Example sentences of "but it [be] [vb pp] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is governed in some detail by statutory requirements , and so is undeniably a system of statutory regulation . |
| 2 | But it is exposed above all in a letter of Alcuin ( 796 ) criticizing the whole policy . |
| 3 | , America ) is true in the start state but it is contradicted in some later states . |
| 4 | The Court adjourned the matter until Thursday , ‘ but it is hoped by both parties that by then the current uncertainty and speculation concerning the future of Manchester will have been resolved ’ . |
| 5 | It may be a one-woman play but it is peopled by many other characters in Shirley 's life , from the stickin-the-mud husband to the snooty neighbour . |
| 6 | A directive is addressed to member states within the EC but it is left to each individual government to decide whether or not to implement the directive . |
| 7 | We said they could n't have the corpse if we did n't get it — that 's by the by — but it 's understood by both sides that this is the last of such meetings . |
| 8 | It was almost the language of the papal chancery itself , but it was asked in such a manner that the pope could not concede . |
| 9 | Primitive their house certainly was , with its earthen floor , mud walls , thatched roof and rude furniture ; but it was imbued by those two remarkable and lovable people with a warmth that few homes can ever have equalled . |
| 10 | But it was said by many doubters that British Airways could never be privatised . |
| 11 | I had the amplifier turned up pretty loud , but it was covered with all these cloths and baffles which gave a really dirty , muffled sound . |
| 12 | The new youth movement of the 1880s shared many of these concerns in varying degrees , but it was motivated by several other ambitions which included keeping boys ‘ off the streets ’ , actively teaching the value of discipline , spreading the public school esprit de corps , and generally advocating the intangible virtues of ‘ character ’ . |
| 13 | It was only a relatively small Arab army that arrived in Egypt in AD 639 , but it was welcomed by many Egyptians anxious to see the overthrow of the unpopular Byzantine rulers . |
| 14 | But it was agreed on all sides , and most importantly by Graham Watson himself , that his instructions were that the fee was to go to a charitable organisation flying relief into Biafra . |