Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [noun sg] but it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , lack of exercise is also a risk factor for heart disease but it 's relatively small when compared with the others . |
| 2 | Energy efficiency may be the quickest way to abate emissions of carbon dioxide but it is hard to imagine it being applied effectively in Third World countries , whose output of the gas is likely to overtake the developed world 's in the second or third decade of the next century . |
| 3 | It is not the purpose of this chapter to speculate on the degree of roof venting but it is necessary to consider the means by which roof venting is controlled . |
| 4 | Planning and communication can take place through abstracted techniques of management control but it is by no means clear that the technical reason implicit in the use of these techniques serves to substitute for more substantively based judgements and planning . |
| 5 | It takes a bit of time to learn to use these more specialized sorts of graph paper but it is worth the effort . |
| 6 | As such it is hardly an essential addition to the sum of cricket literature but it is a pleasing production nonetheless . |
| 7 | We all have experience of family life but it is dangerous to generalize on the basis of it , especially since contemporary Britain is an ethnically varied society and one with considerable regional disparities . |
| 8 | Imaginary time may sound like science fiction but it is in fact a well-defined mathematical concept . |
| 9 | It may reduce deaths from heart disease but it is associated with an increase in other types of mortality . |
| 10 | The identification of fire arms is not difficult in crash wreckage but it is less easy to be certain that an explosion on board an aircraft in flight resulted from a bomb or perhaps a disintegrating turbine disc or an explosive decompression of the cabin . |
| 11 | We have already traced the development of CD information media from their origin in CD Audio but it is important to re-emphasise that much of the prospects for multimedia 's future success lies in the established and fast-growing base of CD Audio players . |
| 12 | You going out there , you stop all your Income Support and it co turns out to be a bloody week or something well alright you turn round and get back on Income Support but it 's not simple is it ? |
| 13 | This is well beyond the time scale generally relevant to landform development but it is still important to be aware of how present landscapes , especially in plate interiors , relate to the most recent episode of supercontinent fragmentation . |
| 14 | Yeah but I ta when I think love I mean a women to women thing but it 's not erm lesbianism or |
| 15 | Well this is the last place you 'd expect to come for summer sport but it 's here at Wembley on Monday that swindon town will bring their hopes and hearts … hello there … this is the stage where the fate … the future … the fortunes of Swindon Town will be decided in just one game against Leicester City … the prize a place in football 's premier league … so let's go down Wembley Way to size up the Big Match … |
| 16 | Neither group had the bilingual competence which could form a sound basis for interpreter training but it is easy to forget what a considerable achievement the language skills they did possess demonstrated . |
| 17 | Not only does the site not have planning permission for office development but it is not even zoned for this use and would thus require a material contravention order or a Section 4 motion by the City fathers to allow any big office development here . |