Example sentences of "but it [be] [adv] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unwieldy it may be in certain respects , but it is surely better for a model of meaning destined to serve a descriptive as opposed to a theoretical study to err on the side of generosity of scope , rather than on the side of austerity . |
| 2 | The book is aimed at new graduates who are unfamiliar with polymers , but it is also suitable for undergraduates . |
| 3 | In this lecture , " To Criticize the Critic " , he set his own prose writings in historical perspective — once more setting the past in order — but it is also notable for the manner in which he asserted the presence in his theoretical judgments of private feeling and experience ; phrases like " the objective correlative " and " the disassociation of sensibility were , for him , " conceptual symbols for emotional preferences " . |
| 4 | This is particularly so for white Creole speakers who can not , except in very rare and exceptional circumstances , have had exposure to Creole as young children : but it is also true for speakers like Stephen and Joan , whose " Patois " approaches , but only sometimes reaches , the Jamaican Creole target . |
| 5 | Randomizing algorithms are sometimes provided , but it is generally wise for the user to allocate and test them for each file on an individual basis . |
| 6 | The above discussion does not cover all aspects of thematic structure , but it is probably sufficient for our current purposes . |
| 7 | The southern hemisphere polar region may play a smaller role in carbon dioxide balance but it is primarily responsible for cooling the deep ocean . |
| 8 | Perhaps that is what they want , but it is not good for either Britain or Europe . |
| 9 | But it is not unreasonable for the Vendor to repay any price paid by the Purchaser in respect of debts which turn out to be bad . |
| 10 | There is no such legislation in Britain , but it is not uncommon for the charge to be linked to the retail price index as a form of protection . |
| 11 | But it is not right for a member of the teaching staff to so present that disciplinary framework that the student is unable to view it from the outside or is discouraged from officering an alternative perspective from another discipline . |
| 12 | Young Monodactylus are able to tolerate freshwater conditions but it is not usual for them to survive in a totally freshwater environment beyond a body length of 5cm . |
| 13 | But it is not common for the pain from the operation to be stimulated solely by athletic activity , and a musculo-skeletal cause in the groin is far more likely . |
| 14 | Quite sparky , she copes well under pressure , but it is not unknown for her to lose her temper . |
| 15 | This may seem self-evident , but it is not unknown for people to purchase extremely attractive and reasonably priced extremely attractive and reasonably priced items only to find , when they take them home , that they are the wrong size , or that the colour and design clash with their decorative scheme . |
| 16 | This may seem self-evident , but it is not unknown for people to be carried along by the atmosphere of an auction , or the sales patter of a dealer . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm not saying it happened on this occasion , but it is not unknown for a private company to take a loss on government contracts to get a foot in the door . ’ |
| 18 | But it is not unusual for her to show her feelings and lose her temper . |
| 19 | But it is not adequate for many of the tasks of the modern capitalist state which has to intervene increasingly according to a ‘ substantive ’ rather than ‘ formal ’ rationality ( Therborn 1978 : 54 , 89 ) based on highly specialized forms of expertise ( e.g. Dunleavy 1982 : 196–205 ) — for example , in production itself . |
| 20 | There were times when we wished that there had been a cash element but it is not sensible for any bank to pay out cash at this time . |
| 21 | It is not to be taken seriously — of course , electrons do not " choose " — but it is somehow irresistible for physicists to talk in this way , at least informally when they are not writing grave papers for their colleagues . |
| 22 | This bedding is suitable for walking on , or pushing a wheelbarrow over , but it is n't suitable for drives , as cars are too heavy for it . |
| 23 | But it is n't good for him to be so alone . |
| 24 | But it is n't good for Sarah . ’ |
| 25 | Steam Tanks must take fear , panic and other psychology tests just like other units and characters , but it is n't possible for a Steam Tank to literally flee . |
| 26 | Community involvement is obviously more likely in the latter case , but it is equally vital for large scale systems . |
| 27 | It is inevitably a part of the normal grieving process that people search for the dead person in a multitude of ways , but it is very necessary for friends of the bereaved to help them choose carefully . |
| 28 | A nuclear arms race is a good recipe for national bankruptcy but it is very profitable for those who design and manufacture the weapons . |
| 29 | I know it is hard for those of you travelling a long way , but it is very disconcerting for the poor teacher to have a steady trickle of latecomers all through the lesson — particularly when most of the latecomers are not the people who have travelled furthest ! |
| 30 | We can give descriptions of a photon in terms of the way it behaves , but it is very hard for us to imagine what a photon actually is . |