Example sentences of "but [conj] [pron] is [vb pp] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For expositional reasons , we shall need to use the word utterance in various ways in this book , but where it is used to contrast with sentence it should be taken in the sense advocated by Bar-Hillel , as a sentence ( or sometimes string of sentences ) paired with a context . |
| 2 | One important part of the citizens charter is not so much that it contains many individual ideas and proposals for change , but that it is intended to change the entire attitude of public servants and the way in which citizens approach them . |
| 3 | But if she is allowed to go at her own pace , without criticism , while she is dealing with the chaos within , you will find that her mood will gradually become more optimistic and her feelings of despair less frequent . |
| 4 | The person involved may look at something and not be aware of it ; but if he is asked to guess where the object is in his field of vision , he guesses correctly . |
| 5 | ‘ A witness may be cross-examined as to previous statements made by him in writing or reduced into writing relative to the subject matter of the indictment or proceeding , without such writing being shown to him ; but if it is intended to contradict such witness by the writing , his attention must , before such contradictory proof can be given , be called to those parts of the writing which are to be used for the purpose of so contradicting him : provided always , that it shall be competent for the judge at any time during the trial , to require the production of the writing for his inspection , and he may thereupon make such use of it for the purpose of the trial as he may think fit . |
| 6 | Other non-book materials have particular storage and retrieval problems , which are probably less urgent than illustrations , but if it is decided to place copies of RBG slides in the Library , they can be handled by the technology envisaged . |
| 7 | Further , when a covenant is taken for the benefit of property , the doctrine does not apply , but when it is taken to protect both property and a business , or solely a business , the doctrine applies and therefore the question of reasonableness arises . |
| 8 | But when it is used to describe what happens during reading , or any attempt at reading , it seems to stand for something less focused and further from full awareness — something which might more appropriately be called ‘ anticipation ’ or ‘ expectancy ’ . |
| 9 | But when he is called to perform later on that night he curls up in a limp ball and refuses to move . |