Example sentences of "but [adv] [pron] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He just about gets away with it as a teenager in long shot and make-up , but mostly he is heard ( putting on a ‘ young ’ voice ) and not seen . |
| 2 | Again it is not merely the experiencing of the occurrence of each of these events on a number of occasions which is expressed , but rather what is known about the persons referred to by the subjects of these sentences as the result of either experience or receiving information about them from some other source . |
| 3 | At first , teachers will have to go through these stages quite carefully with the children , but eventually it is hoped that the children will become independent enough to use the system , or one like it , by themselves . |
| 4 | But perhaps it is asking too much to expect some sort of articulated political goal — especially of the young adolescents who are responsible for the bulk of working-class crime . |
| 5 | I do not know the latest medical prognosis of how long he will live , but perhaps he is hoping not to be around in 30 years ' time when the papers become available . |
| 6 | Her tone is soothing , her whispers slide like sighs , but gently she is uncovering the reproach she 's been hiding for days . |
| 7 | One of them is enclosed in the letters written by the same ship , another bill is sent overland to the factor or party to whom the goods are consigned , the third remaineth with the merchant , for his testimony against the master , if there were any occasion for loose dealing ; but especially it is kept for to serve in case of loss , to recover the value of the goods of the assurors that have undertaken to bear the adventure with you . |
| 8 | In this passage , in which the narrator is recalling his father 's days as a medium and healer , there are three segments which might be described as reformulations , but only one is presented as a correction . |
| 9 | Each pea has two factors controlling height , but only one is passed on to its offspring . |
| 10 | In life the tellin would have had two valves , but only one is preserved here . |
| 11 | I had three Red Bellied Piranhas , but only one is left , having eaten the others . |
| 12 | But soon he is forced by famine to go down to Egypt , and when he is about to cross the border he resorts to a ploy which knocks him straight off any pedestal we might have erected for him . |
| 13 | But elsewhere she is seen to be ‘ black ’ in more than one sense . |
| 14 | As far as he knows Women in Love has not been adapted for the stage before , but already it is causing much interest from other theatres and companies . |
| 15 | It is still in its infancy , still drifting clumsily about in its primeval soup , but already it is achieving evolutionary change at a rate that leaves the old gene panting far behind . |
| 16 | Now she is able to eat again , although naturally only very little and often but already she is feeling stronger and is doing exercises to build up the muscles which had become so weak . |
| 17 | But anyway she is arrested within hours of her arrival and successfully interrogated . |
| 18 | CFCs are a fraction of the emissions of carbon dioxide but nevertheless it is estimated that , unless the Montreal Protocol is strengthened , CFCs will account for 13 per cent of global warming by 2030 . |
| 19 | The Secretary of State may try to dodge the issue but tonight he is asking us to allow him and British Coal to pay for the top-of-the-range redundancy levels which the interim report from Rothschild urges as a necessary prerequisite for privatisation — |
| 20 | Ultras is the menacing brand name adopted by all fractious Italian fans , but exactly who is getting at whom in this lazy Mediterranean alleyway remains unclear . |
| 21 | But just what is considered too hairy in one society may be perfectly OK in another . |
| 22 | But still she is exploited by men — and a lot poorer . |
| 23 | Every immigrant family carries this sense of pain somewhere in its psyche , but often it is left to the women to hold the sense of pain and loss while the husbands and children find their way in the new world . |
| 24 | We were really looking forward to Christmas together as a family but now everything is ruined . |
| 25 | The old structure is still working well but now something is diverting some of the energy and effort . |
| 26 | But now she is wanting to be home . |
| 27 | At one time only a few selected diseases were thought to have links with the sufferer 's state of mind , but now it is recognized that a whole range — from cancer to heart attack — may be brought on by worry and strain . |
| 28 | White never used to be a predominant Goshiki colour , but now it is realised that a snow-white base admirably sets off the other shades . |
| 29 | But now it is called the Isle of Fincara ; for we were not left to live there long in peace . |
| 30 | But now it is ended . |