Example sentences of "[be] [coord] [adv] [that] " in BNC.

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1 It is doubtful that the BCG matrix is very useful for total portfolio management in many multi-business groups , because , even if the group is involved in SBUs whose business is dominated by the experience-curve effect , it is likely that some of its SBUs will not be and hence that they can not be reliably analysed within just the BCG context .
2 And it is but right that until I can make restitution , my kinswoman 's expenses should fall upon me .
3 But despite Mick 'n' Keef 'n' more besides , and playing an important role in shaping Britain 's nascent youth culture , it is but recently that Reading has once again become the only place for any self-respecting hep cat to pitch a tent during late August .
4 ‘ My dear fellow , it is but seldom that one has the pleasure of meeting a friend from the old days in Petersburg , but I chanced to be in Vienna recently , and have heard much about you from mutual acquaintances .
5 Well one would have thought so , but I said to er Mrs you see , about the minibus , no not the minibus , the M S bus being available and , I said the problem was or maybe that we 'd have to have drivers who have had a P S V licence , or what they call it ?
6 It was but seldom that the entrance to his palace was without a corpse .
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