Example sentences of "but they be [vb pp] to " in BNC.

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1 But they 're bound to .
2 The Nairacs , now in their eighties , declined to comment , but they 're said to be hopeful that one day they WILL be able to give their son a proper burial .
3 but they 're bonded to different groupings so , for example , if one had something like this er , let's call that see three , page seven if I had something like that that central carbon there and when they draw these things at an exam paper , do n't expect it to be the central one .
4 They are still at large and Scotland Yard has not ruled out their possible involvement in the latest attacks , but they are believed to be firearms specialists rather than bomb makers .
5 Associations with bells or illuminated disks are rather artificial , but they are intended to be experimental versions of things that would be important in nature .
6 Termites are often known as " white ants ' , but they are related to cockroaches , rather than to true ants , which are related to bees and wasps .
7 After a successful rescue the small party is relentlessly pursued by the Viet Cong , but they are airlifted to safety by helicopters of the Air Cavalry .
8 I have not tried the Nitragon myself but they are said to be very good .
9 The manner in which the dolphin receives the returning echoes is also a mystery , but they are thought to be picked up by all parts of the body , to travel through the bones to the head .
10 In an affected small bowel you will see the grey background with these tiny little curved rods present the whole area of the er , the villi is covered by the organisms which are er stuck down effectively by the processes which you ca , you ca n't really see them in the transmission micrograph , but they are attached to specific receptors on the surface of the entrocite membrane .
11 Many aquarium shops will sell these terrestrial plants but they are meant to be used as marginals outside the tank or in a paludarium .
12 But they are set to be without injury victims Robert Lee and Carl Leaburn for Tuesday 's game against Tranmere at Upton Park .
13 3. he statutory obligations to consult trade unions over redundancies contained in employment protection law ( see IDS , 1982 ) remain in force , but they are reduced to a formality .
14 Thus You can use real numbers in these calculations , but they are truncated to their integer part before BBCBASIC(Z80) calculates the result .
15 Perhaps the most fundamental characteristic of financial reports is that they are produced by management , they report on management but they are addressed to owners and others external to the reporting organization .
16 Some German vineyards can be found in more northerly locations , but they are subjected to the greater continental influence of colder winters and hotter summers .
17 The rocks primarily consist of unfossiliferous conglomerates the age of which is not known with certainty , other than being post-Caledonian , but they are considered to be of probable Trias age .
18 Not only did women earn less than male officers but they were kept to shoplifting , domestic violence , child cruelty and sexual crime .
19 Other voices could be heard , of course , but they were attended to only later — when I had returned to Oxfordshire as a headmaster .
20 The evidence against them was inconclusive but they were sentenced to death .
21 The movies were ‘ for the millions ’ but they were given to the millions by showmen .
22 Boccara/Boucherit of France had the next fastest time but they were seen to be wash hanging , not for the first time at this level , and a protest was upheld , posing the question why the umpires Riccardo Guala and Glyde Brytt had given white flags .
23 There were some that were quite valuable , a Churchill , I think , and a Boss , but they were sent to his gunsmith in Glasgow , Peterson and Briggs , and they were sold .
24 Second-placed Gretna , meanwhile , closed the gap by a point , but they were held to a 1–1 draw by second-bottom Shildon .
25 Riven searched his blue eyes for any hidden meanings , but they were closed to him .
26 Well over a hundred friends had been invited to luncheon at Woburn Abbey , but they were sworn to secrecy , and asked to arrive by a special route , so that no one went past the house .
27 Shaun Taylor lifted the tedium by putting Swindon ahead after 75 minutes , but they were restricted to their 10th away draw of the season four minutes later when Billy Clark headed an unexpected equaliser from Ian Alexander 's free-kick .
28 Mono 's were first introduced to the European fishkeeper in 1908 , but they were known to Linneus as far back as 1758 .
29 Law 's claims were therefore substantial , but they were known to few outside parliament , Glasgow and Manchester .
30 The discretion was for the District Courts to exercise , but they were urged to be sensitive to the interests expressed in the Convention .
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