Example sentences of "but it [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But it is also becoming apparent that the pricing power of brand-name companies is , in big measure , a myth . |
| 32 | It is the kind of system with which experts can quickly get to grips but it is also targeted at non-technical authors , enabling them to quickly edit text , sound and images either to create multimedia presentations or to produce interactive multimedia applications . |
| 33 | Education , for example , benefits those who receive it because it enhances their employment prospects or because they enjoy studying , but it is also held to yield external benefits in producing a socialized , literate and informed citizenry . |
| 34 | It is an industry which boasts many famous companies — but it is also driven by the dynamism of many small firms . |
| 35 | It is by definition absurd , but it is also threatening to the stolid supremacy she exercises . |
| 36 | But it is also acquiring its partner 's stakes in an industrial development in Surrey , and a housing development in Ilford , Essex . |
| 37 | Essentially it is a sexually-transmitted disease but it is also carried in infected blood and blood products so ‘ at risk ’ are intravenous drug users ; recipients of blood transfusions , for example haemophiliacs ; and anyone who is in contact with the blood of infected individuals . |
| 38 | Its main use is as a riding/tool/brake vehicle on winter works trains , but it is also doing temporary duty as a tickets/sales vehicle at Bala on busy days in the season . |
| 39 | Group 2 argued , for instance , that this configuration is not only cohesively linked by a broad lexical set including the items " rained " , " water " and " wet " , but it is also linked in terms of an implicit cause-and-effect relationship between the propositions expressed by each sentence . |
| 40 | The legislation 's main aim is to safeguard research and storage of embryos , but it is also attempting to monitor a complex set of issues . |
| 41 | But it is here presented to the teacher as the basic condition of the child , offering a challenge that the potentially handicapping effect of lack of vision or defective vision can be overcome or minimised through appropriate education , social opportunities and the provision of well-chosen aids and equipment . |
| 42 | We have got to live with it , hopefully we can put barriers up but it is here to stay and it will get worse . |
| 43 | Privatisation might help fix some of the economy 's ills ; but it is already bringing problems as well . |
| 44 | That may sound extreme , but it is already happening in England , where market place education is rather further developed . |
| 45 | The National Trust is currently undertaking a structural survey which will reveal the full scale of the damage , but it is already known that extensive harm has been done to the brickwork , windows and terrace . |
| 46 | ENGLAND tomorrow unveil a lavish £4.5 million plan to stage cricket 's sixth World Cup — but it is already doomed to failure . |
| 47 | But it is rather charm less I think , and there is at least one far more enticing place nearby if you plan to stop in this valley . |
| 48 | ‘ I have never been there , and I do not know who does ; but it is powerfully protected , ’ Ipuky said wearily . |
| 49 | The significance of migrating larvae of S. vulgaris in natural cases of colic is difficult to assess , but it is generally recognised that where strongyle infections of horses are efficiently controlled the incidence of colic is markedly decreased . |
| 50 | There are different opinions about the exact risk involved in oral sex , but it is generally understood to be much less risky than penetrative sex . |
| 51 | There are no rules defining the distinction between runners and strips , but it is generally accepted that a runner is relatively large ( halfway or corridor size ) , whereas a strip is rarely more than . |
| 52 | Many diverse schools still come from Okinawa , but it is generally accepted that the mainstay of much of the karate that is practised in the world today is the original shotokan style , brought from Okinawa to Japan by karate 's modern-day founder and innovator , Gichin Funakoshi . |
| 53 | A clear waiver of subrogation rights issued by the insurers is obviously preferred , but it is generally accepted that the noting of interests will have the same effect , although there is no guarantee of this . |
| 54 | There is no express disqualification from voting in the case of mental patients other than the general reference to ‘ any legal incapacity to vote ’ in s.1(l) ( b ) ( i ) of the 1983 Act but it is generally considered that any person who , at the moment of voting , lacked capacity to understand what he was immediately about to do , whether by reason of mental illness or drunkenness , etc. , could be denied the right to vote by the presiding officer at the poll . |
| 55 | You can open and close a file several times within one program , but it is generally considered " better form " not to close a file until you have finally finished with it . |
| 56 | But it is generally thought in the trade that the agreement has been abrogated by the Ivory Coast . |
| 57 | The effect of the Sicilian experience on Yeats is disputed by Yeats scholars , but it is generally agreed that some effect there was . |
| 58 | Whether or not the testing of nuclear weapons in the early 1960s caused a significant decrease in stratospheric ozone may remain controversial , but it is generally agreed by researchers that a future large-scale nuclear exchange with detonations totalling 5000–10,000 million tonnes would lead to substantial depletion of stratospheric ozone . |
| 59 | This was an effective method of recognition , but it is generally agreed that the method works only for highly constrained tasks . |
| 60 | But it is generally agreed the more suited to our body shape and weight , the better for our general health particularly as we spend , on average , a third of our lives in bed . |