Example sentences of "but it [be] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Birth of Athena there is certainly a peaceful subject , opposed to the strife of two deities in the west , but it is a scene of activity and there is much movement in the treatment . |
| 2 | Whether they would have been swayed by representations on behalf of any of the parties one knows not , but it is a defect in the proceedings which strengthens the application on the part of the local authority for reconsideration of the justices ' decision . |
| 3 | This ignoring of non-European high culture and history may not seem important , but it is a part of the same ethos which permits the everyday culture of Asian life to be stamped on so viciously in schools . |
| 4 | But it is a problem for feminists if dictionaries include sexist definitions and examples , if they refuse to include feminist terms or define them in contentious ways . |
| 5 | It is dealt with first because not only is it an important form of legal control through the tort of nuisance , but it is a prerequisite to understanding the controls afforded by the Public Health legislation , discussed in Chapter 3 . |
| 6 | I do not like the mobile , but it is a present from my new sister so I pretend . |
| 7 | Denim is not a celebration of the '70s , but it is a celebration of times past , harder times , of working class life in the cities of provincial Britain , of teenage thrills , the thrill of school being out forever and the constant spectre of evil in the form of IRA bombs , skinheads , power cuts and Hughie Green . |
| 8 | The treaty has advanced Europe , but it is a Europe of nations which is on trial . |
| 9 | Alcohol can be a source of enjoyment but it is a drug with extremely serious side effects . |
| 10 | But it is a system of winners and losers and in periods of crisis there are far more losers than winners . |
| 11 | Mr McGahon said : ‘ There is a high level of crime in this area , but it is a microcosm of what is happening all over the Republic . |
| 12 | But it is a relief to both the rider and the horse occasionally to dismount . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ But it is a relief for me and my family to grieve for our loss . ’ |
| 14 | But it is a blow to self-esteem and status that no amount of respect for the processes of democracy can remove . |
| 15 | I daresay you find this strange and may think I am ungrateful when after all I have been given the chance to set up for myself which is not given to many of our station but it is a surprise to me too . |
| 16 | It is a brief walk , no more than a hundred metres , but it is a sliver of freedom . |
| 17 | But it is a measure of the man that he turned his energies not in the direction of the limelight , but to effecting a quiet , persistent transformation within Amnesty International , starting with its International Secretariat . |
| 18 | But it is a measure of the difficulty Galileo was working under that , despite several audiences with the new pope , he was unable to ease the ban . |
| 19 | But it is a story of accelerating growth and solid achievement . |
| 20 | It is slighter than the fair-haired boy , and the face is a much less powerful evocation of the new spirit , but it is a work of quality and a perfect demonstration of the break with archaic conventions . |
| 21 | But it is a way of stimulating more interest in himself . ’ |
| 22 | The urban environment is not defined as readily as a region such as North America or Australia but it is a way of studying part of the world that has some unifying attribute . |
| 23 | But it is a travelogue with a difference . |
| 24 | But it is a development of the work of the Extra-Mural Board which needs thinking out . |
| 25 | Although the image of the Trinity is distorted , its powers are not destroyed and this is the activity of God in the soul — the ability to understand what could be , and to desire it : But it is a question of " so near and yet so far " as Hilton adds that man is not near Christ or in him until he has actually found him . |
| 26 | Thus it is wretched to know that one is wretched , but it is a sign of our true greatness to know that we are wretched . |
| 27 | But it is a sign of the times that a Latin American minister even wishes to make such a boast . |
| 28 | But it is a sign of the strong feelings provoked by this issue , as well as the ideological differences about the significance of the mothering role , that although all three authors are well versed in the research , they reach such different conclusions . |
| 29 | So the matter rested there ; but it is a sign of the intense feeling aroused by the new school . |
| 30 | But it is a sign of the times that in many universities around the world this kind of approach is actually ahead of the British system , largely because language awareness can be built into reading courses as part of the overall language-learning curriculum . |