Example sentences of "but [pron] [is] [adj] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , almost always the two immediately annihilate each other , so the event might never have happened , but it is possible that on occasion , for one reason or another , the two are separated so swiftly that annihilation does not occur . |
| 2 | The cause of this decrease in open probability is unclear , but it is possible that over this range of depolarising voltages , Ca 2 + at high concentration ( 1.2 mM in the bath ) blocked the channel at a site that normally binds Ba 2 + ( see below ) , as seen with rabbit skeletal muscle K + channels incorporated into planar lipid bilayers . |
| 3 | So it is worth making changes , but it is essential that in the process you do not make your everyday life a misery . |
| 4 | But it is noticeable that on all three occasions when human beings are brought on the scene , they are introduced by indefinite noun phrases : " a woman " ( 3 ) , " miners " ( I 2 ) , and " a woman ( 19 ) . |
| 5 | The corks were tight enough to keep the wine in good condition for perhaps forty to fifty years , but it is understandable that after sixty years some evaporation should have taken place . |
| 6 | But it is interesting that in the 1980s even some of those that did n't plant churches began to move in the direction of doing so . |
| 7 | But it is interesting that among the ‘ great issues of today and tomorrow ’ that he himself wrote as an agenda for Labour , prominence is given to one on equality : ‘ whether , as we grow richer , this new wealth is used exclusively for individual selfishness or for the growth of necessary community services , and whether , in consequence , we follow or escape the American precedent of great private affluence surrounding rotting public services ’ . |
| 8 | Tolkien never mentions reading this , but it is unlikely that as a medievalist he did not . |
| 9 | But it is unlikely that over any five-year period it exceeded the £120,000 per annum enjoyed by Richard II . |
| 10 | An attempt was made to inculpate a group of five aldermen with participation in the troubles , but it is unlikely that in at least four cases there was any real foundation for the charge . |
| 11 | But it is likely that within the safety of the legal bond partners shake off some aspects of their public persona and expose more of themselves , particularly those problematic areas of their personalities with which unconsciously they wish to engage . |
| 12 | The Data Discman , as it was originally called , is described in detail in chapter 3 but it is clear that with upgraded devices now being launched by Sony and a multimedia player in the wings , Sony 's handheld platform will be the basis of a new generation of powerful electronic book players . |
| 13 | These do require a certain degree of inference , but it is clear that under some conditions such remains can suggest the name of a sponsor , the reason for sponsorship , and the presence of a respected craftsmen or group of craftsmen At Avenches — and probably at Bavay — in France , and at Seriana and Timgad in North Africa , the names of individual craftsmen are attested ( although , as is shown by the inscription from Timgad , even differing ideas of the practice in which the craftsman was involved are apparent ) . |
| 14 | But it is clear that in the case of God both ingredients are required — an act of trust and factual observation . |
| 15 | Thus it may well be that French Canadian is derived historically by the addition of an adjectival sufffix to the geographical term French Canada , but it is clear that in the mind of most users the adjective is used to take a subset out of the larger class of things or people Canadian , as shown , for instance , by the general refusal in Canada to use the historically natural opposite term English Canadian otherwise than for those descended from inhabitants of Great Britain and in particular England ( see Orkin , 1971 ) . |
| 16 | For the whole sector it is much in line with the overall growth of GDP , but it is noteworthy that between 1951 and 1964 insurance , and banking and finance grew by nearly 50 per cent faster than GDP and between 1964 and 1973 by just over 90 per cent [ Matthews et al. , 1982 ] . |
| 17 | But it is important that in rehearsals and in performance the singers and the players can hear one another . |
| 18 | The sociology of such groups is already complex , but it is important that in most cases in this phase some kind of organization was instituted ; indeed there were often constitutional rules . |