Example sentences of "but [pron] is [adv] [v-ing] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On balance the evidence suggests that the Liberal decline began before the First World War , but there is no denying that the war speeded up this process . |
| 2 | Alex Ferguson might have doubts about his ability as a team player , but there is no denying that , when the mood takes him , Hughes can be a devastating striker . |
| 3 | Jackie had finished racing by the time I got involved in the sport , but it is utterly fitting that this collection of drivers ' portraits should begin with Jackie : not only because he was a great champion , not just because he changed the course of the sport , but because he 's really never been away . |
| 4 | It has taken the rest of industry in this country a remarkably long time to come around to his viewpoint , but it is finally looking as though the penny has dropped . |
| 5 | But it is deeply revealing that in neither of these paintings are the revolutionary perspectival implications of the Demoiselles explored or developed , or indeed more than hinted at , and that in the Basel painting figures have been transformed into still life . |