Example sentences of "but [adj] be [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | To say either that someone acts authoritatively or that someone is responsible for his actions may depend upon the possibility of ascribing mental states or capacities but neither is merely a shorthand way of ascribing them . |
2 | I wonder if it 's something to do with the job that you do or the people you have to work with I do n't know but that 's generally the tendency of people in these groups , team workers come out quite highly . |
3 | You would n't let a thief tow away your home — but that 's exactly the sort of invitation you give a criminal if your caravan is n't secured ! |
4 | But that 's exactly the same me and Ady having this bungalow built , I mean some people been ever so funny . |
5 | For instance , sometimes the Profitboss will disagree with a decision made by his boss ; but that 's rarely a reason to resign . |
6 | You pay , of course , but that 's rarely a problem for his clientele . |
7 | But that 's just a way of changing key . |
8 | ‘ There 's Cockfosters , sir , but that 's just a cage , too , and the school opposite Wandsworth Prison . |
9 | I was high on LSD probably , but that 's just a guess . ’ |
10 | That 's my teacher at school but that 's just a lady . |
11 | It also sounds a bit like the late Joan Crawford — but that 's just a guess ! |
12 | But that 's just the start ; counts of 200 are not uncommon and in summer 1984 the pollen count in central London reached a record 820 . |
13 | But that 's just the easy explanation . |
14 | But that 's just the point — it 's dismal and bleak and they 're frozen stiff , hoping to catch Ramirez in the stake- out and barely able to express anything , but what they do express is infinitely lugubrious and despondent . |
15 | But that 's just the sort of costly stunt that the unconventional Richard Branson attempts when he 's not at the helm of his two highly successful businesses , music group Virgin and airline Virgin Atlantic . |
16 | ‘ Ah , but that 's just the Earth 's gravity . |
17 | Poor man — I do n't know what he thought about me , but that 's just the way it happened . |
18 | ‘ Ah , but that 's just the point , that 's just the brilliance of it . |
19 | But that 's just the nature of the beast of , of the fact he had fifteen minutes , it 's , it 's only an observation really . |
20 | Well that 's what it says , or microwave it , but that 's just the same |
21 | But that 's just the way they 'd rather be . |
22 | But you see I find this discussion slightly difficult to deal with because on the one hand you 're saying yes , the exclusion clauses in the policy reduce the scope of your liability quite dramatically , and on the other hand you 're saying but that 's just the words in practice we behave quite differently . |
23 | But that 's also the nature of the way things are really is n't it as well you know ? |
24 | By the time we got home — the gatehouse to Wytham Abbey — Michael was saying things like , ‘ It 's ugly , but that 's partly the point ’ . |
25 | Well you could certainly say they could use them without understanding electronics , but that 's probably a good thing . |
26 | But that 's all the more reason why we should go off this time with a car well filled , eh ? |
27 | ‘ But that 's all the more reason to stay on and take the opportunity to redress the lamentable impression you seem to have had of my country . ’ |
28 | ‘ But that 's hardly a crime . ’ |
29 | But that 's still no problem , the breadhead says . |
30 | yeah , no , but that 's still a paper though is n't it ? |