Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nothing would be plausible if he had hounded after him . |
| 2 | A common agreement between two or more persons having for its object the death of all of them , whether or not each is to take his own life , but nothing shall be treated as done by him in pursuance of the pact unless it is done while he has the settled intention of dying in pursuance of the pact . |
| 3 | ‘ But nothing can be more important than the Business Plan , ’ Mark insisted . |
| 4 | In other words , deviance can be used to suggest and support hypotheses about style ; but nothing can be adduced from , or proved by , statistics alone . |
| 5 | Data files for use by computers might contain data about fonts and help systems , but nothing can be done with that information without the assistance of a program file containing the relevant instructions . |
| 6 | But nothing can be shown to remain absolutely invariable over any length of time ; so how can we be certain that identity can be legitimately applied to anything ? |
| 7 | An optimist says , things were bad in the past , are still bad , but nothing can be worse than this . ’ |
| 8 | Something must be done , but nothing could be done , seems a fair summary of the commission 's conclusion . |
| 9 | It was a race which highlighted his incredible distance running ability , and the TV and newspaper press naturally assumed that Zarei was an athlete dedicated to winning and record breaking , but nothing could be further from the truth . |
| 10 | The impression was that we wanted sponsors cash even if it detracted from development funds , but nothing could be further from the truth . |
| 11 | But nothing could be further from the truth . |
| 12 | The Interim Committee reached the decision on 26 February 1948 that UNTCOK should adhere to the original intention in so far as this could be accomplished ; elections would be supervised in the south but nothing could be done about the north . |
| 13 | It widened but nothing could be seen in the gap , save for the path ahead , winding on down to the valley . |
| 14 | If one separates them , it may be assumed that vocational courses are more valid than non-vocational , but nothing could be further from the truth . |
| 15 | But nothing could be proved . |
| 16 | But nothing could be done until the MoD had considered the Devonport bid , which was submitted last month in spite of the refitting having been earmarked for Fife in the so-called core programme for the Scottish yard . |
| 17 | The Scots will not now name their squad until today but nothing should be read into the delay . |
| 18 | No doubt , most will require considerable assistance to be able to participate effectively ; but no-one can be forced to engage in a conversation with sincerity . |
| 19 | Whole thing will probably be a ghastly no-no , but everyone will be there . |
| 20 | But everyone should be involved . |
| 21 | But everyone should be fighting for first team places , especially as we are going to Wembley . |
| 22 | And perhaps secondly erm there is not a body of information which has been submitted to er this examination public which advises you in detail on the various issues that we think need to be addressed leading to the erm proposal occasions and I would have thought it would have been difficult for the panel to come to a a conclusion but I may be wrong on that . |
| 23 | But I may be working soon myself . |
| 24 | Now in Victorian times they were kept as pets and just like hamsters are today and there are still one or two around that er might just give you that impression but I may be really off the , the level here . |
| 25 | I may be warning you off that Nigel fellow , but I may be worse . |
| 26 | But I may be going back far too long for the evening . |
| 27 | But I would be surprised if I did after this year , although , at this stage , I am still playing well enough and I am enjoying it enough so that if I want to play another tournament , I can . ’ |
| 28 | But I would be surprised if I did after this year , although , at this stage , I am still playing well enough and I am enjoying it enough so that if I want to play another tournament , I can . ’ |
| 29 | The man with a gun could wait for ever , but I would be gone . |
| 30 | ‘ How long it is right for both me and the bank to do the job is not something we are considering at present , ’ he says , ‘ but I would be surprised if I was still here in 16 years ' ; time . ’ |