Example sentences of "but he is [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reductionism is produced by his anxiety to be treated as a serious scientist , but he is mistaken in thinking that only biologically observable or biochemically measurable concepts and propositions count as science in the study of human action . |
| 2 | ‘ This hunger-striking buffoon sneaks out to eat so he can be well fed when he takes over the presidency , but he is screwed , ’ General Noriega said of his opponent . |
| 3 | A superhuman puzzle but he is inspired |
| 4 | still has all the original documentation for the car and believes the 51,000 miles on the speedo to be true , but he is fascinated by its history and would like to find our more . |
| 5 | A good performer on the Flat , Vintage Crop won the Cesarewitch at Newmarket last October on his previous trip over from Ireland , but he is bedevilled by muscle problems in his back and has very limited hurdling experience . |
| 6 | Edwards ' racism towards Indians is inexcusable , but he is tied to his feelings for his abducted niece . |
| 7 | A Very little is known about Foster , but he is believed to have worked with Leppard in Bristol around 1810–30 . |
| 8 | But he is represented under a legal aid order , this defendant , by a firm of solicitors in Birmingham and he 's anxious to be committed for trial today . |
| 9 | Ben escapes to his room , but he is observed and followed by Mrs Robinson , the wife of his father 's partner in a law firm . |
| 10 | Maybe time does give it some perspective , he agrees , but he is determined to take the blame for the controversy it provoked . |
| 11 | Defence Secretary Rifkind is reported to be grateful for support from the fourteen military minded Conservatives whose confidential letter to the Prime Minister was somehow left lying on a copying machine for a Labour researcher to find , but he is irritated by the leak , an insider murmurs that Malcolm 's notching up black marks for the future . |
| 12 | But he is hampered along the way by a girl ( Miranda Otto ) . |
| 13 | But he is regarded as one of the quickest men in Welsh rugby and has 198 career tries to support the claim . |
| 14 | Johnny McBride is hardly out of the Juvenile ranks but he is regarded as one of the most talented under-age players within the Oak Leaf county . |
| 15 | But he is perceived as the spokesman of the new regime , and he has always said that he wanted the Panel to ‘ find a company to hang ’ . |
| 16 | If the defendant 's address can be proved , but he is denied there , an order for substituted service " by first class prepaid post in a plain white or blue ( but not buff ) handwritten envelope on which is to be affixed an ordinary postage stamp " may be sought , and some district judges are familiar with an order in these terms knowing of the antipathy to buff envelopes when received by some defendants , particularly debtors . |
| 17 | But he is found by the air hostess and bustled on board . |
| 18 | It takes place where an employee 's work disappears , but he is retained and another employee is dismissed instead . |
| 19 | There is only the lower half of the hero on the sherd but he is identified by the club , an unusually thin example , and with a cross hilt one expects on a sword , on his right hangs the lower part of the lion skin , behind him on the left are two long-necked birds , identifying this Labour , although there is no evidence of the bow ( fig. 14.35 ) . |
| 20 | The week is costing him around £800 , but he is helped by discounted food and drink bills at Augusta and the reduced cost of staying with local people . |
| 21 | But he is left with memories his time as an MP is a considerably longer stretch than the 50 days enjoyed by Ossie O'Brien in Darlington in 1983 . |
| 22 | ‘ Flaubert is writer of rare merit , — he replied , using Gustave 's family name in a manner that shocked me , ‘ but he is held back from being a genius by ill health . ’ |
| 23 | CAR co-ordinator Rod Jones said : ‘ I thought it would be a good idea for baby Bogdan to join us but he is booked for hospital tests next week . |
| 24 | He has command , but he is closed to everything which is not exclusively pertaining to military order . |
| 25 | But he is expected to move soon to predominantly Muslim West Beirut . |
| 26 | But he is expected to quit today if the crisis continues . |
| 27 | Johnny Jamieson picked up a first half knock in the 2– defeat by Portadown but he is expected to be fit in time for Saturday . |
| 28 | Busuttil , incidentally , had six stitches inserted in a calf injury after last weekend 's game for Belgians FC Genk , but he is expected to play . |
| 29 | He has an injection of concentrated Vitamin B so he can play that night 's gig at CBGB 's , but he is put on a special diet for three weeks — with strictly no drink . |
| 30 | Another American film of that year , A Workingman 's Dream , has a very weary hero who fails to find a job at a factory ; he falls asleep and dreams of a Professor Wonderful who offers him instant wealth and a new set of clothes , but he is told that these new gains will disappear if he breaks certain simple instructions ; on three occasions he accidentally carries out simple actions which break the instructions and his wealth disappears ; he wakes up to see an ambulance taking a worker from the factory — there is a vacancy and this time his application is successful . |