Example sentences of "but [pers pn] is [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she is breathing unaided now and the doctors say she will be okay . ’ |
| 2 | Cissie Jordan has an illegitimate baby , but she is keeping quiet about the father . |
| 3 | ‘ We will have a better idea tomorrow as to whether he is out of danger but he is looking healthy . |
| 4 | But he is leaking another message that he is not confident he has succeeded . |
| 5 | SUPER SAVER DAVID JAMES may have made a few mistakes but he is learning all the time , says Liverpool boss Graeme Souness ( inset ) . |
| 6 | Now neuro-surgeon Mr Nath is intending to take part in a cross country half marathon on the North Yorks Moors in July but he is hoping local clubs and societies will also join in his fundraising push . |
| 7 | But he is taking one major step forward today , and that is a step towards the cliff of political oblivion for the Conservative party in Scotland . |
| 8 | But he is giving fearless leadership in his deeply-troubled area , to both black and white . |
| 9 | But he is accorded some sort of grudging acceptance by ‘ James , the brother of the Lord ’ , who dispatches him to Tarsus , to preach there . |
| 10 | But it is varying cultural transactions of the past which encouraged Shakespeare 's plays to remain in wide circulating which empower Shakespeare 's continued circulation . |
| 11 | This result is probably implicit in the concept of appropriation ( or ‘ conversion ’ ) ; but it is made explicit by the provision in clause 3(1) that a person 's assumption of the rights of an owner ‘ includes , where he has come by the property ( innocently or not ) without stealing it , any later assumption of a right to it by keeping or dealing with it as owner . ’ |
| 12 | Schools are given the same written guidelines as in the Major Project , but it is made clear that only a short proposal document is required to accompany the school 's spending plan . |
| 13 | But it is considering other changes to please the market . |
| 14 | But it is getting warm in here . |
| 15 | I though when they won the league they were bad but it is getting worse with each passing day . |
| 16 | Nonetheless I must stand my ground and restate that not only did it happen then , but it is getting worse ! |
| 17 | For the time being Microsoft has its guns trained on the Unix application base , but it is taking little or no effort to persuade ISVs to port to an operating system that by even its own admission wo n't be around until next Spring at the earliest . |
| 18 | Initially Mr Bond gave his approval , but it is understood that sanction has subsequently been withdrawn . |
| 19 | The serenos receive a small salary from the shopkeepers and private houses they keep an eye on , but it is considered proper to give them a tip each time they open a door for one . |
| 20 | In Williams v Singer ( 1920 ) 7 TC 387 , the courts took a pragmatic approach to a particular trust and held that if income arises to trustees of a life interest trust but it is paid direct to the beneficiary ( so it never actually comes into the trustees ' hands ) then the trustees are not liable to tax on the money . |
| 21 | Marketing chief Peter Sadler was unavailable to comment on the launch plans , but it is thought four agencies have been lined up to pitch for the business . |
| 22 | About 5.5 million public-sector employees have had a 1.5pc ceiling imposed on pay awards by the Government , but it is thought lower interest-rates may have encouraged people to spend . |
| 23 | Failure to achieve a good set because of poor pollination cuts potential output , but it is thought compensatory growth in fertile grain sites can offset this . |
| 24 | The family is doing fewer things , but it is doing these things rather well . |
| 25 | Very little information is available concerning the movement of ex-Company staff , who probably numbered fewer than those of the Corporation , but it is known that S.H . |
| 26 | The temples seem to have had their own ivory carvers , but it is known that ivory carving also went on at Palaikastro , where there was no temple . |
| 27 | At the time of writing , a cable link is only available for Brother 930 , 940 and 950i machines , but it is expected that Version 5 will support a cable link for Silver Reed electronics . |
| 28 | Phase one of the restoration work is now under way after some delays , but it is expected that phase two , which includes the replacement of the ticket office , may be put on hold because of a shortage of funds . |