Example sentences of "but [adv] [pers pn] is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few people will be able to complete the route in one go , but luckily it is accessible by public transport at a number of staging points , so it can be split into chunks more manageable in a fortnight 's holiday . |
| 2 | In plan it is simple and almost symmetrical but three-dimensionally it is complex : a bizarre , richly coloured building . |
| 3 | But perhaps it is better to avoid Rouen , the midday traffic going in and coming out is too much of a worry . |
| 4 | I did not mean to say but perhaps it is better I should , therefore only remark that I will speak on the subject in my next , but do not suffer alarms on my account — I am in better health than I have been for years and I hope to get to Sydney and get comfortably settled in good time … ’ |
| 5 | But perhaps it is best to take a few steps back and begin with the preliminary question : why an exhibition of the nude ? |
| 6 | This is a nice idea but naturally it is impossible to completely separate mathematical and non-mathematical routines , and there are overheads such as writing to the screen which can affect the results . |
| 7 | But already it is certain that the challenges ahead are at least as daunting as anything the Cold War produced . |
| 8 | My niece is only little , but already she is susceptible to it , wearing T-shirts and baseball caps . |
| 9 | Handwritten text can also be printed ( i.e. with each character written separately ) , but normally it is cursive . |
| 10 | The assumption itself may patently be wrong , but nevertheless it is difficult for people in superior positions to realize that they are just as fallible as those below . |
| 11 | This is unfair criticism — Gooch produces a mass of indicative , albeit necessarily speculative , evidence in favour of his hypothesis — but nevertheless it is true that our knowledge of the past is and has to be based on the artefacts surviving from that past : lacking the artefacts , all we can do is make an educated deduction . |
| 12 | If we had included more papers in the sample the coverage might have appeared more dense , but nevertheless it is clear that it is a minority of unusual cases which get most press exposure . |
| 13 | But tonight it is true , and tonight will be the last time . ’ |
| 14 | But clearly it is another factor that would make it the less satisfactory for us simply to refuse the application without more . |
| 15 | They can be performed within the permanent organization , but often it is practical to use temporary , problem-oriented project groups . |
| 16 | Lewisham council , for instance , is very willing , but often it is unable to secure sufficient resources from the Department to implement all the traffic-calming measures that it would wish . |
| 17 | But now she is one of our biggest fans . ’ |
| 18 | The new puppy is very timid with strangers but now she is old enough to go out for walks , we have found she is growling at other dogs . |
| 19 | But now it is one o'clock , and I , being only a volunteer , can step down for lunch without loss of face . |
| 20 | I was going to get you to talk about Mitch and England but now it is impossible . ’ |
| 21 | But now it is individual skilled and managerial people ( plus entrepreneurs and self-employed ) who are relocating West ) . |
| 22 | John Upson says he did n't use to care too much for the National , because it was cruel to horses , but now it is safer and there 's a lot of magic and mystique attached to it . |
| 23 | Indeed , three years ago the 360° aerial loop was considered an impossible feat but now it is commonplace amongst the top wave sailors . |
| 24 | Forty years ago the population was under 20,000 but now it is seven times that . |
| 25 | Forty years ago the population was under 20,000 but now it is seven times that . |
| 26 | Perhaps once , in the past , your political life was adequately organized , but now it is clear that there is laziness and selfishness in every part of the system . |
| 27 | But now it is miserablish English-type April weather , and we have abandoned our plan for a walk in the woods near Nanking for tomorrow . |
| 28 | He recently underwent an operation but now he is incontinent . |
| 29 | ‘ He has n't exercised for five years and has no muscle tone left but now he is able to exercise in the gym . |
| 30 | The puppy was probably encouraged to jump up when he was small and everyone thought it was quite fun , but now he is large , and has probably just come in from a swim in the pool and Aunty is standing there in her Sunday best . |