Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deposits of galena are widely distributed but by no means equally accessible to early centres of civilization . |
| 2 | A parallel trend which has been widely perceived but less well documented is that of increasing numbers of authors per article . |
| 3 | The examination timetable has been widely circulated but if any one wishes a copy please telephone your request to the examinations department . |
| 4 | Furthermore , until the coming of oil the planning regulations had not been rigorously implemented but with the transition to Island Authority status and the creation of the Structure Plan the planners sought to justify their existence . |
| 5 | Its biochemical causes are little understood but the effects of the disease in terms of organic deterioration are irrefutable and its effects on behaviour catastrophic . |
| 6 | For each martyr well known , there are thousands who are little remembered but who suffered death because they were disciples of Christ . |
| 7 | Several calls have been eventually connected but are suddenly dropped by the system for no apparent reason . |
| 8 | Parts of South-west England have been badly hit but reports of a national epidemic have been an exaggeration , according to the research unit of the Royal College of General Practioners . |
| 9 | Parts of South-west England have been badly hit but reports of a national epidemic have been an exaggeration , according to the research unit of the Royal College of General Practioners which collects reports from more than 200 doctors at 62 practices throughout England and Wales . |
| 10 | The politician may have been democratically elected but the politician does not have the same experience as the career official . |
| 11 | The Templars are much feared but also respected for their knowledge . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Teenagers are much maligned but the support they gave was tremendous , ’ he said . |
| 13 | The découpages of the last years are greatly admired but seldom appear at auction . |
| 14 | I do n't believe we have been wrongly informed but that 's the logic of the charge which has been made . |
| 15 | The pleadings are somewhat convoluted but must be referred to because they contain the facts , as is normal in a demurrer . |
| 16 | ‘ The removal or the retention of a child is to be considered wrongful where — ( a ) it is in breach of rights of custody attributed to a person , an institution or any other body , either jointly or alone , under the law of the state in which the child was habitually resident immediately before the removal or retention ; and ( b ) at the time of removal or retention those rights were actually exercised , either jointly or alone , or would have been so exercised but for the removal or retention . |
| 17 | 7.4 Employees and their managers must complete this form and send it to the Employees Relations Officer at Department Headquarters , , not only in circumstances in which the employee has been physically hurt but also where they may have been abused or threatened in any way or subjected to racial or sexual harassment . |
| 18 | They are normally sheathed but when hunting they can be extended to a length of 2½ in ( 6 cm ) . |
| 19 | Hitherto , youth , unlike children , had been largely ignored but the events and trends that so characterized the decades circa 1880 and 1920 brought young workers firmly within the investigative framework of the social sciences as report after report vividly illustrated their significance in most areas of society . |
| 20 | Mechanical joins such as rivets are easily recognised but , from as early as 2500 BC in Sumer , smiths developed methods of joining one metal with another of a lower melting point . |
| 21 | Rats and hamsters are easily infected but the disease is rarely fatal . |
| 22 | Er I think what he 's trying to say about the rich peasants is that er that they were always resisting the movement , it was only later on when they find that you know , that they , they need to get involved otherwise their own positions are er threatened then , then they 're joining and they 're only joining but were not actually participating in it , they 're not moving along , and so that 's what , that 's why he 's making a distinction between different types of peasants . |
| 23 | No my friend 's in the trade I said they 're basically working but they 've got a halt on somewhere because they 've come back you 'll have to sort out the you 've got but er they 're only one ten |
| 24 | It 's one thing if you 're fully staffed but if you think that whichever of my boys is on guard duty for the day is responsible for the shopping as well as the cooking , and I have to put another boy on guard as substitute to him and another at the disposition of the local magistrate , and I 've two out on motor-bike patrol — where am I when a case like this comes up and I 've got to be out ? ’ |
| 25 | that 's not something we 're actively considering but it could apply to something like Bosnia |
| 26 | ‘ Our funds are totally exhausted but we are determined our children will continue to derive enormous benefits that they have gained from their education in Dungannon . ’ |
| 27 | We have people sales people that are always discounting but er well when I say we the world has . |
| 28 | Because they are semi-skilled they are low rated but they have got to learn to fit in with our ways you know . |
| 29 | This may improve as arrangements for care management are gradually introduced but for the foreseeable future plans will have to reflect a realistic view of available resources . |
| 30 | There could have been further scoring but for the woodwork which firstly denied Joe Miller after he had beaten Dariusz Wdowczyk and John Collins . |