Example sentences of "but [adv] it [be] [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But soon it was clear that the dairyman did not want so many dairymaids at this time of year . |
| 2 | But already it is certain that the challenges ahead are at least as daunting as anything the Cold War produced . |
| 3 | This is unfair criticism — Gooch produces a mass of indicative , albeit necessarily speculative , evidence in favour of his hypothesis — but nevertheless it is true that our knowledge of the past is and has to be based on the artefacts surviving from that past : lacking the artefacts , all we can do is make an educated deduction . |
| 4 | If we had included more papers in the sample the coverage might have appeared more dense , but nevertheless it is clear that it is a minority of unusual cases which get most press exposure . |
| 5 | But still it was clear that , amidst her preoccupations , there was scarcely room to think of him as anything more than a temporary ally . |
| 6 | Perhaps once , in the past , your political life was adequately organized , but now it is clear that there is laziness and selfishness in every part of the system . |
| 7 | The yellow steps rose in steep flights but now it was clear that when she reached the top she would also be at the bottom , starting out . |
| 8 | I had tried to be first in order to get it over with quickly but now it was clear that I would be under the gaze of most if not all of the class . |
| 9 | But equally it was true that the circumstances of my review were very different from those of Lord Beveridge . |
| 10 | But surely it is possible that the women 's assessments might just as well have reflected their awareness of sex stereotypes and their consequent desire to fulfil ‘ normal ’ expectations that women talk ‘ better ’ . |
| 11 | So that answers all those years that I have been conducting these seminars , it answers my question not in the way I was particularly happy about I have to say , but I mean it did answer my question and then it may be them having you know I mean like sort of things I may not be particularly happy with , but maybe it is good that the papers are reflecting what the community wants . |
| 12 | But maybe it 's important that somebody is doing that . ’ |
| 13 | Some work canteens do serve salads or jacket potatoes , which will be useful when you reach Stage III of the diet , but initially it is important that the weight and calorie content of your diet is exact or as near as possible . |
| 14 | Certainly she had seen something moving in the forest that day on Ridgery Steep , something fairly large , something white , and Allen had failed to see it ; but then it was possible that he had not looked in the right spot at the right moment and that his failure to see it was an accident . |
| 15 | This point was not argued any further but afterwards it was clear that this teacher was not satisfied with the response . |