Example sentences of "but it is [adv] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The design is undeniably functional , aerodynamic and safe , but it is also undeniably a 1970s 900 shape with a lot of plastic skirting stuck on to it . |
| 2 | It did n't , but it is almost exclusively an independent sector these days . |
| 3 | This had been described as a thrust , but it is almost certainly a submarine landslip deposit like those in Italy . |
| 4 | Easter Island , where the traverse starts , is entirely volcanic but it is really only an insignificant scrap of land in the vast Pacific . |
| 5 | But it is never simply a formal abstraction , for the female nude is also seen as a testimony to feelings , traces of desires which , whilst they can not be allowed to dominate , are never entirely absent . |
| 6 | A dull , cold , rainy day does not literally mean ‘ sadness ’ — it is possible to be happy on such a day — but it is so obviously a metaphor for sadness that when it appears in writing it has become a cliché , intended to trigger a predictable response . |
| 7 | This may well be true but it is unfortunately also a very expensive one . |
| 8 | Ancient astronomers rated Megrez , in the Plough , as equal to the other stars in the pattern , but it is now almost a magnitude fainter than Phad . |
| 9 | It is sometimes still bred as a dual-purpose animal , giving milk as well as meat , and in that capacity is often used as a suckler , but it is now essentially a beef breed . |