Example sentences of "but be [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It has been suggested further that corporate ambitions extend beyond influencing the detail of regulation , with Reagan for instance claiming that ‘ … corporations are not only much concerned to protect their own immediate legislative interests , but are reaching out in an attempt to create a business-oriented political and social framework within which all public decision-making would be constrained . |
| 2 | Everton got off to good start but are slipping down the table … |
| 3 | Soviet steel mills need 346,000 tonnes of coking coal a day but are getting only 200,000 . |
| 4 | Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan have printed new currencies ( both called the manat ) , but are dithering over when to introduce them . |
| 5 | The publishers , therefore , are in practice holding back booksellers by their adherence to a restrictive price agreement , but are laying off their bets by going around the traditional book trade and growing their market elsewhere , with patchy controls . |
| 6 | The computer programs are generally highly complex but are becoming more and more user-friendly as psychologists and computer scientists develop easier-to-use human-computer interfaces or ‘ front-ends ’ using the concepts of artificial intelligence . |
| 7 | Labour costs per head are still 50 per cent above Scandinavian levels but are falling steadily and with work for the next two years all Govan now needs is a substantial new order before the middle of 1994 to ensure its future . |
| 8 | But are coming in they 're quoting three or four per cent underneath . |
| 9 | The introduction of the new arrangements for Community Care are no longer something to be talked about in the future , but are happening now and involving all of us . |
| 10 | Ten to one you 'll find that they hate the idea but are going along with it because they do n't want to be thought of as the oldest fuddy-duddy parents in town — little knowing that their consent is the only reason why other parents are being unnecessarily liberal . |
| 11 | belief is that er if you get the trustee balance right , that 's the first place where the decision ought to be made , but there should be a fall-back position which Good has given , which they the trustees could go to the regulator in the case of er not being able to solve things , but are feeling very much on surpluses , that the money is there first of all to pay pensions and until pensions are paid up to Inland Revenue levels , whatever they are , then no money should go back to the company . |
| 12 | Eliza was under no illusions that this meant they would be spending more time together : ‘ John , of course , will not remain there long , ’ she told her mother , ‘ but be wandering off in some direction … ’ . |
| 13 | There is a real danger that the sheer scope of the Darwin industry will encourage us to forget that other people were thinking about organic origins at the time , but were exploring very different ways of trying to understand the development of life on earth . |
| 14 | The French troops had not stopped in Frasnes , but were marching doggedly on towards Sharpe who supposed that their orders were to seize the crossroads at Quatre Bras before nightfall . |
| 15 | Porter peered over the landing rail , through the steel netting that was strung from one side to the other , and noticed that , on the landing below , prisoners who had finished slopping out had not in fact returned to their cells but were standing outside , their attempts at entry barred by warders . |
| 16 | They were beyond sense , and later , much later , when he met her mama and papa , who had not gone shopping after all , but were sitting patiently in Uncle Orrin 's drawing-room , and later still when Uncle Orrin and Aunt Nella arrived , and they all had luncheon together , the lovers ' happiness was so patent that Jared Tunstall thought that his wilful daughter had found her true love at last . |
| 17 | On 19 September Sotheby 's sold property from Eaton Hall , Chester , at the direction of the Duke and Duchess of Westminster , who are not feeling the pinch but were clearing out their attic rubbish . |
| 18 | George says he will miss the many contacts he has made in BNFL and URENCO over the years but is looking forward to spending more time on his hobbies , particularly gardening , walking and amateur dramatics . |
| 19 | This is generally recognized as still an upmarket sector but is growing by about 5 per cent per year . |
| 20 | If you bear in mind the fact that the wealth of data available makes even tighter analysis and cross-analysis solely a function of the limits of the computer , you may begin to appreciate what is not only possible , but is happening right now . |
| 21 | This has had an effect on the JCT , which has not only revised its own forms , but is working hard to extend its range . |
| 22 | Twenty-one years after its release the film remains under rated , but is aging well . |
| 23 | But is testing actually necessary or helpful ? |
| 24 | The Catholic church , led by Bishop Torukwon has tried to hold the Tren regime in check , but is becoming increasingly isolated , especially with the rise of the powerful Islamic Faction . |
| 25 | Bob has finished his Art Course , but is going on to do another , beginning this month . |
| 26 | The benefits of planning such a project are that , by outlining the project in a report , the school librarian is demonstrating the educational use of the microcomputer but is doing so in terms of the use of the microcomputer by the school librarian and a subject teacher or teachers . |
| 27 | The second , more important slippage , is that the administration of criminal justice is fine in principle , but is failing slightly in practice . |
| 28 | After the strike , British Coal was free to reduce its workforce from 221,000 to below 100,000 ( June 1989 ) , but was producing almost the same quantity of coal because of a 60 per cent increase in productivity ( Figure 5.6A ) . |
| 29 | He said he would miss having company day and night but was looking forward to returning home . |
| 30 | The decline in the position of history in many of our schools is signified by the fact that it failed not only to be ranked as a core subject in the National Curriculum reinstated under the Education Reform Act of 1988 but was struggling hard for its survival on the list of foundation subjects as schools in the early 1990s tried to pour the National Curriculum quart into the school timetable pint pot . |