Example sentences of "but it be [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 But it is not enough to do a good job : our professional conduct committees must be seen to be doing a good job .
2 But it is not enough to talk about ‘ jobs ’ as if , provided enough people have jobs , all is well .
3 This willingness to forgive past wrongs is one of the few signs of hope for this benighted province ; but it is not enough to bring peace .
4 But it is easy both to exaggerate the changes and to miss their significance
5 But it is n't enough to write well ( I mean choose the right words and so on ) to be a good writer .
6 Small shareholders ' champion Gideon Fiegel — the man who led the revolt against Sugar — has won a battle , but it is too soon to say whether or not he has won the war .
7 But it is too soon to pronounce on these matters with any certainty , ’ he went on smoothly .
8 But it is hard indeed to see how that axiom itself could be made more convincing either to a purely humanist philosophy or to a theology which maintained that God is something more and other than the obverse of our finitude .
9 But it is certainly enough to make us want to persist with our exploration of this theory and to examine in some detail ( in Chapter 7 ) the various possible explanations for the effect .
10 But it 's not enough to memorise the Green Cross Code — that 's like learning to drive without getting inside a car , ’ warns Professor Robert Grieve .
11 But it 's not enough to play like that once every ten weeks . ’
12 Erm there 'll be seven lectures on this subject and that 's a fair number of course but it 's not enough to cover the full range of things that I 'd want normally to talk to you about and so what I 'm going to do is to aim to introduce you to some of the central concepts of foreign policy , of ways of analysing it , of the models that are used , the ideas erm er surrounding foreign policy and also to illustrate these with examples .
13 ‘ I have to use my pension just to pay for food but it 's not enough to cover the bills or if you need a new coat or linen .
14 Again that 's excellent but it 's also also to see yourself video
15 Well it does n't exactly kill them kill the it 's got it 's own smell which sort of tends to mask the smell but it 's also basically to kill the germs .
16 It may be human nature to dread each turn of the decade , but it 's equally so to grin and celebrate the Big Birthday when it comes .
17 Roger : Yes , but it 's too soon to know what the differences will be .
18 Of course the text looks pretty rough around the edges at 72dpi and the technology costs an small fortune but it 's certainly enough to turn a few heads .
19 He 'd managed to grab a couple of hours ' sleep in the cell since they 'd brought him in , but it was scarcely enough to refresh him .
20 But it was n't enough to save them either .
21 Marcus Browning was the hit man … that 's three goals in three games for him … but it was n't enough to save United from a 2-1 deafeat …
22 He said : ‘ After I lost my keys a few weeks ago a locksmith replaced the tumblers but it was n't enough to stop the door being opened .
23 MATTHEW Syed , the 22-year-old Oxford University student , won both his table tennis games for England against France at Brentwood but it was n't enough to prevent France from winning 3–2 .
24 Charlie Vane , Bob Taylor and John Page had a single win apiece , but it was not enough to stop Frimley who scored through Robert Brittain ( 3 ) , Dick Culver ( 2 ) and Peter Glass to take the cup 6–3 .
25 But it was not enough to give me a complex , not as it would have been in America .
26 Stand-in keeper Trevor Matthewson immediately produced a penalty save from Jimmy Quinn , but it was not enough to save the Blues .
27 But it was not enough to save the company 's jobs .
28 GARY Lineker scored his first goal today since being sidelined from the Japan League for three months with a broken foot but it was not enough to save Nagoya Grampus Eight from defeat in the opening match of the Nabisco Cup .
29 This was enough to show that he did not object to the aid in principle ; but it was not enough to satisfy the king , who refused his offer and demanded £1000 .
30 But it was not enough to commend Stanley to the City of Worcester Conservative and Unionist Association .
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