Example sentences of "but [det] is [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that is quite useful to show what we 've already paid out to women , |
| 2 | Quality standards require a system to identify any such conflict , but this is notoriously difficult to achieve . |
| 3 | But this is very difficult to do if income fluctuates . |
| 4 | But this is still modest compared with the quantity thought to have been consumed by our ancestors and the quantity being consumed , today , by societies in the underdeveloped world . |
| 5 | The last question illustrates the difficulty of wording a question about real distance which does not get confused with distance on the tables , but this is more likely to happen in a pencil and paper test than in a practical situation . |
| 6 | Such preventive methods can clearly have some impact on the incidence of mental handicap , but this is comparatively small compared with the possible effects of screening techniques in conjunction with abortion . |
| 7 | In order for this to work , the change from symmetry to broken symmetry must have taken place very slowly inside the bubble , but this is quite possible according to grand unified theories . |
| 8 | Your first effort may well look like a rag doll , but this is quite adequate to begin with . |
| 9 | Your first effort may well look like a rag doll , but this is quite adequate to begin with . |
| 10 | But this is almost impossible to do , even by recourse to highly contrived situations not encountered in the wild . |