Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] but it " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'll probably find out in due course but it has been a disappointment . |
| 2 | Sir Hector said : ‘ There was a general acceptance that we have to get things moving in the right direction but it is not easy to find a quick solution . ’ |
| 3 | Coalitions are not alien to British political experience but it is as well to consider the implications of this form of government . |
| 4 | And you got the odd look but it was n't too severe because at least though they had no clothes on at least you were holding them by the waist . |
| 5 | Rangers are likely to contest any punishment stronger than a one-match ban but it 's not all bad news . |
| 6 | Q I have always had fine , flayaway and dry hair but it was fairly thick and grew quickly . |
| 7 | What was funny it made a loud noise but it hurt my ankle as well . |
| 8 | He says it 's not the toughest course but it 's very hard and bumpy . |
| 9 | Witnesses were uncertain if the bus was in the middle or the inside lane but it was doing about 63 miles an hour when a Nissan car , driven by 74 year old Malcolm Austin , crashed into the front . |
| 10 | That was by that was by normal recruits but it still happens it , actually the the bullying goes down the line . |
| 11 | The quest for respectability was very much part of the drive to increase audiences generally and to ensure that motion-picture theatres were not confined to any down-town ghetto but it was also part of an even more fundamental question . |
| 12 | In Nana 's opinion this was not only a common occupation which gave a woman vulgar , loud manners but it was also bad for trade . |
| 13 | And every single incident , every single one of those people , there i , there is a hu , there is a human being there a and for every one of them there are perhaps hundreds of other people who are affected by that loss but it 's just a number to us . |
| 14 | Montrose House would of course not be the only cost-effective alternative but it does give some idea of the scandalous waste of resources which is still going on in the semi-State sector . |
| 15 | It is entitled to see ( and debate , if necessary ) the annual accounts and report of each industry but it can only question the minister on those aspects of the industry 's activities for which the minister is responsible . |
| 16 | on that side but it 's got a little bit of black on it , do you reckon that 's anything to do with it ? |
| 17 | It produces that effect but it also makes er males more aggressive , more likely to take risks , which explains the accident figures , more likely to become involved in violence . |
| 18 | The data are based on a different population than is seen in British clinics but it provides quantitation of the degree of obesity in practice . |
| 19 | He also headed a number of Courtaulds ' textile businesses at different times but it was mainly his knowledge of viscose which earned him a reputation as a leading world authority on the fibre . |
| 20 | We want some change but it does n't sound too good . |
| 21 | Choral evensong may not be the most popular pastime but it is a traditional and universal way of creating a linked worshipping community . |
| 22 | The Training Authority has controlled the development of system and materials through direct funding but it has now to be marketed to the NHS in competition with a multitude of alternatives , many of which are long established and closely adapted to local needs . |
| 23 | Something to do with som something to do with a cotton mill in Paisley and it was s s s W I c just can nae recall what it was but it was a great big trial , there was a And er this this lawyer he had done quite well out of this case but it was a quite That must have been in er about nineteen twenty nineteen thirties about nineteen thirty two . |
| 24 | GARY Lineker scored his first goal today since being sidelined from the Japan League for three months with a broken foot but it was not enough to save Nagoya Grampus Eight from defeat in the opening match of the Nabisco Cup . |
| 25 | This leads to difficulties in deriving a theory of ideology from The German Ideology but it is a principal source since in the later , materialist-oriented theory of capitalist political and economic relations , the concept of ‘ ideology ’ is marginal and infrequently used . |
| 26 | I would have preferred this afternoon but it seems he is riding in three races at Wincanton . ’ |
| 27 | Animals again can easily be accommodated at this level but it will not follow from this that they will be capable of the conscious distress or anxiety of a parent at an injury to their child , or of the hamstrung athlete warned by the doctor that they must give up running . |
| 28 | I think it is broken because it says also er Manchester to er I know it 's expensive on British Rail but it says one thousand three hundred and five pounds up there . |
| 29 | An old trick but it still works . |
| 30 | I 've done that quite a few times but it does n't have any lasting effect , so maybe I 'd be a bad catch , ’ he says . |