Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] is but " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's no good starting from scratch the night before , or it is but I mean you 'll you 'll suffer for it . |
| 2 | It was an unforgivable , though unintended , breach of confidence ; and it is but a small consolation to know that Herr Sussmeyer thereby gained a correspondence with a young woman which he has doubtless found extremely gratifying . |
| 3 | ‘ They say that Birmingham is a sleeping giant and it is but it needs a massive injection of money . |
| 4 | And it is but a child of air |
| 5 | This is one point in the course , and it is but one example , where the inter-relation between Professional Studies and the Curriculum Course is a matter for explicit emphasis . |
| 6 | And it is but right that until I can make restitution , my kinswoman 's expenses should fall upon me . |
| 7 | PAMELA : I believe I am , but 't is but very little sir . |
| 8 | Drawing No. 78 has this comment : ‘ This Plate exhibits one of these new buildings which afford comforts the poor inhabitants of the picturesque seldome enjoy ; but it is but just to observe that the wealthy residents in Ambleside , natives and strangers , are exceedingly attentive to the wants of the needy , and supply them with a discriminating kindness that does equal honour to their heads and to their hearts . ’ |
| 9 | The march of the matriarchal society may have been stopped here in the United Kingdom , but it is but a temporary halt , a moment in time . |