Example sentences of "but [pers pn] is [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elmer , David McKee 's patchwork elephant , also likes jokes and tricks but his is a subtler and more attractive humour . |
| 2 | You may not believe it , but yours is a privileged generation , For your grandparents , sex was a taboo subject , enclosed by walls of " Thou shall nots ' and compounded by ignorance . |
| 3 | Yep and and he does n't seem to be able to concentrate and I said , but Neil you can drive , when you go out with me you drive beautifully yes but yours is an automatic car , I said , it 's not that I said you 've got road sense you know what you 're doing , I said your good . |
| 4 | The vocalist of thrashers Old on ‘ Mazuraan ’ sounds like a garotted moggie , but theirs is a fine handle on melody nonetheless . |
| 5 | ‘ It worries me to death bringing her to the races at long odds-on , but she is a great filly and just flies out of the stalls , ’ said trainer Richard Hannon . |
| 6 | Olivia — whose hits include You 're The One That I Want , Physical and Xanadu — still has a tough fight ahead , but she is a born fighter and is now planning to write a book to help other breast cancer sufferers . |
| 7 | ‘ It is so sad what happened and it made me cry when I read her story but she is a remarkable woman . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It is so sad what happened and it made me cry when I read her story but she is a remarkable woman . ’ |
| 9 | She would not harm anybody , but she is a brave girl from a brave family , ’ Mr Saddoo said . |
| 10 | Goldsmith talks with some conviction , but she is the first to admit that she is a phoney . |
| 11 | ‘ But she is the only one , are n't you ? |
| 12 | ‘ But she is an adaptable and intelligent girl and will survive this episode and hopefully go on to lead a trouble-free life . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ But 't is a common proof |
| 14 | Bradley is not the world 's fastest passer , but he is a durable warrior , a highly intelligent and brave footballer who could be just the man for the All Blacks . |
| 15 | But he is a new bishop . |
| 16 | ‘ It might take a few games for Martin to settle into the side but he is a good team man and strong defensively . |
| 17 | ‘ But he is a good player , though . |
| 18 | ‘ He has his faults , but he is a good man . ’ |
| 19 | Mike Hall does not excite superlatives , but he is a good , accurate tackler and , they reckon in Cardiff , not without a measure of penetration when coming off his left foot . |
| 20 | But he is a major golf sponsor , and he 's known Jefferson for years . |
| 21 | But he is a keen cricket fan . |
| 22 | ‘ But he is a professional and you 've got to be able to walk away from situations . |
| 23 | ‘ But he is a brilliant photographer . |
| 24 | He may not look it , but he is a smooth operator . |
| 25 | But there again , not everyone cares to lead from the front , like Thatcher.He may lack his own philosophy , but he is a shrewd party manager . |
| 26 | Turpin is no monk , but he is a Christian bishop : not only is he , as a feudal lord , a part of the military hierarchy of Charlemagne 's realm , but he represents the unity of all segments of Christendom in the fight against the infidel . |
| 27 | Mr Etyang said : ‘ Professor Gresham may be an eminent pathologist in the UK , but he is a human being — could he have made a mistake ? |
| 28 | Robinson may not have the stature , but he is a magnificent player with great footballing skills and enough versatility to be included . |
| 29 | General Winter may have repelled invaders from Napoleon to Hitler , but he is a domestic tyrant from whom successive regimes have sought to escape by pushing south to more friendly climes and warm-water ports . |
| 30 | It could not have been written if the " eagles " who are our modern gurus had not shown the path from altitude ; Lecercle calls himself , by contrast , a " centipede " grubbing about among tiny linguistic details , but he is a sensible and humorous centipede where some of the great eagles — the thinkers who have brought about the famous Copernican Revolution of Structuralism and Since — have been impenetrable or extremist . |