Example sentences of "be [adj] but it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Details are scarce but it uses a dopler meter and flow dividers and will work with vacuum tankers . |
| 2 | The revolution at Northampton may have been different but it did have uncanny echoes of what had gone on at Neath . |
| 3 | The performances individually are ok but it seems the tactics are wrong . |
| 4 | The Shorthorn/Highland first cross has always been popular but it took the concerted efforts of the three Cadzow brothers on an island off the west coast of Scotland to consolidate the virtues of the cross and turn it into a genuine breed , the Luing , named after the island of its origin . |
| 5 | ( Strictly speaking these orbits are heteroclinic but it makes sense , because of the symmetry , to identify C " + with C and to think of this situation as a symmetric version of a homoclinic orbit to a single stationary point . ) |
| 6 | Organ jazz has for a long time been club-trendy but it has taken until now for a new artist to come through to match the likes of Jimmy Smith and ‘ Big ’ John Patton with whom she shares a clear affinity in her choice of rhythms and blues inflections . |
| 7 | The plant may be different but it uses basically the same manufacturing processes that the Partners licensed from the Belgian company of Solvay et Cie in 1872 . |
| 8 | since he came to our Lordships House with some very and has had to sit this thing ever since then with one exception er to speeches deeply and seriously critical er of the proposals er coming from Members of your Lordships House mostly with vast experience of the subject matter former Secretary 's er er former Chief Constable er and er so many others and I arise only to put one point to you if my Noble Friend decides to resist these amendments , it seems to me I may be wrong but it seems to me overwhelmingly clear that they will be carrying against him and they will be put into the Bill which will be very considerably altered and amended , some of your Lordships may think improved , but certainly drastically altered and I wonder whether er my Noble Friend thinks that really would be helpful from the point of view either of the pr future progress of the Bill , or the position of the Government . |
| 9 | No doubt there will be an extensive scrutiny from those who expect everything to be perfect but it passes pretty well from my point of view . |
| 10 | The present system may not be perfect but it has worked pretty well and would be capable of improvement and adjustment without the need to go back to the drawing board . ’ |
| 11 | And then I thought well it 's , it 's got , it says diamonds and sapphire , I thought they ca n't be real but it says , you know |
| 12 | I had expected it to be cold but it surprised me with a suddenness that wrenched my breath away . |
| 13 | Well okay it might be obvious but it does n't give you the right answer . |
| 14 | For instance , what the Harlequins are doing with Troy Coker at the moment may be legal but it bears no relation to what the law should be or to what it should be seen to be . |
| 15 | This may be faster but it leads to a kicking action that tends to collide with the opponent 's leading knee rather than pass over it . |
| 16 | Times may be tough but it seems we 're taking less care of our money than ever before . |
| 17 | The Acousticube might be small but it sports a heck of a lot of knobs and sockets . |
| 18 | Mr Morrison says that he took on the job ‘ because they said that it would be difficult but it had to be done and that 's what appealed to me ’ . |
| 19 | Grandmother Hilda Mason , of Clapham , south London , said : ‘ I 'm heartbroken but it seems to be the way young people go about their business these days . ’ |
| 20 | Clearly , some re-thinking will be necessary but it seems both inevitable and desirable that there should be some loosening of the ties between the CNAA and the institutions whose courses it validates . |
| 21 | Nobody expected it to be competitive but it had been thought that any team serious enough to build and enter a grand prix car should be competent enough to make it last more than five consecutive laps . |
| 22 | In spite of this lack of actual power , their influence can be significant but it varies greatly both between authorities and with the type of development concerned . |
| 23 | In a move which has upset Leeds ' manager Howard Wilkinson , Batty said : ‘ I had heard that Blackburn were interested but it has all happened so quickly . |
| 24 | and I think that 's right but it means that things are more difficult to achieve in a lot of ways . |
| 25 | The the fire service is separate but it reports to the public protection committee . |
| 26 | oh the cupboards are brilliant it 's just the fronts are so dated and the man in these reports in the house said erm , kitchen is satisfactory but it needs updating and it was only about seven years ago it was brand new , no , not seven , have we been in then , no eight , so nine or something , I know the fronts need sorting out . |
| 27 | Using a mouse is optional but it does make the game more playable . |
| 28 | Using a mouse is optional but it does make the game more playable . |
| 29 | ‘ It is fatuous but it sells , ’ he said and put it away . |
| 30 | Much of this is welcome but it has to be looked at critically when public expenditure cuts dominate the policy discussions . |