Example sentences of "[verb] but it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parts are still at this time being occupied but it is almost certain before long that the whole of the building will be condemned and we hope that this old building will be preserved and not allowed to fall into decay . |
| 2 | And they 'll check that out for you and we 'll see what 's happening but it 's just in case there 's any arthritis or anything like that that 's |
| 3 | The Countryside Stewardship Scheme and other environmental protection measures are to be applauded but it is sobering to realise that it is not a new problem . |
| 4 | Well I do n't know but it 's there 's certainly a lot of favouritism there . |
| 5 | I do n't know but it 's somebody with a motorbike . |
| 6 | Well I do n't know but it 's still going . |
| 7 | The linkages are too numerous to relate but it is worthy of note that , in addition to acknowledging the help of Hobhouse , Wallas , Ginsberg , and Tawney in producing the Grammar , Laski also mentions Holmes , Frankfurter , and Pound . |
| 8 | The expansion of forestry by means of a policy of attrition and isolation of farms is occurring but it is not necessarily a process which in the long term will lead to a reasonable balance of land use . |
| 9 | Unlike serious pollsters , the brewer 's flaccid organ fails to report the size of the sample of Scousers interviewed but it is believed to be adjacent to the number of fans at a Tranmere Rovers away match . |
| 10 | I do n't mind walking but it 's I get the shopping |
| 11 | I know it seems a little bit i idealistic , do n't know what the word is I want but it is for warning |
| 12 | That 's fine as you can have whatever opinion you want but it is still not your baby and therefore you can not decide what should be done . |
| 13 | Erm er this o this one is not one single job as it happens but it is the kind of thing that we have come up against before and I 've put them the things together in one so that we do n't identify people really under the circumstances . |
| 14 | But there are occasions when we 've had to rip and tip but it 's causing a problem |
| 15 | Well C's count but it 's the bottom pass . |
| 16 | And granddad does n't li want people to see him sort of you know when he has to get up and walk about and go to the loo with the door open and I mean it 's not so bad for us because we 're all related but it 's awful for You know I mean I ca n't imagine Jody or Jessica or Alison or anybody liking it very much . |
| 17 | I wrote and thanked him on behalf of the Council for what he 'd done but it 's now a question of finding somebody who can match it . |
| 18 | No , it needs to be done but it 's something that |
| 19 | It has been done but it is a hell of a thing to repeat , it will be a very , very fine piece of mountaineering if they pull it off . ’ |
| 20 | Fields get smaller and birch tree scrub predominates but it is all a Garden of Eden by Lewis standards . |
| 21 | An informal producer is always difficult to define but it is used here to describe an owner or an employee of a small-scale enterprise comprising less than ten people , operating from an impermanent site , under an ill-defined registration and tax scheme . |
| 22 | Precise details of the evidence presented at that meeting have not yet been revealed but it is clear that it proved inconclusive . |
| 23 | It was one of those gorgeous early mornings when the sun has just risen but it 's still dark enough to see the brightest stars . |
| 24 | Well it 's a bit i well I , well I could do but it 's a bit tricky I mean to some |
| 25 | I know what I 've got ta do but it 's just doing it |
| 26 | so I 'll just have to try and remember to bring an electric drill up an see what I can do but it 's all working . |
| 27 | I could do but it 's er I did n't want to I 'm choosing when I wear it and when I do n't . |
| 28 | Madam er deputy speaker , there is a feeling abroad in the country that an audit certificate is rather like an M O T certificate , it 's good for the minute that it was granted but it is perfectly useless thereafter . |
| 29 | The sociological point is well made but it is the parenthetical ‘ alas ’ that registers the musician 's feeling . |
| 30 | No funeral arrangements have yet been made but it is likely to be in Lytham and show business friends are bound to stage a memorial service later to mark the passing of one of the greats . |