Example sentences of "but they [be] [verb] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lakes are certainly there but they are hidden in dense jungle , only accessible by a network of sandy tracks . |
| 2 | Both uses can in French be covered by the same word ancien , but they are distinguished in that the separative use requires prenominal position , while the standard use has the adjective after the noun , as in : ( 43 ) l'ancienne école de Charlie a fait banqueroute ( 44 ) cette école ancienne a hébergé les fils des tyrans depuis des siècles The same distinction is also marked overtly in Thai ; in this case it is realized not by a difference of syntactic position , but by a different choice of lexical item . |
| 3 | Clearly both tools record controlled indexing languages , but they are utilized in different environments . |
| 4 | But they are recorded in full later , Chairman in the summary , I 've used the abbreviation |
| 5 | FEW lending institutions have much in common with the Labour party but they are united in one respect : both are worried about people disappearing from the electoral register through poll tax evasion . |
| 6 | It contains similar rhythmic elements , but they are used in different ways . |
| 7 | Field changes become increasingly difficult once Stage II is entered , but they are permitted in exceptional circumstances , for example , when the first school experience convinces an applied education student of the need to change to the education field . |
| 8 | The same person was involved in the development of each program but they were written in different computer languages , the first was written in EDL and the second , attempting to infiltrate the micro-computer market , was written in BASIC . |
| 9 | It remains to look at Innocent 's expansionist views towards the Eastern Church and Palestine , but they were grounded in age-old desires to re-unite Christendom and secure the Holy Places from the infidel . |
| 10 | The vision and the hope of new ways of doing things were there , but they were grounded in little reality as to actual implementation . |