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 | ‘ I 've got quite a lot of hair but it 's fine so , to make it look good , I need to spend a great deal of effort on it . |
| 3 | There 's an element of hope but it 's hard to find . |
| 4 | There 's an element of hope but it 's hard to find . |
| 5 | I know in advance that we 're not going to have that kind of luck but it 's worth a try . |
| 6 | Erm there 'll be seven lectures on this subject and that 's a fair number of course but it 's not enough to cover the full range of things that I 'd want normally to talk to you about and so what I 'm going to do is to aim to introduce you to some of the central concepts of foreign policy , of ways of analysing it , of the models that are used , the ideas erm er surrounding foreign policy and also to illustrate these with examples . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It seems a lot of money but it 's not to the man who 's prepared to pay it |
| 9 | Plenty of people are making a lot of money but it 's not me . |
| 10 | Er except there 's a day of action but it 's right that 's right into November now so you can hear about that . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ It will affect a lot of people if there is a gale or a lot of snow but it is safe otherwise . |
| 13 | So every one in a thousand key , might actually fit this type of lock but it 's highly unlikely . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He has taken steps to alleviate the problem of attitude but it is n't always easy to strike the right balance . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | This will involve a lot of work but it 's something I 'm looking forward to . |
| 18 | ‘ I realise the club is short of cash but it 's a great chance for me to gain an insight into management , ’ said Anderson . |
| 19 | It is no it 's part of Group but it 's power tools down in . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Er this is alright we 've done it informally in the past , you know I 've talked to many clients some of which I handle some of which I do n't and always the question is er are we giving erm a service that we can improve on , if you look dealing with er are there any points you 'd like to raise with me , all these sort of questions but it 's all very unstructured er and sometimes it 's er er results in us having an action plan emerging , sometimes not . |
| 23 | You may have heard talk of retaliation but it 's too early to talk about that , ’ says a spokesman . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Well our pits there 's a lot of water but it 's , it 's mostly body sweat and s I do get some water off a , a machine that I drive . |
| 26 | And you know , the surface is not all i , you look out on the sea , and it looks like the proverbial mill pond , it 's calm , it 's barely a ripple of water but it 's not still . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Bream can and do eat gallons of bait but it is not wise to overdo things if they are finicky . |
| 29 | So you know just picking up Mr 's point , I h we must n't confuse , I mean I agree that quantity is one of the measures of quality but it 's not the only one . |
| 30 | Thus there is continuity of policy but it is continuity on the lowest common factor . |