Example sentences of "but that [is] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , sometimes the Profitboss will disagree with a decision made by his boss ; but that 's rarely a reason to resign . |
| 2 | You pay , of course , but that 's rarely a problem for his clientele . |
| 3 | But that 's just a way of changing key . |
| 4 | ‘ There 's Cockfosters , sir , but that 's just a cage , too , and the school opposite Wandsworth Prison . |
| 5 | I was high on LSD probably , but that 's just a guess . ’ |
| 6 | That 's my teacher at school but that 's just a lady . |
| 7 | It also sounds a bit like the late Joan Crawford — but that 's just a guess ! |
| 8 | Well you could certainly say they could use them without understanding electronics , but that 's probably a good thing . |
| 9 | ‘ But that 's hardly a crime . ’ |
| 10 | yeah , no , but that 's still a paper though is n't it ? |
| 11 | They have to keep a logbook but that 's only a check to make sure that nobody 's leaving a mess in the common areas and we only have it because we 've found that some residents can have problems because they 've become deskilled in certain things . |
| 12 | But that 's only a palliative . ’ |
| 13 | You see something advertised like ‘ The Four Seasons ’ : well , everyone knows the famous bit , but that 's only a quarter of it . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , but that 's only a technicality . |
| 15 | ‘ But that 's only a hundred and fifty a week . ’ |
| 16 | But that 's only a story . |
| 17 | Now the part they play in the community depending on your political statistical or whatever leisure interest viewpoint may be that you think they have n't got the combination right but that 's obviously a very subjective thing , but I think that I mean the visibility and the social responsibility implements I would have thought are two of the most important for people . |
| 18 | But that 's really a marketing thing , it is n't too scientific . ’ |
| 19 | I said , no , actually but that 's always a lie ! |
| 20 | I 'm not allowed to show you in there but that 's quite a terrific place too . |
| 21 | But that is clearly a radical step , only likely to be taken when very serious abuse is involved . |
| 22 | At the simplest level , the forest around a village is being gently ‘ harvested ’ — there is a scheme for gathering seeds of shrubs and climbers , for export to the garden-centre pot-plant nurseries of the US , but that is just a start . |
| 23 | It has already led to grief , but that is just a beginning . ’ |
| 24 | He may not in fact manage to produce what meets the requirement , even when something he knows about would meet the requirement ; but that is simply a failure in a sort of performance in which he is at least sometimes capable of success , while no instrument is ever capable of it at all . |
| 25 | Most people prefer the total look to be soft and natural without some of the extravagances and hard colours of younger-style make-up , but that is partly a matter of personal taste and overall style . |
| 26 | ‘ In another location I would probably have a full dining room every night , but that is only a part of what is important to me . |
| 27 | This can be seen throughout Formen in his struggles with the word ‘ property ’ , but that is only a beginning . |
| 28 | But that is only a reason for saying that the value is not really there in the world if we presuppose a scientistic view of reality for which it is of itself necessarily ‘ motivationally inert ’ and cognizable in a manner which has nothing essentially to do with being attracted or repelled by it . |
| 29 | The heads of the different divisions might feel that it should be so but that is only a claim of ego and emotion . |
| 30 | But that is only a small part of the single currency argument . |