Example sentences of "but it is [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The connection between poststructuralist conviction and political radicalism is both arbitrary and tenuous , but it is insisted on by some contemporary theorists , with their readiness to invoke analogies between cultural processes , however disparate . |
| 2 | The full course last from January to November 1993 , but it is made up of six separate units . |
| 3 | This is a genuine kind of knowledge , but it is shot through with subjectivity . |
| 4 | There is , of course , a legal way to get works of art out of Russia , but it is tied up in red tape . |
| 5 | The journey is a long one , but it is hurried over in a few words . |
| 6 | Today , manual remuage is still widely used , but it is carried out on specially designed wooden boards , hinged together to stand like an inverted ‘ V ’ and known as pupitres ( the French for reading desks ) . |
| 7 | But it is left up to the Customs and Excise to implement on-site inspection and seizure of animals . |
| 8 | But it is left up to the applications developers themselves to synchronise the directories by reading the various separate directories and then updating the StreetTalk database with any changes . |
| 9 | THE Labeque sisters project a glamorous and pleasingly unorthodox image , but it is backed up by their ability to deliver in musical terms . |
| 10 | But it is hedged around with qualifying clauses that restrict a country 's responsibility to act . |
| 11 | Sometimes the intention to go on the Pill is there , but it is put off until next week , or until their sixteenth birthday . |