Example sentences of "but it [is] [adv] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | But it is also becoming apparent that the pricing power of brand-name companies is , in big measure , a myth . |
2 | Its main use is as a riding/tool/brake vehicle on winter works trains , but it is also doing temporary duty as a tickets/sales vehicle at Bala on busy days in the season . |
3 | Up to now , distribution has been via system integrators to the Federal and commercial markets , but it is now lowering retail prices for all its ViewStation FX Series of X terminals by 30% to 50% when it sells them direct . |
4 | The plants lumped together under the umbrella name of herbs do not appear at first glance to be essential to maintain life , but it is now becoming apparent that this concept could be wrong , and that herbs are as necessary as oxygen , though the ingredients they contribute , such as minerals and vitamins , may only be found in minute quantities . |
5 | But it is now becoming clear that the people who really shape fashion and move our society are young professional men and women in their late twenties , rather than teenagers . ’ |
6 | BT can afford to take a smaller profit , of course , but it is only doing that because it has been shamed into doing so by its customers . |
7 | Some may baulk at such a suggestion but it is only making explicit what archivists do implicitly . |
8 | Well I like Christmas , but it 's just getting one mad money , money , money in n it ? |
9 | But it 's just hoping that everything goes right , but at least we |
10 | Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier . |
11 | The scheme 's still in its early stages , but it 's already proving popular . |