Example sentences of "but [pers pn] is [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Molly is aware that she has cancer but she is in great heart . |
| 2 | ‘ But he is in good form and I certainly would n't receive a severe shock if he were to win even though he is a long way out of the handicap . |
| 3 | But he is in one sense or another occupied with it for the rest of the book as he directs the recluse in understanding her experience in terms of a pattern established by the Incarnation , and anchors his teaching to Scripture . |
| 4 | But he is in restless mood and his wandering eye , seeking distraction , is caught by the sight of an attractive woman walking beside the park lake . |
| 5 | I should , at this point , declare my interest as being associated with Horizon , but it is through this link that I know that not one of the producers involved with BBC productions was consulted in any way during the writing of the book . |
| 6 | The EC is all kinds of things , good and bad , but it is above all a machine for producing proposed regulations embodied in documents . |
| 7 | But it is with this group that antiracism can be most readily identified and we need to examine it on its own terms and in its relationship to other more easily identifiable class groupings . |
| 8 | Local education authorities have considerable flexibility to provide additional assistance to small primary schools , through the small school protection factor , but it is for each authority to devise its own scheme and to choose its priorities within that scheme in the light of local needs . |
| 9 | In other words , it is not arbitrary that the wolf and dog are closer to one another than either is to the cat , but it is to some extent arbitrary whether one recognizes some given degree of similarity by placing two species in the same genus , or in the same family . |
| 10 | Most designers have an intuitive but unformalised picture in these terms but it is of great utility to produce these pictures in flow diagram form so that any differences of view are revealed and can be reconciled by discussions during the process of agreeing the diagrams . |
| 11 | But it is of great interest , because it demonstrates a familiar mode of argumentation that has been more widely used in historical descriptions and that can be found in many places , and I shall comment on a similar case in ME below . |
| 12 | The size of the sausage will determine how long the drying process will take , but it is of paramount importance that the meat is perfectly dry if it is to store well . |
| 13 | Man works far below his capacity ; some writers have put a figure on the deficiency but it is of little value to you to make quantitative estimates . |
| 14 | The wording may look innocuous , but it is of vital importance . |
| 15 | This in itself shows that we have already become a recognised part of the local scene , but it is of particular interest now , in that 1991 marks the centenary of this event . |
| 16 | In the middle-class residential areas where most MPs live , law and order may not be a serious worry , but it is of intense concern in poorer districts . |
| 17 | Present indications go to show that this is not the case but it is of extreme importance that this hypothesis should be tested . |
| 18 | I may be wrong , but it is on this doubtful premise that we take the ferry and alight from it in Skye . |
| 19 | The earliest aryballoi have abstract linear decoration , but it is on this shape , linked to the eastern trade , that the first oriental motives appear in Greek vase-decoration , perhaps not long after the middle of the eighth century . |
| 20 | Right , boil off I 's very low It 's boiling but it is at low temperature when it 's boiling . |
| 21 | It can be fun seeing the tables turned , but it is at best a mixed experience . |
| 22 | But it is at this point that an Aristotelian-type argument fails to be able to deal with the most difficult questions about autonomy . |
| 23 | Once again there are many names to choose from but it is at this point that the design of the Amstrad PC starts to interfere . |
| 24 | There is an order in these works , but it is like that at the centre of an explosion , and all over their surfaces there is a terrible indifference to everything that is sentient . |
| 25 | But it is in many ways an odd , unbalanced discography , one that would have puzzled Byrd himself , and which puzzles those who know the true length and breadth of Byrd 's achievement . |
| 26 | Soren Kierkegaard 's concept of love is calm and homely but it is in authentic part of the reality of love . |
| 27 | This does not mean to say that he does not have the necessary competence to perform adequately as a member of a wider society , but it is in general a passive competence . |
| 28 | Arcturus can be found by following round the curve of Ursa Major , but it is in any case quite unmistakable ; it has a K-type spectrum , and is a lovely light orange , so that in binoculars it is beautiful . |
| 29 | Which motive was dominant can only be a matter of opinion , but it is in any case unrealistic to grade them too rigorously . |
| 30 | Which motive was dominant can only be a matter of opinion , but it is in any case unrealistic to grade them too rigorously . |