open for letters with a threatening or abusive content . |
| 17 | This would add around £600 to the price , but it would be worth it . |
| 18 | I do not myself think that this alternative is correct , but it would be worth putting forward in court . |
| 19 | It would need money but it would be worth it . |
| 20 | but it would be worth the kids on their weekend trips going and having a look in there . |
| 21 | So construed , section 9(4) would have some effect , because it would prevent a court from ordering a Crown officer or servant to give evidence of the executive branch 's current attitudes or policies , but it would be of very limited scope . |
| 22 | The upper school were remaining but it would be at least another week before he 'd have to return . |
| 23 | But it would be at least two months . |
| 24 | The only shelter he could see was the church , but it would be like an ice box inside . |
| 25 | Institutions could be granted charters or licences to confer their own awards but it would be in the interests of higher education if the C.N.A.A . |
| 26 | But it would be in addition to the new contractors . |
| 27 | But it should be for work done each day or week — not a promise that hangs on results . |
| 28 | The union was not opposed to devolving school budgets , he argued , but it should be to an extent decided by each local authority . |
| 29 | Young growing fish need a high quality diet , not only should the protein content be high ( around 40% ) but it should be of good quality and be readily digestible . |
| 30 | There was still a role for central economic management , in Medvedev 's view , but it should be of a wholly strategic kind , leaving operational decisions to the enterprises themselves as ‘ socialist commodity producers ’ . |