Example sentences of "but [be] [adv] [vb pp] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The techniques and skills that follow can be performed on all funboards but are best suited to boards under 3.20m as they are more controllable in strong winds . |
| 2 | The lyrics , too , have a recognisable touch of PSB cynicism , but are perfectly tailored to Liza 's strengths : ‘ I love you , you pay my rent , ’ she sings on a number you could just imagine undermining the foundations at Caesar 's Palace , Las Vegas . |
| 3 | All penguins are flightless but are perfectly adapted to life in water and to withstanding cold . |
| 4 | They were treated by ambulancemen after suffering the effects of smoke but were not taken to hospital . |
| 5 | In another room is ‘ Christ carrying the cross ’ from the Scuola di San Rocco , which was given to Titian at the Palazzo Ducale a couple of years ago , but is here assigned to Giorgione . |
| 6 | Spines — This expression has been used by various writers with considerable latitude but is here confined to outgrowths of the cuticle which are more or less thorn-like in form . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He was taken to Countess of Chester Hospital , but was later transferred to Whiston . |
| 9 | Storrie fled but was later traced to Blackpool . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Hopwood , a case in which the House of Lords upheld the decision of the district auditor to surcharge members of Poplar Borough Council for maintaining a minimum wage for its employees which was not only in excess of wage rates in the area but was also paid to men and women alike . |
| 13 | If a person died of coronary heart disease but was never admitted to hospital we used the date of death as the incidence date . |
| 14 | Next came the mountains , their lower slopes cloaked in rain forest which had once covered the coastal plain but was now restricted to tongues licking down the banks of the Belpan and Makaa Rivers . |
| 15 | He was originally held in Safi Prison , where he developed diabetes in 1988 , but was then transferred to Marrakech where his family lives , and so could visit him regularly and provide him with the food necessary for his diabetic diet . |