Example sentences of "but they [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they 're a stuffy lot at Peter Owen . |
| 2 | But they 're a salaried , are n't they ? |
| 3 | Perhaps the book Lamentations is not the book you normally turn to find words of encouragement , but they 're a tremendous encouragements to be found in it . |
| 4 | ‘ But they 're a good size , ’ said his Mum . |
| 5 | ‘ Quins are different , but they 're a good club . |
| 6 | But they 're a nice are n't they ? |
| 7 | ‘ But they 're a long way away . ’ |
| 8 | London Scottish may have been out of top league rugby for a few seasons , but they 're a real threat to the cherry and whites . |
| 9 | FILE SERVERS MAY LEAD DULL LIVES , BUT THEY 'RE A CRUCIAL PART OF ANY NETWORK . |
| 10 | but they 're a bigger size and thicker skinned , I 'd sooner have the smaller ones |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been wearing those since I was a casual all those years ago , but they 're a sticks-man item , not mod in any way . ’ |
| 12 | But they 're a little bit heavier them there . |
| 13 | ‘ Not at the moment , but they 're a funny lot , those villagers . |
| 14 | Do n't get me wrong , Jane , I 've nothing against the Jews , I like them ; I have n't got a single Jew for a friend , but they 're a fine race . |
| 15 | Kites are back in again , but they are a far cry from the diamond-shape oldies made from brown paper and with a long tail of twisted pieces of newspaper . |
| 16 | Such interviews provide an index of ‘ psychological malaise ’ but they are a long way from producing the more concrete statistics provided by medical consultation , prescription levels and mortality rates . |
| 17 | No attempt has been made to deal in detail with the Act 's provisions , but they are a classic example of the Inland Revenue 's neurosis with tax avoidance and the use of the principle described in the Financial Times as ‘ Sodom in reverse ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ We do n't have a great need for lawyers but they are a necessary requirement . |
| 19 | ‘ But they are a hard team , a really hard team . |
| 20 | A sufficient moral universe it may remain for those who inhabit it , but they are a dwindling band and for large areas of the country Labour 's world is a cultural world apart . |
| 21 | ‘ Collections like these are unsuitable for display , but they are a vital resource to researchers , ’ says Alec . |
| 22 | An antediluvian handful of hon. Members , many of them retiring at the next election , are not keen on these matters , but they are a diminishing and insignificant number . |
| 23 | Manager Alan Murray said : ‘ Fulham are bad travellers but they are a different side at home . |
| 24 | Last season Boldon struggled throughout but they are a different proposition this time after signing several leading players during the winter . |
| 25 | More recently , White Parks have been exported to other parts of the USA and also to Canada , Australia , Denmark and France , but they are a precious resource and carefully looked after by the breed society which was formed in 1983 . |
| 26 | Circular towers are unusual in the Romanesque architecture of other European countries , except in northern Italy , but they are a common feature of German ones as at , for instance , Worms Cathedral ( 320 ) . |
| 27 | But they were a substantial minority , and those historians who have recently been studying inheritance have reached some interesting conclusions . |
| 28 | ‘ But they were a small club and it was hard work . |
| 29 | I also went to classes at the local clinic but they were a low-key sort of affair . |
| 30 | But they were a good deal more important at a symbolic level . |