Example sentences of "but it be a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This introduction to a scene and the gradual unfolding of the action within it may seem to be a rather academic restriction on the freedom of the cameraman , but it is a most important movie-making technique because it gives the viewer the feeling of involvement as a participant in the exploration of the location . |
| 2 | All the teacher can do — but it is a most important and fulfilling role — is to encourage self-reflection through appropriate teaching style ( see Chapter 10 on this ) . |
| 3 | That may appeal to an audience of a certain age , but it is a pretty foggy vision . |
| 4 | The reason this figure was produced is erm because one of the comments we had back from the other induction courses er Gareth , the reason we had produced this video was erm structure you 've never shown it , so it 's not necessarily tongue in cheek but it is a strictly sales structure but it will give you a clearer idea of our guide what to do to the role plays this morning , Saturday and tomorrow . |
| 5 | But it is a little thin now , and it only just reached the back of the hall . |
| 6 | But it is a little unusual for there to be more than one left in at this stage . |
| 7 | The adjudging of the beastblood is something else I do not fully understand , ’ said Dierdriu , ‘ but it is a little to do with the eyes , and a little to do with the movements … |
| 8 | Yeah , but it is a LITTLE dodgy , you sometimes get announcements over the speaker during the match where someone whos parked in that area is asked to move their car ! |
| 9 | But it is a heavily biased reading of Dame Sirith to see only the antifeminist direction and to ignore the unfavourable reflections upon Wilekin 's base attitude and desires . |
| 10 | There still is a constituency , and there is certainly a need , for the old , traditional , welfare Labour vision , but it is a permanently declining sector of the electorate . |
| 11 | The European variety has the advantage of a simpler and better understood theory of pricing , but it is a less flexible instrument . |
| 12 | But it is a less flexible fibre than nylon , and lacks nylon 's performance edge , ’ explains Coleman . |
| 13 | But it is a deeply conservative trade which has resolutely resisted most attempts to bring it into the twentieth century , to make it more efficient , or to make access to the law more available to the ordinary citizen . |
| 14 | This is good as far as it goes , but it is a disappointingly mean harvest of wisdom from so much hard-won experience . |
| 15 | It will not be easy to launch a new radical programme , but it is a more promising process than that of re-alignment between Labour and the LibDems . |
| 16 | To illustrate this , it is relevant to remember that driving a car is possible for the fully sighted in foggy conditions , but it is a more tiring procedure than driving when visibility is good . |
| 17 | Progress work may not be the most exciting job in advertising but it is a highly responsible and essential one . |
| 18 | Erm the reason for this is that Luton er is not an attractive proposition on a long term basis but it anti er and that , that is largely for an environmental point of view of the fact that it will also not provide an awful lot of additional capacity but it is a highly economic airport from the point of view of the number of er the cost required to expand it er further er passenger and facilities they already have designs for the extension of the facilities in that airport and I am concerned that er delays in the planning process for terminal three er or for any other alternatives in the South East or for making alternative arrangements elsewhere in the country . |
| 19 | It takes a great deal of time to embroider a sampler in silks or wools , but it is a much swifter process when using pressed flowers . |
| 20 | This fish is similar to M. argenteus in many respects but it is a much deeper fish with more elongated dorsal and anal fins complimenting its extraordinary-deep body . |
| 21 | He goes on to support this with an appeal to the testator 's intention , but it is a relatively modest one . |
| 22 | But it is a relatively complex judgement , and , like entailment , will probably prove to be derivable from more elementary intuitions ( e.g. from patterns of normality and abnormality ) , although it is not at present clear how this is to be done . |
| 23 | This is not necessarily the most important form of market imperfection , but it is a relatively simple case to examine initially . |
| 24 | The head can be identified as that of Hercules from the club around his neck , but it is a very unusual representation of Hercules : the absence of a beard , the diadem , the upturned eye and the hairstyle are all derived from that of the great conqueror Alexander the Great ( compare fig. 14 ) . |
| 25 | THE GROUND covered by Soho Fire Station is only one mile square , but it is a very crowded square mile . |
| 26 | This is true of some of the younger Italian writers too , but not of all : Andrea De Carlo , for example , puts much more ‘ personality ’ into his observing heroes and heroines than the nouveaux romanciers ever did , but it is a very different personality from that of Palomar . |
| 27 | Call for a free brochure ‘ I have to say that I really did n't like the smell much , but it is a VERY natural product so I was happy with that . |
| 28 | But it is a very long time since anyone attempted a popular history of the left in Britain . |
| 29 | It 's not got the creative thing , which , I mean , competition , to get a a ten , or a nine , you 've got ta really have some creative element in it , this has n't quite got that , but it is a very strong picture and , and very nicely photographed so I 'll give this one , eight . |
| 30 | Andrew Wingate comments : " Where this comes from I do not know , but it is a very surprising story for a Muslim to tell , considering the normal attitude to idol-worship " ( Wingate 1988 : 28 ) . |