Example sentences of "but be [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Lane has argued that ‘ ruling class ’ interpretations of the Soviet Union are inappropriate because the holders of state power do not possess and inherit property but are rather in the same market position as other wage-earners .
2 These boys are too sussed to believe their own hype but are n't beyond the odd stupid prank .
3 These boys are too sussed to believe their own hype but are n't beyond the odd stupid prank .
4 The hours of the examination are not something distinct and separate from the rest of your preparation , but are more like the final short sprint to the tape .
5 ( The facts that Rousseau never used the phrase ‘ noble savage ’ , and that Hobbes has been widely misinterpreted are irrelevant here , since my concern is not with the conceptions that two seminal thinkers actually articulated , but is rather with the stereotyped dichotomous conceptions of human nature and human society that have come to be associated with their names . )
6 ‘ Frenchman 's Creek ’ is obviously much easier but is hardly in the same league as the rich novel produced by Tolstoy 's impeccable skill .
7 They would be from Canada , from her sister Louise who would suggest that she might put up various old acquaintances passing through London , or find a suitable family for a darling Austrian boy , not so very much older than Martha , whose father was a kind of Count , but was also in the import-export business , or try to recall a splendid person , the friend of a friend of hers who had had a very , very sad story .
8 Anne felt that she considered her a green fool , and Mabel was indignant that Hetty was very ready to accept the ‘ perks ’ of the job , such as the cakes and bread given to the staff by Mrs Dyson , and the extra money from Mr Dyson , but was always on the alert for any infringement of her rights .
9 but was obviously on the wrong side of the finance barrier .
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