Example sentences of "but it [be] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It annoys old ladies in Brighton , but it is proof of their essential good sense … families are impoverished but the family system has not broken up . |
| 2 | The use of a DBMS is not necessary to develop information systems , but it is part of the methodology for implementing information systems discussed in this text . |
| 3 | But it is stars of the theatrical and cinematic world — or certainly the matinee idols of that world — who still regard the term with such anxiety . |
| 4 | The log book , the registration document is not the car , but it is evidence of the ownership of the car . |
| 5 | But it is competence of a particular kind . |
| 6 | I should leave , but it is entertainment of sorts , and hugely funny . |
| 7 | But it is end of key stage four . |
| 8 | The ‘ base communities ’ of Latin America know more than we do about hunger and sickness , but it is study of the Bible that gives them understanding and courage to demand justice in the name of the God of justice . |
| 9 | I 'm persevering , but it 's kind of hard |
| 10 | But it 's kind of a shame , because I 'm only one element of blackness that you can see on television , and I 'll tell you , if I 'd been a kid and seen someone like me on telly , I 'd be a hell of a lot happier about the way I am in this world . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ But it 's kind of sad , as well . |
| 12 | Sun continues to say it will use the chip but it 's kind of hard for them to say where definitively until there 's working silicon . |
| 13 | that never did anything , that we inherited , and when we moved all that stuff that was on there , all that junk , erm , when we first moved , I thought it might flourish when it sorted it , but it 's kind of spindly so , that 's gone , no , no , another bush , over this side |
| 14 | She 's got one , it 's flat , it 's not flat but it 's kind of deflated , she 's getting er , doing handstands on it and she 's going my head , it 's my head |
| 15 | It 's kind of stupid but it 's kind of funny if you know what I mean cos the baby do n't talk and as soon as the Mum and Dad 's out of the room it 's let's go and find the chocolate . |
| 16 | Could I just say that readings taken in this adapted way are called decibels A-weighted , which is a bit sort of technical and silly , but it 's kind of important if you 're measuring the sort of sound that people listen to . |
| 17 | It 's a finger , but it 's part of a hand . |
| 18 | I do n't think either of us likes it very much , but it 's part of the image , so we bought a packet of Gauloises in yellow paper on the first day of the Great Famine , and have rationed them strictly , just as if we were in prison . |
| 19 | But it 's part of it . ’ |
| 20 | No my Lord it 's not pleaded certainly , but it , but it 's part of the expert report . |
| 21 | So they 'll have so many houses to work in , they will go along initially and make sure the plugs on er irons and It sounds very simple but it 's part of helping the community . |
| 22 | Yeah but it 's part of their |
| 23 | But it 's memory of er |
| 24 | I do n't really like Mr Jackson being in here — I du n no why , but it 's sort of private — you know , just me and Marie 's like . |
| 25 | Annie 's much more pretty , but it 's sort of like her — you know , about the same size and that . |
| 26 | Funny way of looking at it I know but it 's sort of to give you an idea of how how the different ways you can actually do this this mechanism and brings out the er variations . |
| 27 | cut into the neck but it 's sort of brushed back |
| 28 | But it 's sort of thick and chewy it 's not , you know it 's not flaky like fish , it 's like a almost like a meat . |
| 29 | Crap No , I like some of it , honestly I like some of it , but some of it 's really shit , but it 's sort of movement really . |
| 30 | But it was night of despair for Villa , who had that great championship feeling after going two points clear at the top at the weekend . |