Example sentences of "but [verb] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But singing is public . ’ |
| 2 | But hawking is labour-intensive and time-consuming and hardly a satisfactory way of keeping rabbit populations down . |
| 3 | Given optimum conditions , Oscars will breed in captivity , but sexing is difficult . |
| 4 | This has been a source of satisfaction to the Computer Group , but has been due in part to the assistance we have received from many people . |
| 5 | He knows the authority that he 's had in that community , he has seen supernatural things happening in his life and through him , albeit , they were not of God , but has been involved in supernatural things . |
| 6 | Russell Reynolds was the last of the Big Four to enter the London market — in 1972 — but has been far and away the most consistently successful . |
| 7 | Yes , but has been wet all day . |
| 8 | Britain is due to have four submarines armed with the new Tridents but has been worried that recent votes in the Senate to cut funding for production of the missile could delay delivery of the weapons , scheduled to start next year , to the Royal Navy . |
| 9 | Mrs Whitehouse herself has never sought to deny the intellectual and theological debt she owes to the Oxford Group and the MRA , but has been quick to silence those critics who have suggested the existence of more formal links between the NVALA and MRA . |
| 10 | He kept Bulgaria close to the Soviet Union , particularly during Brezhnev 's time , but has been unable to cope with President Gorbachev 's move towards democracy and openness . |
| 11 | An older and smaller satellite , the International Ultraviolet Explorer ( IUE ) , has recorded the ring 's changing brightness , but has been unable to produce a clear image of it . |
| 12 | The consortium has huge contracts with British Coal and ScottishPower but has been unable to fulfil them . ’ |
| 13 | English Nature has been opposed to peat extraction but has been powerless to prevent it . |
| 14 | Title-holder Parrott peaked early at Dubai and Preston 's UK Championship , but has been unpredictable . |
| 15 | Bill Mays was born and raised in California but has been resident in New York since the mid-1980s . |
| 16 | It was later occupied by the Earls of Cromarty and the MacKenzies of Ardloch-Assynt , but has been empty for 200 years . |
| 17 | West Lodge in Albert Park , designed by C J Adams , who designed the now demolished Royal Exchange in Albert Road , was built in 1866 but has been empty since 1979 . |
| 18 | In this picture , Joni has not just imitated or interpreted a style , but has been able to create an object with all the patina , or aura , of an ancient work of art . |
| 19 | But United were patient . |
| 20 | Rafferty tried to spit , but swallowing was involuntary . |
| 21 | The previous afternoon at Wolverhampton Mrs Parrott had watched her West Orient come to grief when clear in a claiming event , but racing 's renowned great leveller came into play here . |
| 22 | But time is short for Rhys , who has Batten 's Disease , a rare genetic disorder which can rapidly lead to dementia and blindness . |
| 23 | But time is short for Rhys , who has Batten 's Disease , a rare genetic disorder which can rapidly lead to dementia and blindness . |
| 24 | But time was short at Air Sugihan . |
| 25 | Miss Thorne did n't think this was too good an idea but time was precious , so she agreed . |
| 26 | Ben says I should n't feel guilty , that we 're doing nothing wrong , but lying is wrong and deceiving your mother is wrong , and feeling so happy and so loving with Ben is wrong . |
| 27 | But to deny being nervous when he knew that she was would be both pointless and stupid . |
| 28 | She disappeared , I sat down again , but to read was impossible . |
| 29 | So times multiplication is the fancy word for it but times is good enough . |
| 30 | It is about 70 seconds until the next anatomical crudity — Fred commenting , ‘ My balls are soft , but times are hard . ’ |