Example sentences of "but [adj] [be] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that 's an average week you see for a lot of people . |
| 2 | But that 's an ideal thing that . |
| 3 | ‘ But that 's an insane risk , ’ protested Googol . |
| 4 | ‘ We have some clients that are called mildly muddled who are perfectly capable of going out and may get lost , but that 's an assessed risk . |
| 5 | There is a slight problem of ghettoisation or marginalisation but that 's an inevitable stage that people pass through , just like you need any form of organisation to group people around as a focus . ’ |
| 6 | But that 's an important point . |
| 7 | ‘ But that 's an incredible saving ! ’ we hear you cry , ‘ you 've got to be completely bonkers ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But that 's an old thing , ’ she protested , ‘ everybody has seen it . ’ |
| 9 | He suggested it was ‘ Clever stuff ’ , adding , ‘ but that is an impossible title ’ . |
| 10 | But that is an unimaginative solution : anyone can give money away . |
| 11 | Of course , doctors might be prepared to stretch those definitions in order to bring such cases within diminished responsibility , but that is an unsatisfactory basis on which to reform the law , and it provides the defendant with no legal protection against a murder verdict . |
| 12 | But that is an emotional statement , and I must make sure I do n't get carried away by emotional things like that . |
| 13 | For the purposes of s740 the individual who must be ordinarily resident ( and the author would suggest also resident in the case of overseas source income but that is an arguable point ) in the United Kingdom must receive a benefit . |
| 14 | ‘ But that is an empty house . ’ |
| 15 | But that was an isolated case . |
| 16 | but that was an old woman 's tale really , that 's going back a few years ago |
| 17 | Once , the count topped five hundred brace — one thousand birds — but that was an exceptional day . |
| 18 | I had n't given up , but that was an ever-present temptation which had to be fought . |
| 19 | It 's all the new bits in about it , yes mind you , there 's always , always been a mandate , the mandate workshop was the very first one that 's produced , but this is an updated version and changes . |
| 20 | Parma ham is available ready sliced in small packets , but this is an expensive way to but it , although it does always ensure good , even pieces . |
| 21 | This can be counteracted to some extent by the addition of materials such as poly-phosphates , which sequester the calcium and magnesium ions , but this is an expensive way of softening water . |
| 22 | Diagonal steel braces can be inserted behind walls , but this is an expensive intrusion . |
| 23 | It is , of course , possible to take account of the speed variations ( Pickup and Tipping , 1976 ) , but this is an unnecessary complication in the evaluation of pull-out torque . |
| 24 | I think we 're losing track of what this actually is Paul , there are , you 're trying to do two things at once what you 're trying to do , I think is use it as a learning process for children but this is an annual report for parents and I think that part of it a at least surely must be a report by the sa member of staff , by the department on how the child has done , by the member staff . |
| 25 | I am not just trying to extol the virtues of a well-managed filtration system , nor should I need to , but this is an actual necessity to maintain Siamese Tigers at their best . |
| 26 | It may be difficult to imagine the concept of a helicopter ‘ gliding but this is an accurate description of the process , since it is directly comparable to a gliding fixed-wing model . |
| 27 | This means that every location in the memory has a label , usually a number but this is an arbitrary convention . |
| 28 | But this is an unimaginative conclusion , for there might be other relationships revealed when the oppressive or shielding stone is lifted and taken away ; even if the family — parents and children — will certainly be there . |
| 29 | But this is an obvious over-simplification , and I would not wish to go back on my words earlier in this chapter about those wise men who claim to see a pattern in history . |
| 30 | The world could pay for all this by redirecting 10 days military spending , but this is an unlikely prospect . |