Example sentences of "[verb] but [conj] it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Control at this level is likely to be difficult to establish but when it is achieved it will be deep and self-sustaining . |
| 2 | ‘ I know that the National Health has n't got the money it would like but when it 's so important , I think it should be done . |
| 3 | They 're just nice and comfortable at the end of the day when your feet are really swollen but nice and easy to wear but if it 's tight |
| 4 | It 's not moving but when it 's papers and pencils and stuff like that |
| 5 | The problem for many people today is not that it is too difficult to believe but that it is too easy . |
| 6 | I listened but if it 's of no evidential value there is no point in listening because I 've got so much on my mind at that time erm to sort out that threat in there that I certainly ca n't recall what was exactly said or even along the lines of what was said . |
| 7 | Should he remain adamant , it may be necessary to point out that you will do what he wishes but that it is against the judgement of the agency . |
| 8 | To recognise where a reform is urgently required and must be effected at any cost , or where it may be postponed , or where it may be counted on to effect itself without outside influence , and , perhaps most important of all , to be able to recognise the fact that certain reforms would be beneficial could they be effected but that it is not possible to effect them at all ; to be able to arrive at a right decision on such points as these is what is chiefly required of a Resident . |