Example sentences of "but be [verb] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As with most stress rules , there are exceptions , for example ‘ honest ’ , ‘ perfect ’ or , both of which end with two consonants but are stressed on the first syllable . |
| 2 | Summer savory is grown as a half-hardy annual , sowing outdoors in April-May , to thin to 20cm ( 8in ) apart , when the plants will grow into little bushes , but be killed by the first hard frost in autumn . |
| 3 | A number of churches here survived the Turkish occupation , but were lost in the nineteenth century when the capital of the newly independent Greece was re-organised and planned on broad lines . |
| 4 | The research students ' grants were ending at different points in the year , but were concentrated In the third quarter of 1984 . |
| 5 | As we have seen , the SAS came under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief , but were attached to the Eighth Army for immediate operational control . |
| 6 | Elections for both the Lok Sabha and the state Assembly had then been scheduled to coincide with the June 1991 general election but were cancelled at the last moment [ see p. 38287 ] . |
| 7 | Their daughter , Georgiana , is a pathetic creature , utterly crushed by the magnificence of her parents ; she falls an easy prey to the Lammles ' schemes to marry her off to Fledgeby , but is saved at the last moment by a change of heart on Mrs Lammle 's part . |
| 8 | Or Natural Selection ? , but is introduced in the next short chapter where we take a brief diversion to present something of the vast integrated cycles by which life is maintained upon our planet . |
| 9 | The Temple of Saturn was an early building but was reconstructed in the 4th century A.D. It was large , on a lofty podium , and was fronted by a six-columned Ionic portico in grey granite . |
| 10 | The FN candidate led in the first round of voting , but was defeated in the second round by 50.6 per cent to 49.4 per cent by a centre-right candidate supported by all the mainstream parties . |
| 11 | The church itself dates from the fifth century but was altered in the fourteenth century . |
| 12 | JANSHER KHAN narrowly avoided a ban but was fined for the second time in six weeks by the International Squash Players Association yesterday — and lost ranking points which may cost him his world No.1 spot . |
| 13 | In the 1839 race , Captain Becher riding Conrad had rushed into the lead but was unseated into the first brook — and so was born Becher 's Brook , still one of the most spectacular and feared jumps in the world . |
| 14 | Charles had planned to take part in a private Mass with the Pope , but was forbidden at the last moment after strong protest to the government from the Church of England hierarchy . |
| 15 | It does not appear that the members of the Liturgical Commission had any great regard for the cult ; King Charles I appeared on one list of those to be commemorated but was dropped in the next . |
| 16 | Christianity gained a hold here later than in Denmark but was established by the twelfth century and the Cistercians began to found monasteries soon after , as at Varnhem and Alvastra . |