Example sentences of "but it [be] [adv] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difference is part luck and part circumstance ; but it is also in the driver 's mind . |
| 2 | But it is exactly in phrases like this that one sees Tolkien playing with medieval notions of style , with ‘ loose semantic fit ’ , with a personal view of poetry . |
| 3 | The well , dug 900 years ago and fed by springs , was deepened by seven feet last summer to 34 feet , but it is still in danger of drying up . |
| 4 | Its uses are various ( a ‘ fart-catcher ’ is a footman who walks behind ; a ‘ fart-sucker ’ is a parasite ; ‘ like a fart in a bottle ’ indicates flustered agitation ; ‘ do n't fart about ’ means stop fooling ; and ‘ a silly fart ’ is a contemptuous description of a silly fool ) , but it is still in its original and anatomical sense that we use the word most frequently . |
| 5 | I asked for this to be arranged twelve months ago , but it is still in the hands of the solicitor , who does not answer letters . |
| 6 | But it is perhaps in the attempts of Francis Bacon in the seventeenth century that the origins of a concern with social features of knowledge as introducing distortions are to be found . |
| 7 | But it is now in financial trouble . |
| 8 | But it is only in the imagination of the Bride , of the Bachelors , of the viewer . |
| 9 | The business of turning ‘ hot ’ money into legitimate tender is as old as crime itself , but it is only in recent years , largely because of the explosion of the drugs trade , that money laundering has become such a huge business . |
| 10 | But it is only in some of their lyrics that this cleanliness of vision appears . |
| 11 | The first pre-retirement courses were held in the United States in 1949 , but it is only in the last ten to fifteen years that the need for them has been recognised in the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | ISDN technology has been tested since the mid-1980s , but it is only in the past 12 months that BT and its counterparts in other countries have had ISDN lines widely available . |
| 13 | Parts of the sequence exist elsewhere but it is only in Bratislava that you find the complete set . |
| 14 | But it is only in the last 30 years that Australia has secured the knowledge , technique and the desire to produce the sort of subtle , light wines which we enjoy — and at which Australia excels . |
| 15 | But it is only in the second half of 1908 that Picasso turned to a more concentrated study of Cézanne . |
| 16 | Thomas died in December , but it is only in the last few days that Scotland Yard has received information from the FBI about why he was killed . |
| 17 | This order , as its name suggests , was developed as a richer example than the Corinthian , but it is only in the capital that it differs materially . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Whether or not the purchase price is an appropriate or indeed adequate upper limit is arguable but it is only in rare circumstances that a vendor will agree to a higher limit . |
| 20 | But it is only in the last few weeks that news of Kevin 's death has reached American troops still in the Middle East . |
| 21 | And they 'll check that out for you and we 'll see what 's happening but it 's just in case there 's any arthritis or anything like that that 's |
| 22 | The hillside may be windy , but it 's also in an area of outstanding natural beauty . |
| 23 | yeah , I think it 's either in my briefcase , or it 's in the car , but it 's probably in the briefcase , I 'll go and have a look |
| 24 | ‘ But it 's always in good humour and fun . ’ |
| 25 | He thinks this is an question but in small societies may be a much higher level of democratic erm intervention at all levels would be possible , but it 's only in modern societies that participation on a very extensive scale becomes absolutely impossible . |
| 26 | They were always a big league band in the States , but it 's only in the last five years or so that they have been rising up the Euro league . |
| 27 | ‘ There is nothing I can do , ’ said the King , as she was dragged away , ‘ I can see those in charge , but it 's now in the hands of the Justice people . ’ |
| 28 | But it 's now in its you might say third generation might n't you . |
| 29 | Those in the States may have to travel long distances for tournaments but it 's still in their own country . ’ |
| 30 | Those in the States may have to travel long distances for tournaments but it 's still in their own country . ’ |