Example sentences of "[be] [verb] but it [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People always think we ignore them when they 're waiting but it is n't really like that . |
| 2 | Editing a program you like is fine if you know what you 're doing but it 's too easy to spend hours fiddling with the EQ to get the distortion to sound just so , when getting the right room size is the element that makes the sound . |
| 3 | Premier League chief Rick Parry has been invited but it is only for the 14 clubs . |
| 4 | In the end he presents it as a solution to the problem which he had been set but it is really nothing of the sort . |
| 5 | This shrine has long been abandoned but it is still a place of great power and of deep significance to both the Elves and the Dark Elves . |
| 6 | I think there 's a pride that , that the majority of firemen are , are fairly clean and smart erm there are the odd ones that have to be told but it 's not the same sort of discipline now as there was , and I 'm not sure whether it 's right or wrong , all I see I , I enjoy the discipline when I had it , I sometimes wish it was brought back but er it 's not the time now it seems for that type of discipline , so I think they manage well but er I would like to see a little more but perhaps I 'm a bit old fashioned . |
| 7 | Condition ‘ The lad needs to be involved but it 's still too early for me to say whether he will play in that game . ’ |
| 8 | The idea of devoting one 's career to helping the other fellow on his way , rejoicing , may be ennobling but it is sometimes more evident in theory than in practice . |
| 9 | as , I do n't know in what sense it was supposed to be taken but it 's just sort of outlining some objectives . |
| 10 | The distinction does arise and it can not entirely be neglected but it is much less important than appears at first sight . |
| 11 | They prefer to be unlocked but it is not prison to them . ’ |
| 12 | And other people other people think spelling should be changed but it 's not going to be and they 're still going to mark it one the exam if you do n't get it right . |
| 13 | Parts are still at this time being occupied but it is almost certain before long that the whole of the building will be condemned and we hope that this old building will be preserved and not allowed to fall into decay . |
| 14 | Therefore it is true to say that , when a person stiffens the neck muscles and pulls back the head , not only is the body 's natural coordination being obstructed but it is also being prevented from returning to its natural state of ease and equilibrium . |
| 15 | On April 3 the UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd said with reference to the dispute that " the military option is not being excluded but it is not being planned " . |
| 16 | ‘ I know I am being investigated but it is not something I would like to talk about . ’ |
| 17 | A police spokesman said the incidents are being investigated but it is not possible to speculate why vandals are concentrating on this car . |
| 18 | The expansion of forestry by means of a policy of attrition and isolation of farms is occurring but it is not necessarily a process which in the long term will lead to a reasonable balance of land use . |
| 19 | And they 'll check that out for you and we 'll see what 's happening but it 's just in case there 's any arthritis or anything like that that 's |
| 20 | The value of T g depends on the way in which it is measured but it is also found to be a function of the polymer chain length . |
| 21 | It is running but it 's not showing us anything |
| 22 | In total , much more is known but it is less fully integrated . |
| 23 | If we have recently lost sleep ( after a week of trying to sleep in the daytime , for example ) or have been awake for an unusually long time , then the amount of deep sleep is increased but it is still concentrated in the earlier part of sleep . |
| 24 | A lot of people ask me if my hair is permed but it 's just naturally thick and curly . |
| 25 | Madam er deputy speaker , there is a feeling abroad in the country that an audit certificate is rather like an M O T certificate , it 's good for the minute that it was granted but it is perfectly useless thereafter . |