Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] but it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The other song was really slammin' for the dancefloor but it 's a love song and it just did n't seem right . |
| 2 | ‘ Not good for the bedu but it 's good for a rest . ’ |
| 3 | The topographical environment is of great significance for the story but it is not ordered in a straightforward way according to the canons of empirical geography and empirical zoology . |
| 4 | No fee has yet been agreed for the player but it is expected to be in the region of £35,000 . |
| 5 | In such cases the claimant 's doctor could be telephoned for the information but it is likely either Europ Assistance or H.O . |
| 6 | In such cases the claimant 's doctor could be telephoned for the information but it is likely Europ Assistance or H.O . |
| 7 | Well when we clean out the er thing with the big fishing net for the pond but it 's a small one when we clean out the fish tank . |
| 8 | He reaches for the tray but it 's beyond his fingers . |
| 9 | I 'm not mad about the tie but it 's quite smart . ’ |
| 10 | The Lappish understand that the levels of radioactivity will eventually decay ; they are far from happy about the fall-out but it is secondary to their fish problem . |
| 11 | It is quite easy to see , intuitively , that a crack is a nasty dangerous thing to have about the house but it is by no means so obvious that a step can cause a bad stress concentration . |
| 12 | And so you can really consider that your first year 's cost is not just the cost of the computer but it 's also this extra few hundred pounds for your maintenance contract . |
| 13 | Since we are quite different in our behavioural capacities , notably in our possessing language , this may reflect a lack of subtlety on the part of the anatomists but it is probably reasonable to assume that the input and output ends of the system are pretty much the same in monkeys as in people . |
| 14 | Sebastian de Ferranti , Basil 's brother and now a director of Ferranti 's competitor GEC , is a trustee of the interests but it is not clear whether he shares these views . |
| 15 | The ACP does , I realise , add to the length of the procedure but it is important . |
| 16 | Erm well we all know what 's going to happen and they sort of give an idea of the plot but it 's only Marlowe who does n't know . |
| 17 | And London Borough of Bromley have got a spare bowling green in I forget the name of the road but it 's in the Beckenham area which unless they 're doing work to any of the main bowling greens just lies fallow through the summer . |
| 18 | The same is true of the Federal Reserve in the US : ‘ the Federal Reserve mechanism is not , in fact , independent of the government but it is independent within the government ’ . |
| 19 | It 's followed 's Road most of the way but it 's it went different routes some places just to take away a steep . |
| 20 | It may affect the top of the scale but it 's certainly not most of it Yeah , when it becomes desperate , ok ? |
| 21 | Anti-terrorist detectives were unwilling to discuss the exact location and size of the haul but it is understood to have been found in a lock-up garage ‘ within a few miles ’ of Northolt , north-west London , where the arrests were made . |
| 22 | The balance sheet and P&L account provide quite a lot of information on the financial health of the company but it is in the nature of a snapshot of conditions at a particular moment in time . |
| 23 | The balance sheet and P&L account provide quite a lot of information on the financial health of the company but it is in the nature of a snapshot of conditions at a particular moment in time . |
| 24 | An honest assessment of attainment , progress and potential is fundamental to the ethics of the scheme but it is not always what parents want to hear . |
| 25 | And erm I think Road is the key element of this traffic because not only is it a question of the estate but it 's the main through road from the up to Gatwick Airport and this is why er I understand that the calming proposal in road has yet to receive the M O T authority to use it because scheme . |
| 26 | The second part of the exception would apply to spare parts such as replacement body panels for cars where the design is dictated by the appearance of the car but it is unlikely that many computer spare parts will fall into this category . |
| 27 | The procedure is particularly apt if there is a risk that the goods may be destroyed or disposed of before trial of the action but it is not confined to such situations . |
| 28 | There is sly humour in the choice of an undersized , bespectacled , studious youth as the instigator of so much bold harassment of the enemy but it is humour grounded in a psychologically apt interpretation of his character . |
| 29 | One must understand Mr Patten was saying that in the heat of the moment but it 's a very unfortunate description to make of anyone trying to do a reasonable job . |
| 30 | The two people who found it are expected to receive the value of the brooch but it 's a very well preserved skull , I suppose it was all in mud an |