Example sentences of "but it [verb] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She spoke and understood more English than had at first appeared but it seemed to be English she had got from the Kettering children , so she was easily understood by Jacqueline who would run to her , climb on to her lap , whenever the maid sat down for a moment and stay there silent and apparently overawed . |
| 2 | Me neither , but it seemed to be open season on Angels . |
| 3 | ‘ I know it may sound corny , but it happens to be true . |
| 4 | Perhaps you find that hard to believe , but it happens to be true . |
| 5 | It may sound like a story from Boy 's Own Annual but it happens to be true . |
| 6 | ‘ No , ’ I agreed , ‘ but it happens to be true . ’ |
| 7 | But it had to be gradual , orderly change , sensible reform , rather on the British model . |
| 8 | If she was honest , right at this moment she could think of nothing better than being able to collapse into bed , but it had to be alone . |
| 9 | ‘ I do listen to contemporary music but it tends to be electronic stuff that I ca n't put names to . |
| 10 | The magazine could not prove the truth of this statement , which it had sourced to an MI5 report , but it claimed to be able to justify the " sting " of the libel , namely that the plaintiff was a person given to extra-marital affairs , a number of which had been referred to in the article without attracting complaint . |
| 11 | Our own view is that the costs to the economy of insider trading exceed the benefits , but it seems to be impossible to quantify either costs or benefits over any period of time … |
| 12 | Details may vary and certain climatic zones may produce more individual features than others , as was suggested above for the glacial and arid climatic zones , but it seems to be doubtful whether fluvially controlled landscapes formed in different climates are as distinctive as is sometimes maintained ( Stoddart , 1969 ) . |
| 13 | Most of the money for the campaign has come from the central government and the United Nations , but it seems to be Marxist enthusiasm that has put it to good use . |
| 14 | ‘ We were sceptical about packets , though , and did n't think all the powder would dissolve , but it seems to be fine . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But it has to be accurate and timely . ’ |
| 16 | But it has to be white . |
| 17 | But it has to be plain , you know ? |
| 18 | whereas the white line is But if you look into the headlights it can be not dark erm but it appears to be dark because |
| 19 | There are numerous definitions of the term ‘ project ’ , but it appears to be impossible to find a good one . |
| 20 | The pathogenesis of this finding is not known but it appears to be unrelated to any effect of the diabetic state on platelet prostacyclin receptors as prostacyclin binding appears to be normal in diabetic platelets ( Shepherd et al , 1983 ) . |
| 21 | In some ways it is similar to second language acquisition , but it appears to be different in that it starts from the natively acquired dialect as a base . |
| 22 | I did n't realize what I was saying but it proved to be true . |
| 23 | But it happened to be true . ’ |