Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [conj] it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er I think the county council recognizes the role of inward investment but that it is a small part of the ec economic growth . |
| 2 | She said ooh , you know can I invite a couple of friends , can I invite sort of you know , people back to lunch but when it 's sort of the list I mean , cos I I 'm not |
| 3 | She said : ‘ It was hard work but because it 's all my own work I 'm delighted . ’ |
| 4 | This may be a bit of an exaggeration but where it is true much damage is done . |
| 5 | This does not merely indicate that the framework for intrinsic factor production is in place but that it is being produced actively by the parietal cell from the end of the first trimester . |
| 6 | At Londonderry there has been a similar type of growth around a trans-shipment point but because it is further from the mainland it is a smaller centre , of about 90 000 people . |
| 7 | Does the Prime Minister agree with the proposition that it is entirely sensible for a Government to borrow prudently in order to fund capital investment to build economic recovery but that it is sheer folly for a Government to borrow in order to buy votes for an election ? |
| 8 | It would be otherwise if I had my husband with me and my first-born but as it is I feel neither one thing or the other . |
| 9 | It works best on long , straight hair but if it 's very thick it 'll probably take your hairdresser an afternoon to do the winding . |
| 10 | Although there are 45 OSFers and 105 outsiders working on the project , Gossel said at least one of these , Hewlett-Packard , is working without a contract but that it is a perfectly normal situation at OSF . |
| 11 | I would have to guess at the others because I did n't do erm sums on the other ones it was only on the last play but if it 's on the same sort of erm proportions , then I would say somewhere around thirty percent of the audience are concessions . |
| 12 | Plato makes Protagoras a proponent of democracy , and Socrates is his antagonist : Now when we meet in the Assembly , then if the State is faced with some building project , I observe that the architects are sent for and consulted about the proposed structures , and when it is a matter of shipbuilding , the naval designers , and so on with everything which the Assembly regards as a subject for learning and teaching But when it is something to do with the government of the country that is to be debated , the man who gets up to advise them may be a builder or equally well a blacksmith or a shoemaker , merchant or ship-owner , rich or poor , of good family or none . |
| 13 | Having considered the terms of condition 8.1 , I am of the opinion that it can not be construed merely as a clause of retention of title but that it is truly an attempt to create a security without possession in which the machinery of a trust under Scots law is sought to be employed . |
| 14 | Again , on the face of the statute , I can not see any reason why in this case the constable should do more than tell the driver the reason under section 7(3) why breath specimens can not be taken or used ; tell him that in these circumstances he is required to give a specimen of blood or urine but that it is for the constable to decide which ; warn him that a failure to provide the specimen required may render him liable to prosecution ; and then , if the constable decides to require blood , ask the driver if there are any reasons why a specimen can not or should not be taken from him by a doctor . |
| 15 | Again you will need to investigate the legality of hiring for classroom use but where it is legal this can give you access mainly to feature films , cartoons for children and possibly to some documentary series . |
| 16 | The culture industry is corrupt ; not because it is a sinful Babylon but because it is a cathedral dedicated to elevated pleasure … |
| 17 | Now it may well happen that the moon rises in the sky but because it 's in the earth shadow we ca n't see it . |
| 18 | Louise Garner , a criminal law practitioner in Manchester who has worked with juveniles , said yesterday : ‘ At ten a child can be arrested and charged with an offence but unless it is a very , very serious charge like murder , there is no possibility of a custodial sentence for a child under 14 . ’ |
| 19 | There is good evidence that this transmissible agent is a virus containing DNA but that it is embedded in a tough proteinaceous capsule . |
| 20 | ( 22 ) Margaret is a rather meteorological expert they bought some extremely clerical collars This effect is seen very clearly in the cases where the same word can be used in each of the different ways ; thus the adjective musical can perfectly well be modified for intensity when it is used ascriptively : ( 23 ) even as a child Naomi had a very musical voice but when it is associative , the result is again unacceptable : ( 24 ) we 've found a legal text and a very musical treatise 2.6 It is not necessary to be a linguist to feel that there is a difference in the two ways of using attributives . |
| 21 | The session was due to take place on Sunday at the Dolphin Centre but because it is also Mother 's Day some people were put off . |
| 22 | We can see that age of acquisition may be taken as a predictive factor for current sign language training but that it is not a pure , uncontaminated variable . |
| 23 | This might be the tiniest thing but if it is wrongly handled , it will inconvenience everyone and leave an uneasy or even bad memory . |
| 24 | And you 're most likely , here not just for communion but because it 's your custom to come to the six thirty service . |
| 25 | Of three books on the nervous system G. M. Shepherd 's Neurobiology is called an introduction but since it is a systematic study of 600 pages it is rather more than that for most of us . |
| 26 | A MUCH-PRAISED AMERICAN playwright , John Guare has never received his due in this country — not , I think , because his comedies do n't appeal to the English sense of humour but because it 's difficult for actors here to get across their vision of insane optimism and everyday insanity . |
| 27 | The editors ' underlying theme is that retirement needs to be viewed holistically ; that it is not simply an individual transition but that it is linked to a person 's past or context and , equally importantly , to their social networks , especially family relationships . |
| 28 | It 's true that the protection has perhaps focused more on the higher quality land but that it is still there under clear policy guidance . |
| 29 | But to show how ecumenical they were , they also once burnt an Archbishop of Canterbury ; several Prime Ministers ; Enoch Powell ; Richard Nixon ; Stalin ; all sorts of people , even poor Mr Heath , not so much because he was a villain but because it is so easy to make a guy in the semblance of Mr Heath . |
| 30 | Sometimes truth may be suppressed for a long time but while it is imprisoned it gathers to itself more and more power so that on the day that it is finally released it explodes , blowing everything asunder . |