Example sentences of "but it is " in BNC.
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| 31 | But it is likely that the professionals who have been responsible for the running of such companies at local level will have been allied to the more liberal group among the upper protestant classes , as represented by such families as the O'Neills , who have looked to the English public schools for the right sort of education . |
| 32 | The Irish people are defined primarily by their allegiance to the present restricted or future enlarged republic , but it is popularly understood that they will normally have the further characteristics of Gaelic Irishness . |
| 33 | But it is the theory of democracy as the right of the majority to rule which is seen as central , rather than democracy as the preservation of minority rights . |
| 34 | But it is hardly possible to reconcile this with the claim of the constitution in Article 2 that the new state was the legitimate means of government for the entire island , which included over one million dissenting protestants , forming some 20 per cent of the total population . |
| 35 | For when it comes it is more violent , more annihilating , more interminable than I can remember it , this feeling in the pit of the stomach , this physical pain and physical desire to retch , to want to get rid of something , of everything , to want to make all that is inside emerge and disappear , drain away , mingle with the rest of the detritus of the world , but it is not only physical , a physical sensation , he wrote , it is physical but it is also something else , not moral , not psychological , not spiritual , but something else , something other than the purely physical . |
| 36 | For when it comes it is more violent , more annihilating , more interminable than I can remember it , this feeling in the pit of the stomach , this physical pain and physical desire to retch , to want to get rid of something , of everything , to want to make all that is inside emerge and disappear , drain away , mingle with the rest of the detritus of the world , but it is not only physical , a physical sensation , he wrote , it is physical but it is also something else , not moral , not psychological , not spiritual , but something else , something other than the purely physical . |
| 37 | But it is only in the imagination of the Bride , of the Bachelors , of the viewer . |
| 38 | The Bride strips herself , glowing with pleasure at seeing herself seen , but it is a poor solitary exercise , for she is only impregnated by her imagination . |
| 39 | It is an often-repeated truism to say that the institution of the pub is unique to Britain — but it is still one which is well worth resurrecting . |
| 40 | ‘ The transformation of the British pub currently underway has not occurred because of some conscious desertion of its doors by the public , but it is the result of some very careful planning by groups of retailers , marketing managers and accountants ( back up by designers ) encamped in the higher echelons of the brewing trade . |
| 41 | But it is difficult to cook for people every day , especially when there are no other kitchen staff to cover . ’ |
| 42 | But it is still no more than a performance . |
| 43 | Traditionally , however , indoor bulbs are planted in shallow ceramic or plastic bowls without drainage holes , but it is not really necessary to use specially designed containers . |
| 44 | Everyone gets very wet but it is worth while getting soaked if it saves even one glider from serious damage . |
| 45 | This is not to say that other methods would not work , but it is unwise to use non-standard methods for recovery from a fully developed spin , even if they appear to work better . |
| 46 | This is another reason for standardising the rudder movement first , but it is not relevant to gliders with T-tails where no rudder blanketing can occur . |
| 47 | But it is the glider pilot who literally has the life of the tow pilot in his hands . |
| 48 | The effects of electrical discharges on glass fibre and carbon fibre structures are uncertain , but it is clear that any moisture in the material would be turned to steam by a flash and would certainly cause delamination and very expensive damage . |
| 49 | Usually it will be only for a few seconds , but it is the ability to do it instantly on demand that is so important . |
| 50 | Looking after other people 's children can be very rewarding indeed , but it is also hard work and a big responsibility and is not quite the same as bringing up your own children . |
| 51 | But it is usually there , in surprisingly high quantities . |
| 52 | Most people only have shingles once in a lifetime but it is possible to have it several times . |
| 53 | Dandruff irritates too , but it is dull , flaky , and loose enough to fall out . |
| 54 | It may take them a little while , but it is important that you contact them to make a housing application and let them know of your needs . |
| 55 | For the more expensive models , a downpayment is required at the start of the scheme , but it is still possible to obtain a car with little or no downpayment with the hire charges being met entirely by the mobility allowance . |
| 56 | But it is not just how the new consciousness is to be used which produces problems in handling this new-found wisdom ; it is the very acquisition of knowledge itself which makes the concept of self so dynamic . |
| 57 | Not only is this shock experienced in fieldwork , while one learns the ways of a new culture , but it is experienced even more disconcertingly when one returns to one 's own culture … two different worlds have met in the same person . |
| 58 | And then you plunge into me , my spine shatters and floats in hyperspace , and I know — do n't know what it is , but it is . |
| 59 | The doctor advises the referee of the injury caused but it is the referee who decides whether the bout should continue . |
| 60 | This last point is sometimes regarded as a bad fault in basic training , but it is almost inevitable in a long-ranging competition reverse punch . |