Example sentences of "but [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Planning authorities have the positive function of ensuring that mineral deposits are not unnecessarily sterilised by surface development but are kept available for exploitation . |
| 2 | Children … are not endued with Reason at all , till they have attained the use of speech but are called Reasonable Creatures for the possibility apparent of having the use of Reason in time to come . |
| 3 | The areas covered include some which have attracted little or no interest in the past , but are considered worthy of investigation because of their geological setting . |
| 4 | This might then be used when necessary , but be left empty in other cases . |
| 5 | erm , other than clairify the erm , all solutions were made available to members of the panel as an appendix to the reports to the Policy Panel er , but that they wo n't to all members efficiency but were made available |
| 6 | Four Pakistanis hijacked a Singapore Airlines Airbus while on a flight from Kuala Lumpur , the Malaysian capital , to Singapore on March 26 , but were shot dead by commandos in Singapore on March 27 after eight hours of negotiations . |
| 7 | The four , in their thirties and forties , had set out on board the 43ft Rose Noelle on 1 June for a three-week voyage to Tonga , but were reported overdue on 24 June . |
| 8 | Two men , aged 26 and 27 , contested the case but were found guilty of rape and aiding and abetting each other on the sex attacks on a 21-year-old French woman , who told how the two burst into her room at a friend 's flat while she was reading the Bible . |
| 9 | They denied being caught in possession of 17 counterfeit notes and passing two others at shops in Crieff and Auchterarder , but were found guilty after trial . |
| 10 | At daybreak they went into hiding , but were found due to their tracks being seen in the snow which lay about . |
| 11 | The mating pair of mute swans had lived on the canal for some years , but were found dead by neighbours . |
| 12 | Before July 1990 authorized unit trusts , pension funds , and investment trusts were exempt from capital gains tax on futures transactions for investment purposes , but were thought liable to pay tax on any trading income ( Redhead , 1990 ) . |
| 13 | He never did make it to the Academie , but being made international president of PEN , following Francis King , mattered a lot to him . |
| 14 | As Jane Gordon mentioned in her article , there can be no doubt that Marion , fatally injured in a car crash but being kept alive by a machine , wanted her child . |
| 15 | Hambury was no paradise , but being buried alive was n't much of an improvement . |
| 16 | But being left alone was so horrible too . |
| 17 | A situation can be envisaged where a child commits an offence at the age of eight and then offends no more , but is kept subject to a supervision requirement for a number of years for his ‘ care or protection ’ . |
| 18 | The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that a woman who is entitled to return to work , but is made redundant while still on maternity leave , is to be regarded as unfairly dismissed if the employer does not offer a suitable alternative vacancy or prove that no such vacancy exists . |
| 19 | In a recent decision the Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that a woman who is entitled to return to work but is made redundant while still on maternity leave , is to be regarded as automatically unfairly dismissed if the employer does not offer a suitable alternative vacancy or prove that no such vacancy exists ( see John Menzies GB Ltd v Porter [ 1992 ] 457 Industrial Relations Legal Information Bulletin 13 ) . |
| 20 | In so far as the causes lie in individual problems , help must be made available to families , help that not only is relevant but is made accessible and acceptable even to those who are very angry or demoralized or despairing . |
| 21 | When he returns to the town , he is arrested , but is set free by Ferdinand , an African promoted from the bush whose patron he has once been . |
| 22 | Each commander has general orders , but is allowed considerable independence in day-to-day decisions . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Secondly , while I heard what he said about the fact that , in the case of Mr. Thorpe , the process in north Devon was not exhausted , the theoretical position remains that the treatment may not have been available in north Devon , but was made available in London by virtue of the fact that Mr. Thorpe had two residences and was registered in two places . |
| 25 | BURNING POINT : Held every chance entering final furlong but was outpaced close home 2l 3rd to Philidor ( Goodwood 7f , Gd-Sft ) . |
| 26 | Mr Audaer , 38 , of St Luke 's Court , Franklin Square , Kings Road , Harrogate , was taken to Darlington Memorial Hospital but was certified dead on arrival . |
| 27 | 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 ! |
| 28 | He started to explain what it was he wanted , with sentries shouting along the corridors outside , but was cut short . |
| 29 | Donna frowned , opened her mouth to say something but was cut short . |
| 30 | Work on a new edition was begun by Professor Howard Warrender , with grants from the SSRC , but was cut short by his death in 1985 . |