Example sentences of "but [pron] is " in BNC.

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1 You turned it on but nothing is happening — blank screen , no whirring noise , no beeps , no flashing lights .
2 They look at a map , draw a line and produce leaflets but nothing is done on the ground to withstand the pressure of hundreds of people following the route .
3 I have heard talk and talk , but nothing is done .
4 A record gross score is not recorded until 1911 when Philip Simmons returned a 75 ‘ beating the record by 2 ’ , but nothing is recorded of the earlier player 's 77 .
5 Also in 1935 , the men were given permission to mark cards for the Ladies , but nothing is said of the reverse procedure .
6 I have fiddled about with bits of cork but nothing is really satisfactory .
7 I have fiddled about with bits of cork but nothing is really satisfactory .
8 There 's no doubt poor joints or iffy angle alignment can spoil this sort of job , but nothing is worse than a staircase border which snakes up and down , glaring at you daily .
9 But nothing is signed and sealed yet . ’
10 Staining for antibodies specific to the short-wave photopigment has revealed a sparse , semiregular array of cones ; but nothing is known about the arrangement of the more numerous long- and middle-wave cones .
11 De Fazio denied that USL has already set up a UST subsidiary in Australia , saying that ‘ we 've been negotiating , but nothing is finalised . ’
12 It sounds very nice but nothing is changing . ’
13 But nothing is simply given and immediate .
14 … Everything is temporary , but nothing is arbitrary . ’
15 But nothing is implied by the new study of the utility of AZT in the treatment of those in whom symptoms have already appeared ; there is no case for abandoning that treatment , at least on the evidence now available .
16 Took a walk in the fields saw an old wood stile taken away from a favourite spot which it had occupied all my life the posts were overgrown with Ivy & it seemed so akin to nature & the spot where it stood as tho it had taken it on lease for an undisturbed existance it hurt me to see it was gone for my affections claims a friendship with such things but nothing is lasting in this world last year Langley Bush was destroyd an old white thorn that had stood for more than a century full of fame the gipsies shepherds & herdmen all had their tales of its history & it will be long ere its memory is forgotten .
17 That Aethelberht , king of Kent , exercised authority over his brother , Eadberht , is clear from the way in which it was necessary for Ealdwulf , bishop of Rochester , to secure confirmation of a grant of land from Eadberht in 738 from Aethelberht and Nothhelm , archbishop of Canterbury , acknowledging that he had erred in not doing so sooner ( CS 159 : S 27 ) , but nothing is said of any necessity to secure Aethelbald 's confirmation .
18 The summer promised to be delicious , but nothing is ever perfect .
19 We know that Wilson married , for his wife Mary helped him and continued the business for a time after his death , but nothing is known of her origins or ultimate fate .
20 The title of master was accorded him , but nothing is known of his education .
21 , John ( c. 1770– c. 1843 ) , merchant service master and Antarctic discoverer , was born c .1770 but nothing is known about his early life and education .
22 , Samuel ( c. 1797–1848 ) , actor and comedian , is believed to have been born around 1797 , but nothing is known about his parentage or background .
23 But nothing is proved , so he is released .
24 But nothing is surprised .
25 Every year we read about people who have died as a result of hypothermia or from a disease caused by hypothermia , but nothing is done .
26 Leisure in the home : this photograph is labelled simply ‘ An Interior Kitchen 1927 ’ and may have been taken in Paisley , but nothing is known of the boy .
27 At Prague airport , Anderson is searched thoroughly for Hollar 's thesis but nothing is found ( scene fifteen ) , the explanation being , as Anderson reveals to an indignant McKendrick once they have boarded the plane ( scene sixteen ) , that he has hidden it in McKendrick 's briefcase .
28 I think we have to try and keep this in in proportion , we are really into a we are really into a gesture here an important gesture possibly , but nothing is going to change overnight and in fact very little will happen erm , for years , for years to come .
29 But nothing is that simple , especially in the Balkans .
30 ‘ They say that he is very tall and very thin , but no-one is really sure , ’ I said .
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