Example sentences of "but it is [adv] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may sound far-fetched but it is surely worth considering as a co-operative European venture . |
| 2 | Townshend is most famous for beating his guitar against speaker stacks , but it is also worth remembering that , on stage at The Ricky Tick Club , Windsor , in May 1966 , he attempted the same stunt against the head of Keith Moon . |
| 3 | But it is also worth noting that evidence has been found of burials and drainage channels that appears to be pre-date any of the recorded cathedral buildings , and it now looks as if the site has a longer ecclesiastical history than was thought . ’ |
| 4 | It is worth spending some thinking time even on such apparent contradictions , but it is also worth examining problems to see whether they are difficult to solve simply because they demand the satisfaction of opposites at the same time . |
| 5 | But it is well worth exploring the possibility as provision of care varies , depending on local resources . |
| 6 | We have already discussed this in relation to the acute anxiety spiral but it is well worth repeating that avoidance , prior to encountering the full experience of the feared situation , occurs because of what the person believes is going to happen . |
| 7 | I have seen the report and am considering its implications carefully , but it is just worth pointing out that in 11 of the past 12 Budgets we have taken steps to encourage employee share ownership to the extent that by the end of March last year about 2.25 million employees had benefited under all employee share schemes and had received options or shares with an initial value of £6.5 billion . |
| 8 | But it is nevertheless worth looking at one market in some detail — that for grains . |
| 9 | First approaches to Adult Education Authorities should have already been made for the Autumn term but it is still worth getting on their lists . |
| 10 | Installation has also been improved with the provision of a wider range of up-to-date device drivers — but it is still worth checking that your particular video , printer or digitiser is supported . |
| 11 | But it is perhaps worth looking at part of one fairly characteristic set . |
| 12 | Some of the alternative explanations and differences of interpretation are covered in the marginal notes to this chapter , but it is perhaps worth mentioning others at greater length here . |
| 13 | Just how remote this stance in fact is from the aesthetic is a matter for further debate , but it is perhaps worth interpolating that the implied valorisation of the products of these engaged avant-gardes as a function of their engagement is defeasible . |
| 14 | And as ag I will , I 'll be returning to this obviously in consideration of Italy and Germany , but it is perhaps worth making this point now . |
| 15 | But it is perhaps worth noticing here that firms have not been conspicuously forthcoming with offers to fund the schools , and the DES itself has had to put up considerable sums to support the first of them . |
| 16 | It might not happen , but it is never worth taking a chance . |
| 17 | Silly it may be , but it is only by considering the way women define their job as housewives that the housewife 's long working hours can be understood . |
| 18 | It is easy enough to measure the volumes of lava flows , but it is only by constructing isopach maps that the volume of pyroclastic material erupted can be estimated , and this is particularly important in volcanoes at destructive plate margins , where the mass of magma represented by pyroclastic rocks sometimes far outweighs that represented by lavas . |
| 19 | It is not likely to have another outburst yet awhile , but it is certainly worth watching ; with recurrent novæ , one never knows . |
| 20 | There may be charges for some or all of these services , depending on your income , but it is certainly worth asking about what may be available . |
| 21 | In a mild autumn and a warm soil this is easy to achieve but it is certainly worth sowing as soon as the ground has been cleared of the previous crop . |