Example sentences of "[noun prp] but it [is] " in BNC.

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1 At £1,249 it costs around 50 per cent more than the Phoenix but it is the most powerful machine .
2 I do n't want to go to the story as to why the labour party opposed the er th the entry to the city of Marks and Spencer but it 's an interest .
3 it 's not as nice as the macros on WordPerfect but it 's adequate .
4 It may not be the London Palladium but it is a smash hit !
5 They are as still as in Bryonia but it is because they are so tired and weary , not from the pain and their head is more congested than in Bryonia .
6 NORPLANT was licensed in Britain in May but it 's launch has been delayed until now so that doctors and nurses have had time to be properly trained in patient counselling and implant techniques …
7 SCP is not eligible for rediscount with the Bank of England but it is attractive to a much wider range of investors than bankers ' acceptances , and it is widely held outside the banking sector by institutional investors such as insurance companies and pension funds .
8 The annual fee will not now be due until January but it is vital that we know the names of all who wish to participate next year — NOW .
9 This theory of the Asiatic mode of production is complicated and subtle ; it is hardly elaborated in Formen but it is fascinating in that it foreshadows a central concept in Capital .
10 Contrary to what is often said , there is a law of trespass in Scotland but it is rather a complex and grey area .
11 Mr. Perry also referred to the legislation which governs council houses in Scotland but it is impossible to imply in the Act of 1985 express words which the legislature chose to insert in the Rent Acts and in the Scottish Act ( Housing ( Scotland ) Act 1987 ) but chose not to insert in the Act of 1985 .
12 We did look into Securicor but it 's far too expensive .
13 St Paul 's is only a short walk from Fleet Street but it is uphill and after her diversion to the canteen Rain was short of time and forced to hurry .
14 ‘ People talk about Newton Aycliffe but it 's not so bad , ’ he says .
15 You 're no the further we , you go away , the further you go away from Blackpool but it 's not at
16 It may not be from West Yorkshire but it 's very likely that it will be .
17 The reference here to the ‘ University ’ is almost certainly exclusive to Cambridge but it is possible that Green had in mind its implications in a wider context .
18 Ibanez but it 's pronounced Ibania
19 INSPIRATION may not spring readily from the prosaic-sounding north Midlands town of Southwell but it is the black stuff that dreams are made of in the eyes of Ron and Richard Muddle , the father and son team of racing entrepreneurs extraordinary .
20 Ormanroyd good ball for Speedy and on it goes to Jochim but it 's too long .
21 Swannson already has a depot in Swindon but it is a condition of his O licence for that operating centre that maintenance can only be carried out in a restricted manner .
22 David Lyles , the coach , says their winning secret is constant hard work and dedication and determination … they have problems finding enough pool time because there are so many clubs in Swindon but it is a nationwide problem because there are only two good pools in this country which is not a lot for fifty million people …
23 The two options for the road are in Cambridgeshire but it is believed the route will reduce the speed of traffic entering Suffolk on the A142 .
24 I mean the Sierra , it 's a good offer on the Sierra but it 's , it 's like the basic engine and I do like a car that you know , you can put your foot down and it
25 It 's project engineering Roger but it 's actually saying that the project manager needs to be trained to ferret out certain information .
26 Well I reckon it 's gon na take us three and a half hours to get to the other end , so two and a half hours to it and an hour on it if it 's not too bad and then of course we 've got to go up from there to Ipswich , Woodbridge but it 's dual carriageway all the way now you see .
27 I says Scunnie but it 's not Scunnie is it ?
28 The previous year 1255 , the property belonging to the Bishopric of Rochester , had been valued as follows : The estates at Halling with its member of Holborough and Cuxton , contained 717 acres of arable land , that not being marled was valued at fourpence an acre , also 38 acres of meadow land worth sixpence an acre , and 20 acres of pasture at eightpence an acre , the Mill at Holborough being valued at twenty shillings and the Mill at Cuxton worth thirteen and fourpence , no value is put on the vineyard at Halling but it is mentioned .
29 But to Phyllis Broome , a Worcestershire neighbour , writer and walking companion , he wrote : ‘ Here is the biggest job in the world and if I fail I shall share the fate of many a bigger man than I. But it 's a fine thought , is n't it ?
30 How far Anselm had travelled along this road , and how much further he would still travel , are questions to which an answer must be sought in the reign of Henry I. But it is clear that Anselm in exile was beginning to see events , if not through Hildebrandine eyes , at least with shades of Hildebrandine colour .
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