Example sentences of "but [be] [adv] [vb pp] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All penguins are flightless but are perfectly adapted to life in water and to withstanding cold . |
| 2 | They were treated by ambulancemen after suffering the effects of smoke but were not taken to hospital . |
| 3 | 88Open test technology verifies that systems and applications conform to source , binary and object standards , but is currently confined to software for Motorola 88000-based systems . |
| 4 | The Tudeh Party appears initially to have decided to try to work within the new system , but was later subjected to pressure , especially in 1984 . |
| 5 | Charles I 's commission on exacted fees and innovated offices was investigating Mynne and the Hanaper ( in effect the treasury of the Great Seal ) in 1630 ; he got off then but was finally brought to trial for extortion in 1634 . |
| 6 | If a person died of coronary heart disease but was never admitted to hospital we used the date of death as the incidence date . |