Example sentences of "but [conj] it is [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some individualists defend their view on the grounds that it not only provides simpler , more detailed and more perspicuous explanations than its rival , but that it is also morally superior to holism . |
| 2 | It 's true that the protection has perhaps focused more on the higher quality land but that it is still there under clear policy guidance . |
| 3 | When an Aplysia is tapped on the siphon , it withdraws its siphon and gills into its mantle chamber ; but if it is repeatedly so tapped , it ceases to respond . |
| 4 | When you leave , when you marry Ian , I shall try to go it alone , but if it is really too difficult then I 'll get an assistant who , maybe , will become a partner . |
| 5 | But because it is beside rather than in the Pyrenees , the Basque Coast has a gentler climate than you might expect , with an average temperature over the whole year of nearly 14° Centigrade — almost as good as you will find in Portugal . |
| 6 | The sun also exerts a force on the Earth , but because it is so much further away , its pull is only one quarter of that of the moon . |