Example sentences of "[adj] but it [is] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be messy and painful but it 's the only way out . ’ |
| 2 | Same as bar nine which is blank but it 's the same as bar one . |
| 3 | ‘ We ca n't compete with that but it 's the only reason these players would need to leave Newcastle . |
| 4 | The only inquiry has been the American one and that was handicapped because the British er er partners of er Price Waterhouse did n't pass on to either that inquiry or to the American partners of Price Waterhouse , the information they had about what had gone wrong with B C C I so that inquiry itself was inadequate but it is the only one and what that found er was appalling er indeed they were pretty critical about British audit regulation , about the auditors performance . |
| 5 | ‘ It ai n't very good but it 's the best I could do . ’ |
| 6 | It wo n't do any good but it is the only way that I can reply to your last love letter or apologize for that cruel punch at your face . |
| 7 | All I 'm try we 're only speaking from the best interests here , speaking from the bloody heart rather than the head probably here but we we do want th we do want the best but it 's the old old story , it 's botching it up is n't it , it 's fudging it , it 's trying to fit a square pet into a role cos we pay crap money y'know |
| 8 | Erm sell for about eighty seven pound including spacers so I was gon na go in at about eighty three , eighty four but it 's the new pricing company so I 've got to ask your permission have n't I ? |