Example sentences of "but [conj] it is [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Evaluation is identified as the fourth and final style of the planning cycle but it is emphasised that evaluation is not simply something that comes as a ‘ big bang ’ at the end of the process , but that it is required throughout .
2 But if it is repeated too often the incessant jigging of hands makes the audience restless , too .
3 But if it is pressed too far , medical imagery can lead to a sense of inevitability and passiveness which is inappropriate in resolving doubt .
4 The general answer is that you may copy a sound cassette or a video tape or disc for private use , but if it is copied again and again for commercial gain it is a clear breach of copyright and could lead to legal action .
5 It provides lots of building materials-type stuff of American origin that are of only limited use over here , but since it is meant only to be a very basic application , better suited to a visualisation rather than a concrete architectural drawing ( forgive the pun , by the way ) , this hardly matters .
6 But when it is dumped unceremoniously before you with a mound of inappropriate green peas and a pool of cold tartare sauce spreading beside it on the hot plate , then your appetite begins to seep away …
7 The factual information may have a place later on in the essay but as it is used here , as an introduction , it does not do a useful job .
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