Example sentences of "but he is [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rightly said of him that he was always a pedagogue , but he is a pedagogue in the courtly nineteenth-century mode of Professor Agassiz , who sets up the controlled experiment and invites us to participate in it , not in the hectoring and charismatic mode of the star of the lecture-hall . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | But he is a sufficiently good opportunist to put a strategic gloss on something he is going to do anyway . |
| 4 | But he is a new bishop . |
| 5 | But he is a man presiding over a collapsing economy and a discredited political system . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Steve Martin tried the hooter again in Roxanne ( 1987 ) , but he is a comedian [ see 6 ] ; could history come right for Gérard Depardieu ? |
| 8 | Hastings is very unobtrusive , you know , but he is a cat . |
| 9 | Man is but a reed , the most feeble thing in nature ; but he is a thinking reed . |
| 10 | As for Kristofferson , his voice is barely serviceable , but he is a valuable presence in this quartet of songwriters , not least because the songs he brought to Nashville in the Sixties reconnected country with the street . |
| 11 | ‘ But he is a brilliant photographer . |
| 12 | ‘ We do not usually see him but he is a kind man . |
| 13 | ‘ He is aggressive but he is a very honest person . |
| 14 | He may not look it , but he is a smooth operator . |
| 15 | But he is a natural storyteller , and he has several of Levi 's other gifts : he is honest and brave , and what he noticed , and therefore remembers , is not himself but other people . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ But he is a very popular bishop and I think he has a lot to give the diocese . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ But he is a professional and you 've got to be able to walk away from situations . |
| 20 | 1.00:DAVID ELSWORTH 'S Fragrant Dawn made an impressive reappearance at Newbury this month , but he is a bit in and out and can not be fancied with any confidence . |
| 21 | ‘ It might take a few games for Martin to settle into the side but he is a good team man and strong defensively . |
| 22 | And she said , ‘ But he is a very attractive man , ’ and I said , ‘ Yes , but you 're a 22 year-old girl and I 'm — well , I 'm not . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ But he is a good player , though . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | But he is a major golf sponsor , and he 's known Jefferson for years . |
| 26 | The depth of our batting meant he had to wait longer than some , but he is a fiercely committed Lancastrian and he has been prepared to stay put and fight for a place instead of looking elsewhere for a regular spot . ’ |
| 27 | But he is a genuinely humble person " . |
| 28 | Right , second baby has a P K U gene from his mum and a normal gene from his dad and he is not affected , but he is a P K U carrier , right , third baby gets a normal gene from his mum and a P K U gene from his dad and he 's the same , or she 's the same P K U carrier , but not affected , unfortunately the last baby gets a P K U gene from , from mum and a P K U gene from dad and this baby has got P K U and that is a simple , simple sort of exercise of how genetic disorders sometimes appear and sometimes do n't |
| 29 | Oh , I know the prince is n't a fascist , he 's got nothing but contempt for Musso ; Constanza says her father was never the man who had much faith in any trains running on time ; but he is a man who can still get favours from the regime . |
| 30 | He may only be 5 ft 4 ins but he is a giant among small players . ’ |