Example sentences of "[noun pl] but it [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult to give precise guidelines but it is now our practice to recommend that oral iron be given until the haemoglobion concentrations and red cell counts are normal , and that these are remeasured at about three monthly intervals for a year and further iron given as necessary . |
| 2 | Orc Boyz are powerful enough to be considered core units but it is doubly important to beef them up by including a powerful character . |
| 3 | Erm I do n't know that 's , this is not in any official stats books but it 's just my experience with students ' projects that if you get more than , there 's a sort of critical mass of about , about forty respondents and then you 're much more likely to start showing some interesting statistically significant findings for some reason , erm I do n't quite know why but er it 's one of life 's little mysteries but er so that 's usually if there 's a lot of numerical data what I 'd try and advise people to er to get . |
| 4 | Inspection of Tei and Owen 's Tables I and 3 reveals that the laterality effect was greater for " same " trials but it is theoretically important to know whether there was any significant interaction between stimulus type and visual hemifield . |
| 5 | ‘ In future there will be no access through these gardens but it is only two swims and the rest of the canal can be accessed via other routes . |
| 6 | This is hard enough in our own lives but it is doubly hard in public work where it calls on people devoted to different ideals to work together in mutual acceptance , and that means not just tolerating one another but respecting and understanding what the other is talking about . |
| 7 | Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier . |
| 8 | Northamptonshire has been under Conservative control for the last eight years but it 's still tight . |
| 9 | It is not known whether or not he ever returned to visit his mother during the first few years but it is certainly true that , latterly , he was not back in the county for many years . |
| 10 | Literature on the use of traditional Chinese medicine has existed in China for over 4000 years but it is only in recent times that western scientists have been alerted to its hidden potential . |
| 11 | The mine in the gill had been established about 5 years but it is very likely that it would have been an old working re-opened . |
| 12 | The population of Snaith has doubled in the past 25 years but it is still small enough to ‘ know everybody ’ ; ask for people by name , rather than by their address ! |
| 13 | It is the kind of system with which experts can quickly get to grips but it is also targeted at non-technical authors , enabling them to quickly edit text , sound and images either to create multimedia presentations or to produce interactive multimedia applications . |
| 14 | Arcading , using round arches , is a popular feature in Italian Romanesque buildings but it is always decorative in its application except in a number of instances in northern Italy . |
| 15 | I mean it 's going in and out at the right places but it 's also to do with childbearing O K. So George is changing the subject there completely kind of off the wall is n't he , er this comment ? |
| 16 | I do n't think , you know , he 's not trying to ram it down our throats but it is there Michael . |
| 17 | It 's one thing to sit in a classroom writing down notes but it 's quite another to come face to face with an armed murderer or a cornered rapist , you mark my words . ’ |
| 18 | Apparently there have been at least internal discussions of someday perhaps blending parts of the opposing OSF-USL technologies but it is currently ‘ not part of any strategy on paper or on any timeline . ’ |
| 19 | Many clownfish species on the other hand also live in pairs but it is relatively easy to acquire a compatible pair . |
| 20 | The danger was a communist enclave existing within the heart of South Africa : ‘ We might hate South Africa 's policies but it is tremendously important to the west . ’ |
| 21 | A ten-year-old could be detained in a police cell for up to 36 hours but it is more common for children to be released into the care of social workers overnight . |
| 22 | For a complicated shape this may take a few minutes but it is much more controlled than some of the automatic methods . |
| 23 | Although there are , you can differentiate the products but it 's much er , much more difficult to do so , there 's much less scope . |
| 24 | If a young woman is feeling fit and healthy , it is very tempting to skip the effort of going to the clinic , having to make an appointment long in advance and then waiting in long queues but it is extremely important to have regular checkups for the sake of both your health and that of your baby . |
| 25 | Not only can it be introduced by contaminated water changes but it is also self-generated as part of the biological filtration cycle . |
| 26 | A management company is particularly common where there is a large block of flats but it is now increasingly common in smaller developments , such as converted Victorian houses . |
| 27 | but sometimes actually it 's a more , you know , kind of it 's , it 's , it 's not really because they 've got problems but it 's just because they , they 're , they 're , they 're sort of more diligent and more , you know , more motivated but erm yeah getting on |
| 28 | Maurice Melloul says ‘ Obvously , we only build this sort of special relationship with a limited number of selected suppliers but it is mutually beneficial . |
| 29 | Like Kos , Rhodes has many fine , deserted beaches but it 's best getting there by car . |
| 30 | Hyenas have always been thought of as scavengers but it is now known that they are also vigorous nocturnal hunters . |