Example sentences of "but [conj] it [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Timeshare is not normally a solution SAVE would recommend for a historic house because so much of the expenditure goes on pure marketing , leaving too little for the building , but where it is well organized the outcome may be satisfactory . |
| 2 | To assert that conduct is orderly is , from our point of view , to imply that it is directed by a sense of social propriety — that not only is it non-random but that it is both generated and limited by prescriptions and the possibility of sanction , in particular the sanction of expressed disapproval . |
| 3 | If Alice were marrying one of the Irish Guards on duty at Buckingham Palace today , she would probably comment , not that his life is ‘ terrible hard ’ ( though of course training is tough ) , but that it is terribly varied . |
| 4 | But once it is formally rejected , the SWD could press for the money to be held in trust until the children are 18 . |
| 5 | This might be the tiniest thing but if it is wrongly handled , it will inconvenience everyone and leave an uneasy or even bad memory . |
| 6 | English was chosen , not just because the majority of its students are female , but because it is generally looked upon by commentators ( e.g. P. Scott 1984 ) , as the ‘ central liberal discipline ’ . |
| 7 | But while it is easy working out how many bedrooms and bathrooms you want , arranging them into an attractive plan that suits your site is another matter entirely . |
| 8 | Ah , but when it 's actually done it 'll be connected wo n't it ? |
| 9 | But it 's alright just you know knowing about that , but when it 's actually going to happen to you , it 's something totally different . |
| 10 | A few small specimens will soon clear a tank of unsightly algae , but when it is all gone , and the snails have grown , the plants will suffer . |
| 11 | Standard controls are a single wheel on a fixed left-side-only or throw-over yoke pivoting fore-and-aft on a centreline pillar ; but as it is partly intended for training G-DHCB has twin control wheels at either end of a Y-shaped structure . |
| 12 | Er B B C radio York you are not in the South of France but as it is persistently snowing around the county at the moment I thought you know a little French flavour . |
| 13 | Understandable had I been writing this in August , but as it is still March it looks as if we are in for another drought this summer . |