Example sentences of "but [vb mod] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As has been seen , the assisted party is under no obligation to pay any costs to the solicitor whatever the result ; but may be under a liability to pay costs to a successful opponent . |
| 2 | The conditioning of muscles is , therefore , of importance to everyone but may be of additional importance to those who are interested in modifying their body shape through exercise . |
| 3 | But no matter — this has no real bearing on the development , but may be of some interest to those in the community who see this as just another get-rich-quick venture by the men from the city . |
| 4 | Indurain looked the master of his former captain , Pedro Delgado , who won the Tour in 1988 , faltered since that victory but may be on the way back to the top . |
| 5 | Schedules are generally constructed over a year , which is usually the client 's short-term planning cycle , but may be for a single seasonal burst . |
| 6 | Equally well , rather than disappoint you , the assistant may say ( hat the item is not in stock at present but may be in next week — after several weeks of returning to ask about it , you may suddenly realize that the item never is coming in . |
| 7 | The equipment already purchased for estates work is at present unlinked to the LAN but may be in the future for more efficient financial management . |
| 8 | The amount of rainfall available from the run-off would be variable , but should be between 30 and 33 per cent of the total . |
| 9 | Californian housebuilding incurred a loss of £2.7 million , but should be in profit by next year , Sir Lawrie said . |
| 10 | It need not be exactly the same work but must be of the same nature and capacity and at the same place . |
| 11 | Fruit may be tinned but must be in natural juice . |
| 12 | Widths vary according to the number of retrieval units used but could be of the order of 10 metres . |
| 13 | Watching their efforts on Saturday was former Scotland B prop , George Graham , who revealed that he is now back in the Carlisle side after injury , but could be on the move to a bigger rugby league team . |
| 14 | B's utterance ( in the context of A's ) is normal if lights is interpreted to mean ‘ sources of illumination ’ , but would be of , at best , obscure relevance if interpreted to mean ‘ lungs of sheep ’ . |
| 15 | The reason is that a great many " inventions " would not be obvious to a layman but would be to someone who knew something of the technology involved . |
| 16 | Walling may have one or two faces , so a one-face finish may not be suitable for using as the edge of a tread instead of a paving slab , but would be for use underneath the slab . |
| 17 | The amount of the tax has still to be fixed but would be on a sliding scale according to whether containers can be recycled or not . |
| 18 | The United States would be in violation of its commitments to the parties if it did not do so , but would be in violation of general international law with respect to third parties . |
| 19 | The balances in London would of course have their counterpart in the US , but would be in the name of the London bank , not that of the East European bank . |
| 20 | If you are starting completely from scratch , however , and have the cash available , I recommend that you purchase a basic helicopter radio which can still be used with a fixed pitch machine if required , but will be of great help if a variable ( collective ) pitch machine is purchased . |
| 21 | Increasingly with voluntary bodies , and I know that this was discussed at length in the P A G , but will be of interest to members , increasingly with voluntary bodies , we are moving towards er , jointly providing services with them , in a partnership arrangement where we are effectively purchasing and commissioning services from them , and that is the way we would wish the policy to go . |
| 22 | Entrance fees are not included , but will be at a reduced rate . |
| 23 | The government 's North Sea oil take is depressed at present but will be on a rising trend as production begins to rise again to its 1985 peak and could account for more than a third of public spending . |
| 24 | 1 SCIENCE MUSEUM : Interview with James Goddard : he has to leave at 9.00 for Heathrow but will be on the premises from 0630 onwards . |
| 25 | Reilly insists that the future Mach 3-based OSF 1.3 operating system is not simply a research product , but will be on the market in two years time providing support for multiple personalities , real-time , B3 security and clustering of distributed systems . |
| 26 | Dungannon face Munster visitors Highfield tomorrow at Stevenson Park , but will be without centre duo Paul Archer and Alan Burns as well as having to find a player to fill the void left by Willie Anderson . |
| 27 | I will be on location for the next two weeks but will be in touch with you shortly afterwards to arrange a meeting — preferably in London — during July . |
| 28 | The information gained on each generation will be from a different perspective , but will be in each case of intrinsic value in contributing to our understanding of the changing patterns and experience of ageing in the ordinary population . |
| 29 | There 's still plenty of hard work to be done keeping the Victorian rose garden in shape — it 's taken a battering by recent heavy rain , but will be in full bloom again soon . |
| 30 | It seems to occur in some manufacturers ' products more than others , and is not a problem with ‘ safe ’ tools such as drills , but can be with bladed tools . |