Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] but it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not really , I suppose , a bad school as schools go but it is a sorry waste of time & energy … |
| 2 | The massive and complex operation took two months to complete but it was successful far beyond all expectations . |
| 3 | Her eyes strained but it was not repeated . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The research did n't explore the sorts of relationships that parents wanted but it 's a pretty safe guess that they wanted teachers that did n't shout ; the Newsons ( 1984 ) reported that shouting by teachers was the major complaint which mothers made on behalf of their eleven-year-olds . |
| 6 | This is largely due to the increase in the number of module versions retained but it is also due to the overhead in the database management files controlling the database . |
| 7 | Techniques vary but it is important to work at them until it becomes automatic so that , when the time comes , you do n't need to think about it too much . |
| 8 | I know the Chelsea players reacted but it is a passionate game and the tackles do go in . ’ |
| 9 | And it 's as if it was n't floating on the surface and it was doing all the things that fishes do but it was |
| 10 | Negotiations opened but it was several months before the two men reached an agreement for ‘ substantial borrowings ’ . |
| 11 | The Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle is funding the project ; there are no loan fees to pay but it is covering the costs of transporation and catalogue production . |
| 12 | Estimates vary but it is thought that in 1574 the population of Prague was 5 per cent Catholic . |