Example sentences of "but [det] is [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To say either that someone acts authoritatively or that someone is responsible for his actions may depend upon the possibility of ascribing mental states or capacities but neither is merely a shorthand way of ascribing them . |
| 2 | But that is clearly a radical step , only likely to be taken when very serious abuse is involved . |
| 3 | The Secretary of State has said several times today how proud he is of British Rail 's safety record — a pride which we all share — but that is surely no reason not to look again at the real doubts that have arisen in the past year about manning , the number of hours worked and the quality of some of the new systems of signalling that are being installed . |
| 4 | At the simplest level , the forest around a village is being gently ‘ harvested ’ — there is a scheme for gathering seeds of shrubs and climbers , for export to the garden-centre pot-plant nurseries of the US , but that is just a start . |
| 5 | It has already led to grief , but that is just a beginning . ’ |
| 6 | But that is just the start . ’ |
| 7 | Many families thought that getting their baby home would be the hardest part , but that is just the beginning . |
| 8 | But that is just the tip of the iceberg . |
| 9 | Still to come , Oxford 's Ice Hockey team , the Spire Oxford City Stars , ar runners up in the autumn cup , but that is just the start . |
| 10 | He may not in fact manage to produce what meets the requirement , even when something he knows about would meet the requirement ; but that is simply a failure in a sort of performance in which he is at least sometimes capable of success , while no instrument is ever capable of it at all . |
| 11 | Italian food has a reputation for being a dieter 's foe — but that is largely the fault of all-you-can-eat pasta pig-out places which pile on the Bolognese sauce . |
| 12 | But that is neither the history nor the practice of our professional system , not just er for accountants but for the legal system as well and I think it has stood the test of time , er he will know that there has been er there is a procedure for the joint disciplinaries scheme er which enables the er institute to investigate whether there has been compliance by member firms with the standards promulgated er with er er by the er er auditing practices board and that seems to me to be the er right way forward . |
| 13 | We would therefore be able to bring in other measures which we have n't modelled so far er but that is also the guidance that you should bring in , not only nowadays you should not only look to build a bypass , you should look to complementary measures within the urban area . |
| 14 | But that is exactly the opposite of the new picture . |
| 15 | Most people prefer the total look to be soft and natural without some of the extravagances and hard colours of younger-style make-up , but that is partly a matter of personal taste and overall style . |
| 16 | ‘ In another location I would probably have a full dining room every night , but that is only a part of what is important to me . |
| 17 | This can be seen throughout Formen in his struggles with the word ‘ property ’ , but that is only a beginning . |
| 18 | But that is only a reason for saying that the value is not really there in the world if we presuppose a scientistic view of reality for which it is of itself necessarily ‘ motivationally inert ’ and cognizable in a manner which has nothing essentially to do with being attracted or repelled by it . |
| 19 | The heads of the different divisions might feel that it should be so but that is only a claim of ego and emotion . |
| 20 | But that is only a small part of the single currency argument . |
| 21 | But that is only a relatively short term thing again , and that period will consist |
| 22 | But that is only the beginning . |
| 23 | But that is only the beginning . |
| 24 | But that is only the first stage , the negative side of the matter . |
| 25 | But that is only the size of a mouse . |
| 26 | The number of states into which a term splits in a particular field is determined by group theory , but that is only the start of the problem ; determining the relative energies is difficult . |
| 27 | But that is only an expression of how the lioness is feeling within herself . |
| 28 | But that is precisely the point : the boom would have been pulled up sharply if consumption had not grown fast enough , and rising wages were essential to that growth . |
| 29 | But that is perhaps a matter which is best looked at er over lunch . |
| 30 | It is just conceivable that the Inland Revenue , thicketed about with legislation and case law , might think these provisions of the Income Tax Acts had some concern for a transaction of that nature , but that is hardly a view which could be shared by one who got out and looked at the wood as a whole . |