Example sentences of "[noun] but it be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It led to some job losses but it was justified in the company 's longer-term interests — and therefore the interests of the majority of employees . |
| 2 | Thomson with the corner he 's looking for Whitlow but it was headed by Rozario Thomson can try again . |
| 3 | The planning department 's scanning of business information could duplicate that done by the business units but it was found that the planners were more concerned with understanding the structure of industries and markets rather than with more detailed facts . |
| 4 | The army carried out a controlled explosion on the car but it was found to contain no explosives . |
| 5 | Schroeder however does appear to equate unreasonableness with oppression but it is suggested that it was not laying down any principle to that effect : it so happened that on the facts in that case unreasonableness and oppression both existed . |
| 6 | Johnson is about to explain with lots of big words but it 's agreed he should shut up . |
| 7 | Little is known of their courtship but it is said that , for a brief time , they were happy . |
| 8 | ‘ I told my teacher and she telephoned Mummy but it was engaged . |
| 9 | This pessimism may have some truth given the present management approach within our schools but it is suggested here that if that managerial frame of reference was itself to be radically re-oriented , then teachers ' perceptions of their own professionality would also be powerfully affected and they may indeed come to feel that effective classroom activity was positively related to their performance in the wider school context . |
| 10 | Former Irish international Dr Geraldine Barniville from Dublin has been nominated as the new president but it is understood that Ulster 's Billy Bell and Paddy McAuley the outgoing treasurer and secretary will not be standing for election. , It is widely acknowledged that Paddy McIlroy , past president of Ulster , and the outgoing Irish vice-president , made a major contribution in drafting the new constitution and by-laws . |
| 11 | The main lode was the Paddy End Vein but it was associated with a number of strong veins . |
| 12 | The possibility of attacking Korea as part of this process was considered in May but it was decided that the Kyushu operation should be sufficient . |
| 13 | Nothing is known of its origins but it is engraved ‘ Reading 1892 ’ . |
| 14 | Leeds also had the ball in the net with the last kick of the first half but it was disallowed for no apparent reason . |
| 15 | there was an appeal for a penalty late on in the 2nd half but it was turned doen . |
| 16 | Such legislation was a response to liberal humanitarianism but it was made possible by the inevitable tendency of industrial processes to require more skilled labour . |
| 17 | It could have been an interesting double act but it was bunkered immediately by all the showbiz flannel . |
| 18 | It could have been an interesting double act but it was bunkered immediately by all the showbiz flannel . |
| 19 | It could have been an interesting double act but it was bunkered immediately by all the showbiz flannel . |
| 20 | ‘ We say that the letter was written by Paula Gilfoyle but it was written at the defendant 's request and dictation and no such person as Nigel existed . |
| 21 | ‘ The two accused admitted widespread drug abuse but it is accepted there was no element of corruption or financial gain , ’ he added . |
| 22 | A spokesman said : ‘ We 've had a bit of bother with the council but it 's sorted out now . ’ |
| 23 | He added : ‘ We consummated the marriage but it was forced . |
| 24 | Ferguson declined to reveal the fee but it is believed to be Pounds 1.2m . |
| 25 | ‘ Every general manager in the company wanted the job but it was offered to me because I had the greatest European experience , so when the owners sold it , it seemed beyond belief . |
| 26 | In poor countries there may be enough food for the whole population but it is exported or hoarded because the people can not pay for it . |
| 27 | Indeed , as Paul Du Noyer noted in NME , it might not make a sausage of difference to your diet but it 's guaranteed to leave a feeling of guilt in your head as you tuck into that rump steak . |
| 28 | Their trial was slated for 23 November but it was postponed until 10 January 1949 because Geisler broke three ribs in a car crash and was unfit to appear . |
| 29 | The choice of a name caused some division of opinion but it was agreed that the word ‘ youth ’ should be used , and as the Merseyside group had publicized ‘ youth hostels ’ , this stuck . |
| 30 | This is done for its own sake but it is found that the primary sufferer will quite commonly seek treatment through his or her appropriate Anonymous Fellowship within a few months of the family member seeking his or her own recovery . |