Example sentences of "but [is] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The truth must be that the Created God is not human or living as earth-s creatures are , but is without sex , exists only in the minds of man , and is undeniably and truly abstract . |
| 2 | The conductor does Beethoven no favours and the ballet is a little long but is worth seeing ) , Requiem tonight , 27 Oct ( when Sylvie Guillem dances Grand Pas Classique with Cope ) ; La Bayadere Fri ( Guillem , Bussell , Cope 13 Oct ) ; Postal booking : Prince of the Pagodas. 7 Dec ( Gala ) , 8 , 11 , 14 , 15 , 19 , 20 Dec. 65 amphitheatre seats are sold from 10am on the day . |
| 3 | It may be expensive , but is worth it in the long run . |
| 4 | Something which is not necessary , but is worth doing . |
| 5 | CAPE FEAR ( CIC ) Scorsese 's dazzling noir remake disappointed some , but is worth it for the directional flash , De Niro 's grotesque hamming , and current gawk of the town Juliette Lewis |
| 6 | 2.35:KEEN Hunter finished just two lengths runner-up to Mr Brooks in the Prix l'Abbaye at Longchamp on Arc weekend , but is worth opposing over today 's extra furlong . |
| 7 | This is deductible from income support , but is worth claiming even by those on income support as recipients are credited with insurance contributions . |
| 8 | Lamb : home-produced lamb starts its season in March — it will cost more than imported lamb but is worth it . |
| 9 | A certain skill and training is needed to make VTR material , but is worth the effort for the interest it can create ( Hill in Baer 1976 ) . |
| 10 | In truth , you need around two and a half to three feet ( that 's up to a metre in Blue Peter-speak ) of front-to-back space to site the beast , which may seem a little profligate for a printer 's footprint , but is worth it , believe me . |
| 11 | How the wind affects the ocean and modifies the heat exchanged with the atmosphere is not well understood , but is of paramount importance to weather forecasters who can not wait for ERS-1 to begin operations . |
| 12 | Cobalt is a high value , low volume commodity — just over 20 000 tonnes are mined each year — but is of high strategic importance . |
| 13 | Double glazing gives a higher degree of security than a single pane of glass , but is of course more expensive . |
| 14 | From Poolewe , a narrow road follows the coast to the headland west of Loch Ewe but is of interest only to the few residents alongside it , and visitors invariably continue on the A.832 to Gairloch , this road also having been brought up to modern standards . |
| 15 | A contemporary noted that the school curriculum was ‘ subordinated to that literary instruction which makes for academic culture , but is of no practical utility , to the classes for whom the local authorities should principally cater ’ . |
| 16 | He is not just a passing atom of an overwhelming universe , but is of external significance . |
| 17 | The sections in the Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 which give justices ' courts power to adjourn are : section 5(1) , adjournment of an inquiry into an offence as examining justice ; section 10(1) , adjournment of the trial of an information ; section 18(4) , the power to adjourn proceedings under sections 19 to 23 of the Act , that is to say the procedure which has to be followed where the information charges the defendant with an offence triable either on indictment or summarily ; and section 30 , a duty to adjourn the case to enable a medical examination and report to be made where the court is satisfied that the accused did the act or made the omission charged but is of the opinion that inquiry ought to be made into his physical or mental condition . |
| 18 | The electric field is a constant everywhere in space but is of different sign on the two sides of the sheet . |
| 19 | The moon causes another rhythm , which has little influence on us but is of profound importance to life along the shore , and that is the rhythm of the tides . |
| 20 | Organisation of elites is not a significant feature of Pareto 's analysis , but is of central importance in the elite analysis of Pareto 's contemporary Gaetano Mosca . |
| 21 | Influenced by a learned correspondent , Girolamo Mei , a philologist and student of ancient Greek music and drama who rightly believed Greek music to have been monodic ( but seemingly supplied Galilei with thirteenth-century Byzantine melodies to Mesomedes ' hymns under the impression that they were ancient ) , Galilei argued that the polyphonic ‘ music of today is not of great value for expressing the passions of the mind by means of words , but is of value merely for the wind and stringed instruments , from which the ear … desires nothing but the sweet enjoyment of the variety of their harmonies … |
| 22 | It is not large but is of high quality . |
| 23 | H. gallinarum is widespread in most poultry flocks and is of little pathogenic significance in itself , but is of great importance in the epidemiology of Histomonas . |
| 24 | This rapid-deployment force is not officially assigned to the UN but is under the command of General Bir 's deputy , General Thomas Montgomery , who happens , by no coincidence at all , to be an American . |
| 25 | If assistance is not granted the Commissioner may inform the applicant of the reasons for the decision , but is under no obligation to do so . |
| 26 | Lugg Meadows alongside the river in Hereford is already an SSSI , but is under threat from plans for the city 's eastern bypass . |
| 27 | Denis Smith says it 's not going to be an easy job because they 're in a poor league position … he may change players by wheeling and dealing but is under no pressure to sell |
| 28 | Here , ‘ symptomatic ’ reading is central : the literary text does not offer aesthetic or moral value , but is to be interrogated for its ideological implications . |
| 29 | The independent contractor is one who has agreed to do a piece of work , but is to be left free to choose his own method of doing it . |
| 30 | This kind of maladaptive feature would be hard to explain if we had been designed by an all-wise creator , but is to be expected if structures change their functions in the course of evolution . |