Example sentences of "of [noun] but it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is called the Hall of Secrets but it is the wrong place to whisper them . |
| 2 | The Torts ( Interference with Goods ) Act 1977 has made some simplification by abolishing one head of liability but it is only a piecemeal attempt to deal with certain deficiencies in the common law and is in no way a code governing interference with goods . |
| 3 | This is not a symbiotic relationship because that involves a continuing separateness of identity throughout the period and process of partnership but it is an integrated relationship in which the enterprise — venture or project or more general association — is on a level of continued mutuality of interest and concern . |
| 4 | ‘ It will affect a lot of people if there is a gale or a lot of snow but it is safe otherwise . |
| 5 | Its name implies similarity with the primary sore of syphilis but it is ill-named , for the only feature in common with syphilis is the presence of genital ulceration and by this criterion there are at least six other conditions that could be equally well so labelled . |
| 6 | He has taken steps to alleviate the problem of attitude but it is n't always easy to strike the right balance . |
| 7 | SCP is not eligible for rediscount with the Bank of England but it is attractive to a much wider range of investors than bankers ' acceptances , and it is widely held outside the banking sector by institutional investors such as insurance companies and pension funds . |
| 8 | INSPIRATION may not spring readily from the prosaic-sounding north Midlands town of Southwell but it is the black stuff that dreams are made of in the eyes of Ron and Richard Muddle , the father and son team of racing entrepreneurs extraordinary . |
| 9 | It is only part of a battery of equipment the cosmonauts use to counter the prolonged effect of weightlessness but it is an important one and some alternative will have to be found before women undertake long duration flights . |
| 10 | Part woman-in-peril thriller , part comic financial caper , part romantic weepie , it 's a lot of things but it is n't really a ghost story , not in the conventional sense . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Bream can and do eat gallons of bait but it is not wise to overdo things if they are finicky . |
| 13 | Thus there is continuity of policy but it is continuity on the lowest common factor . |
| 14 | It is a formidable problem of optimisation but it is , at least , a potential solution . |
| 15 | Capital is thus not only a political critique of society but it is also a criticism of the terms in which the economy was discussed at the time when he wrote , and a demonstration that these terms are moulded to the purposes of the system they pretend to analyse . |
| 16 | He might have had thoughts of destiny but it is unlikely that even he could conceive that troupes of girls bearing his name would still be dancing nearly a hundred years later . |
| 17 | I 'm sure if people will perhaps they look at the church and think oh it 's out of touch but it is n't there are churches that are alive and have something very relevant to say today . |
| 18 | this is not his sense of humour but it is visual , it involves the audience . |
| 19 | I , I think it 's quite a , an interestingly pretty plant in the right sort of situation but it is a wild plant , it is a native plant and it gets big . |
| 20 | The Employment Research Centre has no view of its own on the root causes of unemployment but it is convinced that the problem of unemployment can be solved . |
| 21 | For centuries the practice of philosophy has been overwhelmingly the prerogative of men but it is only recently that feminist analysis has made it possible to see the distorting effect of this historical fact . |
| 22 | Alcohol can be a source of enjoyment but it is a drug with extremely serious side effects . |
| 23 | ‘ We have no hit list of closures but it is the case that we must react to the pressure of the market ’ ICI 's Chris Hamspon , the director responsible for Chemical & Polymers on Teesside . |
| 24 | Relevant knowledge is a precondition of autonomy but it is not synonymous with it . |
| 25 | One senior courtier said later : ‘ There is no doubt that this is an issue which concerns the Prince of Wales but it is beginning to look a little cynical . |
| 26 | This is a question of fact but it is crucial . |