Example sentences of "[be] [adj] but it [is] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Expect a mess : Your doctor will expect your home to be clean but it is not necessary to sterilise everything . |
| 32 | What Terri Hooley , Dave Sinton and Johnny Hero have discovered may not be new but it 's potentially revolutionary . |
| 33 | This may well be true but it is unfortunately also a very expensive one . |
| 34 | Now , all this may be true but it is not the message that comes blaring from greeting cards shops in North Yorkshire or anywhere else . |
| 35 | I try hard not to be bitter but it 's not easy . ’ |
| 36 | The nicotine craving might be intense but it is short-lived . |
| 37 | Yes I often used to be accused of being Welsh but it is different . |
| 38 | I though when they won the league they were bad but it is getting worse with each passing day . |
| 39 | They 're , when you 're talking about the normal household gloss , yes it is flammable but it 's not a , nowhere near as flammable as your cellulose thinners that you spray your car with and things like that , your touch up sprays , because it does n't contain the amount of petroleum adhesive er additive I should say , in the er in its mixture as does er |
| 40 | Well it is dry but it 's still |
| 41 | It 's hilly but it 's not it 's not as bad as |
| 42 | So it 's strange but it 's er maybe it 's not so strange |
| 43 | It is right but it 's not that 's not the whole point of this exercise . |
| 44 | The name is unfamiliar but it is only what its name implies : the capital liabilities that have been discharged , in this case , by repayment of loans . |
| 45 | The basic professional stand against censorship is sound but it is weakened by inaction when opportunities arise to be decisive and it is further weakened by elements of the profession which seek to censor , while often interpreting this as positive discrimination . |
| 46 | Agnew and Hill combining to get is clear but it 's a corner and that cross caused real problems to Leicester . |
| 47 | It is wrong but it 's close . |
| 48 | He 's , he 's funny but it 's not , cos if Ryan 's , he 's not going to get anywhere , because he 's just a little shit , basically . |
| 49 | Er er the principle was that erm th the birth of a child is , it is painful but it 's not a pain too much for a mother to bear , that was the , the id the principle that they went on . |
| 50 | Whether or not the purchase price is an appropriate or indeed adequate upper limit is arguable but it is only in rare circumstances that a vendor will agree to a higher limit . |
| 51 | I know I said it 's easy but it 's not that easy . |
| 52 | The rigidity of the Seayak is noticeable but it is still a plastic boat and therefore slow and fairly cumbersome . |
| 53 | It 'd be a bit hectic for you though cos it 'll be , yeah it 's cold but it 's uneven ground and that 's |
| 54 | I think the stage door club is fine but it 's so tiny and rather you know . |
| 55 | I 'm not saying it 's unusual but it 's sad and tough too . ’ |
| 56 | Evidence from the period is confused but it is likely that Newcomen worked independently and did not know of the ideas of Papin and Savery . |
| 57 | The er pleasant background , nice light on the horses , but I find the , the subject matter , you know , okay , it 's okay but it 's not a great competition winning er , picture . |
| 58 | There 's no crackles and it 's expanding well and it peaks three eight two which is okay but it 's quite down on what it should be . |
| 59 | Same as bar nine which is blank but it 's the same as bar one . |
| 60 | A good deal of this is false but it is now clear that Antony has a much better ‘ grip ’ on the crowd than Brutus has , as his language is simpler , clearer and more direct , his ideas are coming over to the crowd with a much greater force . |