Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] but it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One would expect works on Religion , Philosophy and the English Classics in the library of a scholar but it is surprising to find that there are only a handful of books in Gaelicin the collection of one of the translaters of the Holy Scriptures into that language . |
| 2 | ‘ The power to create and manipulate culture as a means or controlling others is well entrenched in the social , Economic and political institutions of a society but it is also continually resisted by opposing cultural forms ’ . |
| 3 | It 's a bit of a mess but it 's not totally destroyed . |
| 4 | Trouble is it might have started as a bit of a joke but it 's no joke now — not for me anyway . |
| 5 | In practical terms , the school librarian or teacher may not have the authority to make a final decision on the purchase of a microcomputer but it is important that s/he has some knowledge of what microcomputers can do and what criteria should be used for selection , so that the decision made by the headteacher may be influenced by the person who will ultimately control and use the microcomputer . |
| 6 | It 's like a knife but it 's curved and it 's got a |
| 7 | A C.B. is a radio that people can talk to each other on rather like a telephone but it is not private as anyone who has a C.B. can listen in to your conversations . |
| 8 | it 's meant to be a bonsai tree which looks like a tree but it 's only very small like that high . |
| 9 | But er it does n't look like a steeplechase but it is in fact |
| 10 | The new rate will be worth £1.92 a week if all £2,000 is earned which does n't sound like a lot but it is crucial if you are on a low wage . ’ |
| 11 | A woman may not be bound by her role as a housewife but it is still the case that in so far as any one person is left with the main responsibility for the housework , that person is the woman . |
| 12 | This is usually seen as a weakness but it is equally a strength . |
| 13 | More recently there has been some support for an approach which interprets the contract as a whole but it is by no means unanimous . |
| 14 | The fact that her husband was having a homosexual relationship does not come as a surprise but it is more difficult for Blanche to accept because he needed help but she caused his death by saying that he ‘ disgusted ’ her . |
| 15 | Of course the ideal place for her is in a home but it 's a question of money . |
| 16 | There is no way that any party , there is no way that the Liberal party can say to the Labour party or to anyone else , well we 'll support you , we think you 're getting in a mess but it 's your problem , you can carry it because that roughly is what they actually said and if it does go wrong , as it is sure that it will I am quite sure that it will be quite wrong to blame the Labour party entirely for that process , because it wo n't be entirely their fault . |
| 17 | Most people only have shingles once in a lifetime but it is possible to have it several times . |
| 18 | One might forgive the hyperbole in a politician but it is less easy to take from academic or journalistic critics . |
| 19 | Whether they have too much or what they have but , I mean they 're just they just think everybody owes them something , and it 's like Neil , I mean , to me I mean I ca n't see why he ca n't get off his backside and go and work in a supermarket but it 's not the job they want , the same answer I said |