Example sentences of "but [conj] it [is] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The point is not that we in any way deliberately do down the intelligence of animals — although we do this as well — but that it is hard for us to imagine the workings of forms of intelligence that have evolved to cope with environmental circumstances different from our own . |
| 32 | His contribution asserts not that sex education is important or daring , but that it is problematic , because education is a poor context for open discussion of sex . |
| 33 | Or , as John Wisdom was later to put it , ‘ the peculiarity of the soul is not that it is visible to none but that it is visible only to one ’ . |
| 34 | We can see that age of acquisition may be taken as a predictive factor for current sign language training but that it is not a pure , uncontaminated variable . |
| 35 | Again , the precise effects of British imperial domination are inevitably matters of dispute ( Kumar and Desai , 1983 ) and it is important to emphasize that the claim here is not that the level of present development of the regions of the Third World in question is simply the outcome of their colonial experience , but that it is difficult to understand the nature of this underdevelopment and the continuing exploitation of these countries within the international economic order without a grasp of the imperial impact . |
| 36 | Some individualists defend their view on the grounds that it not only provides simpler , more detailed and more perspicuous explanations than its rival , but that it is also morally superior to holism . |
| 37 | The lack of young women committed to a consistently woman-centred psychology , for instance , indicates not just that this psychology needs to spread its feminine community wider , but that it is a historically-specific product of late 1970s debates within western feminism , and that it , like other branches of psychology , is a profession in which experience counts . |
| 38 | Spinoza says that it is no mere accident that this is never so , but that it is built into the essential nature of human beings that they need these relations with others for the achievement of personal fulfilment . |
| 39 | Although there are 45 OSFers and 105 outsiders working on the project , Gossel said at least one of these , Hewlett-Packard , is working without a contract but that it is a perfectly normal situation at OSF . |
| 40 | To assert that conduct is orderly is , from our point of view , to imply that it is directed by a sense of social propriety — that not only is it non-random but that it is both generated and limited by prescriptions and the possibility of sanction , in particular the sanction of expressed disapproval . |
| 41 | This is not to assert that his explanation is always true , but that it is a theoretical explanation which can be tested empirically , either in therapeutic encounters or , a more difficult task , with interviews using a representative sample . |
| 42 | It does not imply that the story is completely untrue , but that it is not literally true . |
| 43 | The evaluators must conclude that something like the input of resources which characterised the Essex project is a necessary condition for improving library provision and associated resources ( Objective 3 ) and to facilitate reforms in pedagogy , but that it is by no means a sufficient condition for significant change . |
| 44 | Should he remain adamant , it may be necessary to point out that you will do what he wishes but that it is against the judgement of the agency . |
| 45 | Assuming a reasonable sum of money is available , I believe that , in general , coverage is the first priority , but that it is reasonable to start preferring frequency once coverage tops about 65 per cent of a ‘ difficult ’ target audience or 75–80 per cent of an ‘ easy ’ one . |
| 46 | It is necessary to check not merely that the ad has appeared , but that it is in the right place , and that it has been properly reproduced — the quality of printing can vary markedly , and this may well be the fault of the publication : in this case , some redress is due . |
| 47 | The sceptic insists that there is a difference between the two hypotheses , but that it is evidence-transcendent , i.e. that it is a difference which you can not tell ; and he concludes from this that you do n't know which situation you are really in . |
| 48 | Chomsky ( 1975 ) expressed the view that sociolinguistics is a harmless activity like butterfly-collecting , but that it is not ‘ theoretical ’ . |
| 49 | The ultimate justification of punishment is not that it is a deterrent , but that it is the emphatic denunciation by the community of a crime . |
| 50 | Again , on the face of the statute , I can not see any reason why in this case the constable should do more than tell the driver the reason under section 7(3) why breath specimens can not be taken or used ; tell him that in these circumstances he is required to give a specimen of blood or urine but that it is for the constable to decide which ; warn him that a failure to provide the specimen required may render him liable to prosecution ; and then , if the constable decides to require blood , ask the driver if there are any reasons why a specimen can not or should not be taken from him by a doctor . |
| 51 | There is good evidence that this transmissible agent is a virus containing DNA but that it is embedded in a tough proteinaceous capsule . |
| 52 | 16–6–1843 " Considering that within the bounds of this parish there is not such a number of adherants , as would of themselves form a Congregation , but that it is necessary that the parish of Bowmore . |
| 53 | They then realize that not only is this type of undecidability possible in Xorandor 's logic , but that it is also the founding condition of their binary systems . |
| 54 | It is not that she believes this evolving female corporate future has yet been reflected by numbers of women employed at senior levels but that it is inevitable it will do so during the next decade . |
| 55 | For example , if a court decides that the meaning of the word ‘ repair ’ is a question of fact , but that it is , in the context of the particular legislation , a jurisdictional fact , the court will then lay down the interpretation that should be given to such a term . |
| 56 | It is come , I know not how , to be taken for granted , by many persons , that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is , now at length , discovered to be fictitious . |
| 57 | One example is that of Quality Control The control of quality rests on the assumption that in mass production no two units are exactly identical , but that it is possible to mass produce vast quantities of almost identical units . |
| 58 | The editors ' underlying theme is that retirement needs to be viewed holistically ; that it is not simply an individual transition but that it is linked to a person 's past or context and , equally importantly , to their social networks , especially family relationships . |
| 59 | The evidence at present therefore suggests that free enthalpy or free entropy would be better parameters to use than free volume , but that it is not possible to choose between them . |
| 60 | The answer is that it is mundane , but that it is the addition to these tasks of fluctuations in the level of activity which causes the problem . |