Example sentences of "but be [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They instantly raised charges for borrowers — but are delaying any rise in the interest they pay savers . |
| 2 | ‘ Training funds are controlled by the Authority 's personnel service but are allocated each year to departments . |
| 3 | Her family is convinced Mandy 's weight problems started when she started taking the contraceptive pill at 14 after the Rolling Stone seduced her in a Paris hotel.They stayed silent for eight years but were angered this week by 56-year-old Bill 's decision to go public . |
| 4 | He never did make it to the Academie , but being made international president of PEN , following Francis King , mattered a lot to him . |
| 5 | It is also an important finance sector , playing host to 20 foreign banks but is developing major presence in high-tech and research industries with big names such as Merlin-Gerin , Schlumberger , Sun Microsystems , Bull , Thomson and Sema resident in the area . |
| 6 | The Church is rowing hard against the mounting waves and winds of persecution and opposition , but is making little headway . |
| 7 | I realise that they looked for a family atmosphere , but is imposing this solution in such an arbitrary way really in the best interests of the game ? |
| 8 | Transferred to the realm of gender relations , this would describe the state of affairs in which a woman has influence over a man and manipulates his discourses , but is allowed this power only as long as she agrees not to flaunt it and remains in the position of silent partner with no autonomous voice . |
| 9 | Each commander has general orders , but is allowed considerable independence in day-to-day decisions . |
| 10 | As I understand it , GPs refer patients to individual consultants , usually to the older , more experienced man who may be slowing down , rather than to the younger , inexperienced newcomer who is right up to date with the latest hi-tech mod. con. , but is afforded scant opportunity to increase his experience . |
| 11 | I called several hours later , by which time she had calmed down a little , but was smoking one cigarette after another . |
| 12 | BURNING POINT : Held every chance entering final furlong but was outpaced close home 2l 3rd to Philidor ( Goodwood 7f , Gd-Sft ) . |
| 13 | She had to pay her own air fare , but was given free board and lodgings at the school where she worked , and was paid a grand total of £5 a month expenses ! |
| 14 | It is all very well for companies like Rentokil , or Guinness , which said it could not act this time round but was considering similar action at a later date , to compensate their shareholders . |
| 15 | That night Mikel Marku suffered a brain haemorrhage and lost consciousness , apparently as a result of blows to the head , but was denied medical treatment until the following morning . |
| 16 | Ironically I was also third in the trials before Paris , but was sent that time and , as I have said , did better than the other two . ’ |
| 17 | In the event , Beverley won not only the Science and Technology Section but was named outright winner , receiving a prize of £5,000 . |
| 18 | James Courtney crashed at the very fast Mathers cross bend on the first 250 race , but was reported last night to be sitting up in hospital . |