Example sentences of "but be [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ These are dishes we have adapted over the years to be vegan but are also the authentic tastes of , chiefly , Malaysia but Vietnam , Cambodia and Singapore as well , ’ Rex said . |
| 2 | The devices are designed for parking meters , but are also the main timers used in IRA bombs . |
| 3 | The prophylactic programmes outlined above are relatively costly in terms of drugs and labour but are currently the only methods available on farms where the enterprise is heavily dependent on one animal species . |
| 4 | Direct goods-for-goods swaps are inefficient , but are now the only way to secure supplies . |
| 5 | Look for example , at its arms and legs , which have rather different proportions from our own , but are basically the same . |
| 6 | Now these were perfectly fine eating establishments that served wholesome food on crisp white table cloths , but were not the usual sort of house favoured by top stars . |
| 7 | The ‘ big nine ’ sought to regain some of the major services they had lost to the counties , but were not the only districts dissatisfied with the present position . |
| 8 | The Swedes were moved out , but were back the following day . |
| 9 | This ‘ God ’ is not the personal God of The Bible , but is instead the pantheistic ‘ God ’ of Hinduism which teaches that ‘ God is everything and everything is God ’ . |
| 10 | The project is not only symbolically important , but is also the first attempt to show the history of a town integrated with that of its Jewish community . |
| 11 | The present study is not only covering new ground in concentrating on a single age-group — teenagers — but is also the first study in the U.K. to extensively interview both parents and children from a sample of divorced and intact families . |
| 12 | Right : This stone tub is not only a decorative feature but is also the perfect site for plants . |
| 13 | It not only represents the profession towards the Institutions of the EC where it has made significant contributions , but is also the focal point for the discussion of matters of common interest to the profession throughout Europe . |
| 14 | Yes , but is n't the general formula got a |
| 15 | ‘ But is n't the main thing that she should be able to milk cows , churn good butter , value animals and direct farm workers ? ’ |
| 16 | But is n't the whole scheme rather elaborate for such a speculative outcome ? ’ |
| 17 | But is not the Prime Minister 's decision to opt out of the social charter — — ’ opt out ’ were the words that he used — an admission that , after 12 years of Tory rule , the economy is not as sound , robust and healthy as the Government try to claim but is so fragile that it can not support the most basic workers ' rights that will be enjoyed in the rest of Europe ? |
| 18 | Trichomonas vaginalis is undoubtedly a cause of non-gonococcal urethritis but is not the elusive ‘ organism x ’ that has been sought so exhaustively . |
| 19 | He will be aware that there is still a problem in my constituency and the south-west with the burden of the business rate , but is not the last thing that small businesses want the layers of bureaucracy that would result from 10 new regional assemblies , new sex and race discrimination legislation and the hundreds of new quangos that Labour would put into practice in its first year of office ? |
| 20 | For instance , Susanne Langer , in most of her writing on Aesthetics has been concerned to establish that emotion expressed through Art is derived from but is not the same as that felt in real life . |
| 21 | This is the same as RF →FU , but is not the same as FR — FU . ) |
| 22 | This model is complex , but is just the first step in explaining the development of schizophrenia . |
| 23 | As an educational tool , simulation is not only an invaluable training aid for personnel who may one day be confronted with a real situation but is sometimes the only method for dealing with improbable but possible events . |
| 24 | It may involve the agency 's casting team ( which may be a specialist in a large agency , but is usually the creative group head and the TV producer in a small one ) in seemingly endless poring over directories of actors , and actually seeing a large number of them before a decision can be made . |
| 25 | It is two-channel in normal operation , with balanced quarter-inch jack inputs ( the dearer Pro Gate has balanced XLRs , but is essentially the same machine ) , and each channel has a sidechain facility . |
| 26 | Child Number One breaks off from an inspection which proves that the ball has not been tampered with but is merely the egg-shape common to three-for-£1 seconds from the local market . |
| 27 | The coming of the railways had a considerable effect upon the prosperity of canal companies but was not the sole cause of their decline . |
| 28 | The women I spoke to were almost always subsidiary wage earners ; the money they brought in was essential for survival but was not the main wage of the family and their jobs were often far more unpleasant than their husband 's . |
| 29 | It was not only used as a condiment , but was also the chief preservative of a large range of foodstuffs such as meat and fish , and in the preparation of skins and leather . |
| 30 | Yellow phosphine ( 7 ) was not only the first acridinium compound to be discovered , but was also the first basic orange dyestuff . |