Example sentences of "but [pron] [modal v] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A common agreement between two or more persons having for its object the death of all of them , whether or not each is to take his own life , but nothing shall be treated as done by him in pursuance of the pact unless it is done while he has the settled intention of dying in pursuance of the pact . |
| 2 | Data files for use by computers might contain data about fonts and help systems , but nothing can be done with that information without the assistance of a program file containing the relevant instructions . |
| 3 | In other words , deviance can be used to suggest and support hypotheses about style ; but nothing can be adduced from , or proved by , statistics alone . |
| 4 | But nothing can be shown to remain absolutely invariable over any length of time ; so how can we be certain that identity can be legitimately applied to anything ? |
| 5 | Something must be done , but nothing could be done , seems a fair summary of the commission 's conclusion . |
| 6 | The Interim Committee reached the decision on 26 February 1948 that UNTCOK should adhere to the original intention in so far as this could be accomplished ; elections would be supervised in the south but nothing could be done about the north . |
| 7 | But nothing could be done until the MoD had considered the Devonport bid , which was submitted last month in spite of the refitting having been earmarked for Fife in the so-called core programme for the Scottish yard . |
| 8 | It widened but nothing could be seen in the gap , save for the path ahead , winding on down to the valley . |
| 9 | But nothing could be proved . |
| 10 | The Scots will not now name their squad until today but nothing should be read into the delay . |
| 11 | No doubt , most will require considerable assistance to be able to participate effectively ; but no-one can be forced to engage in a conversation with sincerity . |
| 12 | But everyone should be involved . |
| 13 | The man with a gun could wait for ever , but I would be gone . |
| 14 | Adam continued , ‘ But I would be empowered to draw only on Elinor 's housekeeping account in Nice . |
| 15 | ‘ But I would be obliged if you would come straight to the point , Captain Carew . ’ |
| 16 | I may have to nursemaid you , but I 'll be damned if I 'll let you bugger things up for me . ’ |
| 17 | I 'll stay one more night with Victor , because he 's got the spaghetti going and he 's bought an airbed , but I 'll be gone tomorrow . |
| 18 | I may be hungry , thirsty and chilly , but I 'll be found . |
| 19 | ‘ Ah , but I shall be gone , too . |
| 20 | I may never know it in this world but I shall be told it in the next . |
| 21 | ‘ But I could be accused of negligence ! |
| 22 | I can not be refuted if I claim that my visual sense-field contains a yellow sense-content , but I can be refuted if I go on to claim that there exists a yellow object that is responsible for my sense-content . |
| 23 | but I 'd be tempted to stick with what you know you can do when you 're actually in front of the customer . |
| 24 | I 'd be able to get on the horse but I 'd be ruled out of the Olympics because betablockers are banned . |
| 25 | But I must be guided by you , sir . ’ |
| 26 | Sara Maitland says : ‘ I could say something which I thought was warm and friendly , but which might be regarded by the voters of Milwaukee as offensive . ’ |
| 27 | Third , there may be rules that do not directly sanction that which might arguably constitute a breach of fiduciary obligation , but which might be thought to assume its legitimacy . |
| 28 | It is also acknowledged and agreed that I will perform my functions hereunder solely for the said parties and neither correspondence relating to the dispute nor any finding or award made by me as expert shall give rise to any right in favour of any person not a party hereto and any such correspondence and finding [ or award ] will be confidential to the said parties and will not be disclosed without my prior written consent , which I will not unreasonably withhold but which may be given subject to conditions . |
| 29 | In a somewhat similar vein nuclear physics contains examples of processes that appear to have little in common , but which may be unified . |
| 30 | If we are to know anything , we must proceed on the basis of certain things which can not be proved but which must be presupposed . |