Example sentences of "but [pron] be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as soon as we are tired of them and we have discharged our duties to society each day , we can say to ourselves : ‘ All those things are of the mundane , but I am of the transcendent , and therefore far above them . ’ |
| 2 | tut , but I 'm of the old breed I suppose are n't I ? |
| 3 | Furthermore , it raises yet again the economic and political implications which too frequently take second place to other matters but which are of the greatest importance for West Belfast . |
| 4 | But you were of my blood , and I had already lost so much- ’ |
| 5 | Bert Head brought many fine footballers to the Palace from north of the border but none was of more value to the Palace than Tony . |
| 6 | At the time of Chamlong 's announcement a number of other opposition figures had launched hunger strikes in protest at Suchinda 's appointment , but none were of Chamlong 's stature . |
| 7 | It was against her nature to tell anything but the whitest of white lies , but she was of necessity getting better at it , though it would never sit comfortably with her conscience and her sense of fairness and justice . |
| 8 | The faculty is particularly keen to ensure that candidates who have not made the ‘ going rate ’ because of disadvantaged or deprived circumstances but who are of good academic potential are given every chance of entry . |
| 9 | ‘ The private car was deliberately uncoupled , ’ he said , ‘ but we 're of the preliminary opinion that it was an act of mischief committed by someone in Cartier , the last place you stopped before Miss Lorrimore found the car was missing . |
| 10 | For the cat to reason this out would require considerable mental agility , but there is of course a simpler explanation . |
| 11 | For example , this occurred at the start of the new Vineyard churches in England , but there is of course biblical precedent in the case of the tent making Paul ! |
| 12 | The foregoing discussion has juxtaposed management and owner control , but there is of course a range of other influences that set limits to managerial autonomy . |
| 13 | Er but there are of course h n while we 're on that point there are , I 'm afraid , there are s people who take advantage of Marks and Spencers , erm because they know there 's going to be no problem about having goods exchanged so what they do , they buy something from Marks and Spencers wear it on one evening for , for a party or special occasion |
| 14 | The year went reasonably well but there were of course a few difficulties as you would expect from a new organisation . |
| 15 | But they 're of interest . |
| 16 | A less favourable note was added by Lady Fanshawe , who declared that the Cornish were , ‘ … hospitable to their neighbours , but they are of a crafty and censorious nature , as most are so far from London ’ . |
| 17 | But they are of very common occurrence . |
| 18 | Despite some of the disadvantages outlined , low vision aids can be immensely helpful to some visually handicapped pupils in classroom and more general situations , but they are of no use at all lying on a shelf gathering dust . |
| 19 | But they are of a different order from the kind of personal crisis which people experience as distressing or disabling , such as the break-up of a marriage . |
| 20 | Rare words like whimsey and winter-crack do occur , but they are of the kind one may suppose to have local dialect currency . |
| 21 | I think a lot of the thoughts of Donald Steel have commonsense logic , and I have been much impressed by the work of Bob Cupp , the designer of East Sussex National and whose new courses , Settindown Creek and Reynolds Plantation , I was able to play during my trip to the U.S. These courses can be long but they are of generous width and , from forward tees , are playable for players of all standards . |
| 22 | The large mammals , especially the leopard and the tiger , are strongly reminiscent of the Woodchester Orpheus mosaic ( in drawings the latter are often suggested to be finer but they are of comparable quality to those of the Barton mosaic ) . |
| 23 | More work is needed to confirm these observations , but they are of interest because the changes take place in an area of the brain stem involved in the control of breathing , heart rate and temperature . |
| 24 | At this time most of them were minor landowners , but they were of gentle descent , and although John of Faircross , son and heir of the ironmaster , styled himself yeoman all his life , his descendants eventually moved up into the gentry . |
| 25 | During the bad weather we experienced a few disasters and events , but they were of little consequence . |
| 26 | Fillis 's training methods were cruel , and fortunately were quickly forgotten after his death , but he is of interest because he tried to demonstrate ( although unsuccessfully ) how horses think . |
| 27 | The size of the sausage will determine how long the drying process will take , but it is of paramount importance that the meat is perfectly dry if it is to store well . |
| 28 | In the middle-class residential areas where most MPs live , law and order may not be a serious worry , but it is of intense concern in poorer districts . |
| 29 | Nearly all boards today have a mast track system for moving the mastfoot , but it is of no benefit to you as a beginner . |
| 30 | The wording may look innocuous , but it is of vital importance . |