Example sentences of "but [subord] it [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Concentrate on a particular activity or function that uses a variety of information types , but where it is considered that some improvement is needed . |
2 | For expositional reasons , we shall need to use the word utterance in various ways in this book , but where it is used to contrast with sentence it should be taken in the sense advocated by Bar-Hillel , as a sentence ( or sometimes string of sentences ) paired with a context . |
3 | King Alfred brought it into his translation of Boethius too , to explain why divine Providence does not affect free will : ‘ What we call God 's fore-thought and his Providence ’ , he wrote , ‘ is while it is there in His mind , before it gets done , while it 's still being thought ; but once it 's done , then we call it wyrd . |
4 | There are manifest dangers in the way a relative norm is chosen , but once it is accepted that relative validity is all we can aim at these need not worry us unduly . |
5 | If this is not practical , you could try cooking a chicken to eat cold over several days ; but once it is cooked , divide it up into the meal portions you require , and place them in the freezer or refrigerator as appropriate . |
6 | u τ depends on the flow as a whole , but once it is specified , the structure of the wall region is specified . |
7 | We either ignore it , but if it 's done in public you feel threatened , or you feel that you are showing weakness if you just ignore it . |
8 | But if it 's end it 's nearly always nearly always a C and a K. |
9 | Not always noticed because if it 's called Cements it does n't look like a foreign company , but if it 's called Mitsubishi or something well , it will stand out . |
10 | But if it 's belting down it could be a different story . ’ |
11 | I nearly always write with an acoustic , but if it 's tuned to an open chord you will obviously have to write something different ; if you stick a capo on it you 'll write something different ; if I use an amplifier and an electric guitar I 'll write something different again . |
12 | I would rather not have that on the subject reports but if it 's going to be on i for the sake of coherence the comments should be together . |
13 | Yeah but if it 's going to be shown to ultimately thousands of people and to last at least a couple of years , we should invest in it . |
14 | He pauses and gives a lazy Dirty Harry-style smile : ‘ But if it 's falling off a building I 'll let someone else do it . ’ |
15 | No , it 's already published , but if it 's gon na be |
16 | It might look good to turn up with such a grand vin , but if it 's opened on the night , even Mouton this young would be unpalatable , a horrid waste of money . |
17 | It sounds a desperate measure ; but if it 's happening in California , it can only be a matter of months before it takes off here . |
18 | But if it is repeated too often the incessant jigging of hands makes the audience restless , too . |
19 | But if it is to do with relationship it needs witnesses . |
20 | But if it is pressed too far , medical imagery can lead to a sense of inevitability and passiveness which is inappropriate in resolving doubt . |
21 | The House of Lords Select Committee understood the provision to relate to development plans but if it is implemented in the UK ( and this depends somewhat on MAFF taking an unusually enlightened view ) it could pave the way for farm development plans incorporating conservation and agricultural measures . |
22 | But if it is discovered and threatened , it twists its legs outwards and arches its back in such an extreme contortion that it suddenly and disconcertingly exposes its underside — and that is a vivid scarlet , a spectacular warning that its skin contains a burning poison . |
23 | It may not sound much , but if it is raining and you are wet and tired , it becomes a big job . |
24 | ‘ A witness may be cross-examined as to previous statements made by him in writing or reduced into writing relative to the subject matter of the indictment or proceeding , without such writing being shown to him ; but if it is intended to contradict such witness by the writing , his attention must , before such contradictory proof can be given , be called to those parts of the writing which are to be used for the purpose of so contradicting him : provided always , that it shall be competent for the judge at any time during the trial , to require the production of the writing for his inspection , and he may thereupon make such use of it for the purpose of the trial as he may think fit . |
25 | But if it is regarded as a report that 's covered already . |
26 | An alternative procedure which appears to be acceptable to HM Land Registry is to apply for office copies of the registered title ( Form 109 ) ; this incurs the same fee ( £8 ) as an index map search , and following the Land Registration ( Open Register ) Rules 1991 it is not necessary to specify the name of the proprietor ; if the land is not registered the application will be rejected , but if it is registered the receipt of office copies gives the opportunity to check the charges register for mortgages . |
27 | But if it is to serve as the platform for a conclusion that something else and qualitatively different is required , something to place authority , at least in part , for the conduct of a business owned by others in the hands of employees , then by itself the statement is not strong enough to bear the weight of the proposition . |
28 | Other non-book materials have particular storage and retrieval problems , which are probably less urgent than illustrations , but if it is decided to place copies of RBG slides in the Library , they can be handled by the technology envisaged . |
29 | Explain to your customer that if your price is paid now or in one month that is one thing , but if it is paid in six months or more then that is another , that other thing being your costs of financing which come straight off your profit margin . |
30 | If that is the role of the Royal Family in a contemporary society , it is failing , but if it is failing it is not necessarily because the breeding and the education are wrong . |