Example sentences of "but [adv] it is " 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 | Better margins on such items and a less Luddite approach to VAT have helped , but fundamentally it is the trend to one-stop leisure shopping that has spurred the modern book retailer to stock not just stationery , but T-shirts , videos , CDs , cassettes and games and a host of other merchandise . |
| 4 | And when it is hot , it is very hot ; but mostly it is just wet . |
| 5 | The phospholipid structure of phosphatidylcholine is not essential for biocompatibility , but rather it is the phosphorylcholine headgroup that is important . |
| 6 | Beforehand our system is not in general in an eigenstate of the observable we are intending to measure but rather it is a superposition of such states . |
| 7 | But economically it is restorationist . |
| 8 | At first , teachers will have to go through these stages quite carefully with the children , but eventually it is hoped that the children will become independent enough to use the system , or one like it , by themselves . |
| 9 | But perhaps it is the paradox conveyed by that closing glimpse of a parodic but unprecedented Eliot which carries the sharpest conviction of any feature of the book . |
| 10 | But perhaps it is not too simple to suggest that we are also conscious of Zuckerman as a deflection of the wrath over Roth which works by making Zuckerman responsible for the outrage . |
| 11 | I imagine it to be like the worst kind of monthly cramp and the most fierce of labour pains but perhaps it is even worse . |
| 12 | It must always have been the case that some problems are inherently insoluble , but perhaps it is the stress on all social services that turns the CAB into the last port of call when all others have failed . |
| 13 | But perhaps it is asking too much to expect some sort of articulated political goal — especially of the young adolescents who are responsible for the bulk of working-class crime . |
| 14 | But perhaps it is better to avoid Rouen , the midday traffic going in and coming out is too much of a worry . |
| 15 | But perhaps it is best to take a few steps back and begin with the preliminary question : why an exhibition of the nude ? |
| 16 | Shortage of time is a common complaint in every walk of life , but perhaps it is only a perception . |
| 17 | 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 … ’ |
| 18 | I have not discussed that with the others yet but perhaps it is something to put on the agenda for the future . |
| 19 | Both these elements are needed in an understanding of soil erosion conservation , but hitherto it is only the first which has usually been considered — and only in the first of the three location-specific senses at that . |
| 20 | This has a certain ring to it , but apparently it is not entirely accurate . |
| 21 | Megarry J suggested that the test of an officious bystander could be helpful : if the parties , when asked by an officious bystander whether their discussions were confidential , would have responded " but obviously it is " , that would establish the obligation . |
| 22 | ‘ But obviously it is a difficult decision for anyone to take . |
| 23 | One of them is enclosed in the letters written by the same ship , another bill is sent overland to the factor or party to whom the goods are consigned , the third remaineth with the merchant , for his testimony against the master , if there were any occasion for loose dealing ; but especially it is kept for to serve in case of loss , to recover the value of the goods of the assurors that have undertaken to bear the adventure with you . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The excitement rises with the plane but soon it is just another flight . |
| 26 | But already it is certain that the challenges ahead are at least as daunting as anything the Cold War produced . |
| 27 | It is still in its infancy , still drifting clumsily about in its primeval soup , but already it is achieving evolutionary change at a rate that leaves the old gene panting far behind . |
| 28 | As far as he knows Women in Love has not been adapted for the stage before , but already it is causing much interest from other theatres and companies . |
| 29 | Handwritten text can also be printed ( i.e. with each character written separately ) , but normally it is cursive . |
| 30 | CFCs are a fraction of the emissions of carbon dioxide but nevertheless it is estimated that , unless the Montreal Protocol is strengthened , CFCs will account for 13 per cent of global warming by 2030 . |