Example sentences of "[noun] but it is [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There is an exotic dancer who you could say , in modern terms , is a strippogram but it is actually set in 1870s Russia so she is an exotic dancer . |
| 2 | The prolonged oesophageal acid exposure seen in patients with hiatus hernia is because of reduced acid clearance but it is only seen in patients with lower oesophageal sphincter deficiency . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Poverty not only exists as a consumption experience but it is also related to labour market experience . |
| 6 | Not only is it pitting top provincial players against each other but it is also providing them with opportunities to play even tougher , more competitive rugby . |
| 7 | Hyenas have always been thought of as scavengers but it is now known that they are also vigorous nocturnal hunters . |
| 8 | Mr Kinnock is not obliged to include Mr McNamara in his first Cabinet but it is widely expected in the province that the Liverpool-born Roman Catholic would assume the portfolio that he has shadowed for more than five years . |
| 9 | Agriculture campaigner Robin Maynard said : ‘ £31 million over three years might build a few ornamental ponds in the countryside but it is hardly going to generate a major shift in agricultural policy from over-intensive agriculture to sustainable farming practice . ’ |
| 10 | The term ‘ plough-witches ’ is local to this area but it is also recorded in Huntingdonshire . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Software might be restricted , as in this book , to computer programs but it is sometimes used as the generic term to include all sources of information . |
| 13 | This is then the complete fall of the family unit as the two sisters grapple over an issue they believe to be , once more , love but it is merely desire for Edmund . |
| 14 | It is presumed that they were then introduced at BMK but it is also recorded that hand loom weaving had already stopped at Burnside in 1881 when second hand power looms rom Crossleys of Halifax were introduced . |
| 15 | There is an element of danger in the show but it is thoroughly checked , but there 's always a first time . |
| 16 | Some may baulk at such a suggestion but it is only making explicit what archivists do implicitly . |
| 17 | Chinese parents do , of course , shower love and attention on their children but it is always made quite clear that child's-play has to remain well within the limits of normal social behaviour . |
| 18 | It was the first work on which he collaborated-and collaborated happily-with Nicholas Georgiadis but it is now given in the heavy scarlet , black and gold designs which Georgiadis substituted in 1980 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The historic state coach No 351 which was being restored at that time suffered exterior damage in the fire but it is now intended to restore it as a museum piece . |
| 22 | This research influences the way volunteers work with victims but it is also passed on by Victim Support to other organisations that might find it useful : it provides an input into every police training course in Britain , and that has led to a potential new area of work . |