Example sentences of "[noun] but it be [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fineview was considered by its residents to be an old-established family neighbourhood but it was generally felt that the cohesion was being destroyed by the increasing numbers of properties converted to the rental market . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | No one really knows its origins but it was certainly used therapeutically by the Ancient Egyptians , the Greeks and the Romans . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The corporation cited planning and zoning regulations for refusing these applications but it was generally assumed that the real reason was that the new houses would have been built in Unionist-controlled wards but would have been inhabited by Catholics . |
| 7 | At that time the value was agreed at £600 but it was subsequently discovered that only £200 of these spares were of any use . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Chattering excitedly the children tried to open the other part of the building but it was still padlocked securely , they could see a little through various cracks but there seemed to be nothing of interest in that part . |
| 10 | Mr Wilson added : ‘ When many of the developments were being built tenants associations and public representatives pointed out that publicly-owned areas were prone to vandalism but it was never envisaged they would be subject to such official neglect . |
| 11 | Clouds of smoke were indeed seen billowing up from her deck but it was later established that her cargo was being burnt to destroy the evidence . |
| 12 | The principal debate about mode of origin initially centred upon the subaerial or marine hypothesis but it was later deduced , in the light of studies of contemporary shore processes , that marine planation could only be effective for less than one kilometre unless sea level was rising ( Bradley , 1956 ; King , 1963 ) . |
| 13 | Poverty not only exists as a consumption experience but it is also related to labour market experience . |
| 14 | The battle for respectability led to better cinemas but it was always conceded that real victory would only come through the production of better films . |
| 15 | In Scotland 60% of authorities noted some courses offered by local authorities but it was comparatively limited in scope . |
| 16 | This system of local government had much fine work to its credit but it was generally accepted that its structure had not changed enough to keep pace with the changing social pattern of travel to work , shopping and holiday areas . |
| 17 | But the heading is enterprise but it 's open ended enough |
| 18 | Most of it is covered in water but it 's still called Earth . |
| 19 | The next one is er got a meeting on it er I think the airlines are going on a very much a co- ordinated thing er I think most people are probably in agreement with this size eight exemption , make a group specific because really the idea when they put this original proposal in about the size of aircraft was to protect things like the and troops that are shall we say and I think most people would go for that line of thinking because as put in there , why the hell should something again on Cambridge when we ca n't on Stansted but it was really designed to protect certain things . |
| 20 | Hyenas have always been thought of as scavengers but it is now known that they are also vigorous nocturnal hunters . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I rattled the plastic cover over the Amstrad but it was firmly locked in place . |
| 23 | The chauffeur , who asked not to be named , said : ‘ There was a huge stink but it was all covered up . ’ |
| 24 | The term ‘ plough-witches ’ is local to this area but it is also recorded in Huntingdonshire . |
| 25 | He tried the back door but it was firmly bolted . |
| 26 | Occasionally it was conceded that New York had elements of sophistication but it was widely appreciated that film tastes and standards were determined in the populous and philistine Midwest . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | There is an element of danger in the show but it is thoroughly checked , but there 's always a first time . |