Example sentences of "but [adj] [is] often " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bereaved people may seem reluctant to accept invitations out , but that is often because they feel that they will be in the way or make an odd number at any gathering , and the hurt and embarrassment this creates is awful . |
| 2 | Nor is it so today , but that is often the situation perceived by the outsider . |
| 3 | But that is often wrong , because it may be the lightest straw in the whole bundle . |
| 4 | The lecturer may have been 20 years older , wealthier , and inevitably wiser , but that is often why the student chose to sleep with him . |
| 5 | A dichotomy between organic and non-organic failure to thrive has developed , but this is often an oversimplification of the clinical picture . |
| 6 | In some cases an exercise test performed by the hospital will provide additional information , but this is often not possible because the hospital 's exercise test is usually performed off their rate-slowing drug so that the coronary arteries can be more fully assessed . |
| 7 | The simplest way of changing scenes is , simply , to cut : but this is often rather drastic , and risks breaking up the flow of the film . |
| 8 | The second entails a projection as to how the pupil will behave in the unit but this is often obliquely expressed and reworked in terms of the first . |