Example sentences of "but [conj] [pron] [noun] is [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it were not known that pupil-dilation was intimately related to neurological functioning of the brain its absence in some cases of head injury might go unremarked ; but once its significance is appreciated , such a seemingly slight symptom assumes drastic importance . |
| 2 | After a year in hospital the pension may be reduced still further , but if your parent is treated as having a dependant this will be taken into account . |
| 3 | Used correctly Siporax does complete the nitrogen cycle , but if your pond is planted , the plants will absorb nitrates . |
| 4 | Eleven by-elections are unlikely in the next few months — but if his majority is whittled down to five or six , he may call another election before too long . |
| 5 | Further documentary evidence of his life and work is scanty , but because his will is listed with those in the parish of St Sepulchre , just outside the walls of the City , it has been suggested that his father may have been William Larkin , the host of the Rose inn in that parish . |
| 6 | But because his value is limited to £1.5 million — another stipulation in the contract which first allowed him to move to Sampdoria — there is room for additional bonuses and signing on payments to be made available to him . |
| 7 | While a lioness is lactating for her cub she will not produce another cub ; but when her cub is killed ( or is weaned ) she soon becomes ready to reproduce again . |
| 8 | I have no doubt whatever … provided the production is good , I mean provided there are good people to perform it — and that is the case in Munich … but when your music is performed by a mediocre orchestra , it will always be the loser , because it is composed with so much discernment for the various instruments and is far from being commonplace , as , on the whole , Italian music is . |