Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] but it [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Electron microscopy may improve identification but it is not widely available , is expensive , and is limited by the need for specially fixed tissues when generally only formalin fixed tissues are available . |
| 2 | One intent of the review , says Nancy Maynard , an assistant director at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , is to eliminate duplication but it is not likely to lead to a wholesale restructuring of agency missions . |
| 3 | I says Scunnie but it 's not Scunnie is it ? |
| 4 | linguistics may study language but it is not a study of meaning in language , rather of language that can be meaningful |
| 5 | Hoteliers constantly argue that Muzak encourages relaxation but it is certainly not to everyone 's taste . |
| 6 | it just comes and it just hurt , it feels like it 's going click but it 's not going click . |
| 7 | Well I know it 's got potatoes but it 's not that filling . |
| 8 | but sometimes actually it 's a more , you know , kind of it 's , it 's , it 's not really because they 've got problems but it 's just because they , they 're , they 're , they 're sort of more diligent and more , you know , more motivated but erm yeah getting on |
| 9 | Computer aided instruction ( C.A.I. ) strictly should cover other techniques such as simulation and computer based procedures but it is usually intended to mean a situation where a student sits in front of a screen on which the presented formats relate to his developing cognitive activity as expressed by his manipulations of the associated key-board . |
| 10 | A woman can have Izzat but it is not her own — it is her husband 's or father 's . |
| 11 | People like you and me , I earn my living by reading Shakespeare but it 's not like you 're supposed to do anyway , you know . |
| 12 | You do n't have to have sand but it 's rather nice . |
| 13 | Not only does spinal stabilisation for early scoliosis in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy maintain sitting balance but it is also associated with a slower deterioration in lung function . |
| 14 | I do not know when this piece of nonsense first became currency but it is as prevalent as ever : a recent poll of literary luminaries in France placed Simenon in the category of most under-valued prose writers of this century . |
| 15 | Leclerc replied , ‘ What you say makes sense but it is not French policy . ’ |