Example sentences of "but [subord] it [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Timeshare is not normally a solution SAVE would recommend for a historic house because so much of the expenditure goes on pure marketing , leaving too little for the building , but where it is well organized the outcome may be satisfactory . |
| 2 | But once it is formally rejected , the SWD could press for the money to be held in trust until the children are 18 . |
| 3 | ‘ But if it 's officially up for sale we will certainly go for a look around . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ If there 's a protected species of plant at the top of relatively new routes which happen to be of good quality , then we 've got a really complex problem to manage , ’ Bill Wright commented , ‘ but if it 's just cotton grass , then the damage done by agricultural pesticides is probably much greater . ’ |
| 5 | I do n't know how much machine time they would need on a daily basis , but if it 's just for updating files , I ca n't imagine it being very extensive . |
| 6 | If you all disappeared together that would be , that is a fair criticism of the training department , but if it 's just the fact that all you 're doing is switching off then that 's O K because you ca n't help it anyway . |
| 7 | But if it 's all right for wives to have this status , then it 's all right for cohabitees too . |
| 8 | ‘ But if it 's as simple as Father says … . ’ |
| 9 | They tell you , make up your mind or it will be too late , but if it 's really too late , we should be grateful . |
| 10 | But if it 's quite nice weather , it would be nice to invite somebody along I expect . |
| 11 | But if it 's only mildly wicked we would feel it a pity to be too legalistic . ’ |
| 12 | . But if it 's only a part-time so you can actually work part-time that 's the difference . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But if it 's brilliantly sunny a blue sky day the moon can be up as well but because the s because the sky is so light anyway you ca n't see the moon . |
| 15 | But if it 's less than twice as great , I 'll want it for myself . |
| 16 | Thus , an individual merger might be seen , as an individual merger , to be totally innocuous , but if it is just one more merger among a spate , then the overall trend towards the monopolisation of industry in general may be worrying . |
| 17 | When an Aplysia is tapped on the siphon , it withdraws its siphon and gills into its mantle chamber ; but if it is repeatedly so tapped , it ceases to respond . |
| 18 | When you leave , when you marry Ian , I shall try to go it alone , but if it is really too difficult then I 'll get an assistant who , maybe , will become a partner . |
| 19 | It is , of course , a matter of time , but if it is humanly possible , it shall be attained . ’ |
| 20 | But if it is doubly degenerate , there is a reduced characteristic equation unc being one degree lower than |
| 21 | This might be the tiniest thing but if it is wrongly handled , it will inconvenience everyone and leave an uneasy or even bad memory . |
| 22 | If it puts the cat at a major disadvantage then the answer is obvious , but if it is only a minor disadvantage then the cat breeders split into two warring camps . |
| 23 | Personally , I find that hard to believe , but if it is truly the case then perhaps he might consider the following : |
| 24 | I believe this must be the heart of education , not just because every human being will have to cope with the unexpected , with disruption to routine and the loss of what is dear , but because it is singularly appropriate to the current generation of young people who find themselves growing up in a world that is characterized by instability . |
| 25 | But because it is beside rather than in the Pyrenees , the Basque Coast has a gentler climate than you might expect , with an average temperature over the whole year of nearly 14° Centigrade — almost as good as you will find in Portugal . |
| 26 | English was chosen , not just because the majority of its students are female , but because it is generally looked upon by commentators ( e.g. P. Scott 1984 ) , as the ‘ central liberal discipline ’ . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | For many reasons , I reject this , not only because it is vile in its implications but because it is theoretically suspect and unsubstantiated by research . |
| 29 | But because it is essentially Brose 's show , the biggest should go to Mr Hoffman , who must be reckoned one of the most agile and subtly controlled comedians around . |
| 30 | 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 . |