Example sentences of "but be [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Single-ended slot blades would get round the problem , but are n't on offer ; ; Philips/Posidrive bits are n't restricted in the same way . |
| 2 | Even if we have not drafted early-day motions and have not seriously studied their subject matter but are broadly in favour of the sentiment , we stick our names at the bottom . |
| 3 | ‘ The implications of the serious crime squad problem are great , but are well under control , ’ Mr Dear said . |
| 4 | If you are overweight but are otherwise in sound health , it would be unrealistic to ask you to get your doctor 's permission to diet . |
| 5 | Other users may have Manager privilege , but are always beneath MANAGER in the hierarchy . |
| 6 | Other users may have Manager privilege , but are always beneath MANAGER in the hierarchy . |
| 7 | Its magnificent sculptured bronze doors still exist but are now on view inside the church , hung on the inner side of the west portal . |
| 8 | About , for example , the internal problems in what was the Soviet Union , a story we began some years ago , but are now in danger of leaving hanging in the air . |
| 9 | South Africa , put in , took 13 ( with eight extras ) off Ambrose 's first over , but were soon in trouble , Wessels giving a catch behind in the giant Antiguan 's next over . |
| 10 | They had had hospital treatment but were now at home . |
| 11 | Equally , just over a third of those who had been out of the labour market altogether , but were now in work , had temporary jobs . |
| 12 | J. and I spent that Christmas at our separate homes , but were back on camp for the New Year celebrations , the first new year of peacetime for seven years , and as 1945 drew to a close most of us were beginning to look tentatively ahead to the future when we would no longer be bound by the rules and regulations which had fenced us in for so long , and to wonder where we would all be in another twelve months . |
| 13 | He plays at centre-back for his club and country but is equally at home in central midfield . |
| 14 | He plays at centre-back for his club and country but is equally at home in central midfield . |
| 15 | The ISPA plans to pay him this money later in the week but is also to discipline him . |
| 16 | However , the house price cycle may also be explained by the changing nature of the demand for housing , which is no longer just for consumption purposes ( ie to provide a roof over one 's head ) , but is also for investment reasons . |
| 17 | An unrestricted scheduled fare is ideal , but is not of course the most economical means of travel . |
| 18 | Blackburn Rovers ’ Lenny Johnrose has joined the club but is not in time to make his debut against Chester at Macclesfield today . |
| 19 | Gibson ( 1969 ) expands on these notions at some length but is not in fact very forthcoming about the mechanisms involved . |
| 20 | Thuban lies more or less between Mizar and Beta Ursæ Minoris ( Kocab ) , but is only of magnitude 3.6 . |
| 21 | This project was ‘ starting in weeks ’ in May 1989 , but is still under discussion . |
| 22 | The publication has received financial support from the Czech Ministry of Culture but is still in need of funding to ensure its survival . |
| 23 | The work has voices in the first two movements , but is essentially for solo organ , dazzlingly played by Gaston Litaize , who clearly enjoys himself of the magnificent beast which lives in the church of St. Francois-Xavier in Paris . |
| 24 | When the game was adjourned after 60 moves and six hours play , he was still a pawn behind but is now within sight of salvaging a draw . |
| 25 | Love is not a primary emotion like compassion or pity , but is more like happiness which is derived and not achieved directly . |
| 26 | Antony pretends throughout the play to be very courageous , but was probably in reality much better using words , than his fists . |
| 27 | Mr Edwards , who examined Mrs Bates during her early pregnancy but was not on duty when she was admitted , said some deceleration in foetal heartbeat was not unusual , but it should alert one to possible dangers . |
| 28 | Building was primarily in wood , because of the quantity of timber in the area , but was also in brick and stone . |
| 29 | Younger than Fräulein , he had just finished his first year at university , but was already in trouble . |
| 30 | If he had not gone mad , but was really in touch with the ghost of the old king … |