Example sentences of "but [pron] 's [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | His wife 's a little sad today because he phoned here this morning and she 's a little upset , she 'd like to go home and be with him , but she 's happy that he 's safe |
| 2 | But he 's confident that Cheltenham can pull it off . |
| 3 | But he 's hopeful that it will continue . |
| 4 | But it 's encouraging that so many scientists , politicians and ( of late ) influential business people have been making it unmistakably clear to White House officials that the US position on global warming and the whole Earth Summit process absolutely stinks . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm flattered , but it 's better that we wait until tonight , believe me . |
| 6 | As Rob said : ‘ Our contribution hardly scratched the surface of what was needed out there , but it 's essential that every effort is made to make life bearable until sanity returns . ’ |
| 7 | But it 's odd that your brother is . |
| 8 | Erm , but it 's impressive that he now feels we should be allowed to spend more money to create jobs , because of course a lot of us have been trying to point that out for years to the governments which stupidly cap authorities so they ca n't actually carry out the infrastructure improvements that are needed to enable the economy and the society to function properly . |
| 9 | I 'd play it but it 's possible that the red one will go when you take it out . |
| 10 | But it 's undeniable that , for many women , the status which goes with being a wife is important . |
| 11 | So those issues about ‘ blood ’ relations as ‘ natural ’ bonds have been dealt with in some grand , melodramatic way in the American soaps and are now also coming into the British soaps , in less melodramatic forms , but it 's significant that there 's a lot of concern , not around motherhood but actually more around fatherhood . |
| 12 | I pretend to believe in living in my room , but it 's true that I am trying to thrust myself on stage . |
| 13 | But it 's important that all this good work is not undone by unhygienic practices after the food is bought — when it is taken home , stored and cooked . |
| 14 | But it 's important that he should recognise the damage he 's done and the pain she has felt . |
| 15 | But it 's important that they get abroad and see these because they also imbibe a lot of feeling from just walking around these places and seeing what the ladies are wearing so it 's very important for them to go to those places . |
| 16 | At the end of the day , this might not be possible , but it 's important that we explore all the avenues . ’ |
| 17 | " Most people have an affection for trees and think they 're beautiful and necessary to the landscape and so on , but it 's important that we also realise their value as a national asset . |
| 18 | But it 's important that you get Robert G Hughes and not Robert Hughes who is Labour MP for Aberdeen . |
| 19 | But it 's unthinkable that they should allow the krytron into the hands of their oldest ally . |
| 20 | But it 's obvious that the sudden appearance of money in his pocket and his death are linked and we want to find out how . |
| 21 | Er in my opinion at this particular time we must bear in mind the financial constraints that we work under and er would the board agree with me that erm survival comes first yes but it 's obvious that the programme that we 've er had put forward is a good compromise between preferred in the arts , maintaining the theatre as a viable proposition and er entertaining the people of this particular part of the world because as I understand it this theatre was not just the artist also an entertainment centre and it 's in this area that er it 's quite obvious when you look into the figures on this area the popular area that the majority income comes so you 'll have to make a compromise and I will congratulate the board on what I think is pretty reasonable compromise so it 's quite obvious in the programme . |
| 22 | Now , obviously I 'm not going to talk about profits from the T V division just now , because Thames only came in at the half year , and we 're not including any profits from B Sky B in the half year , but it 's likely that we 'll take some de-loan stock interest in at the year end . |
| 23 | But it 's likely that Craig Brown will see out the World Cup qualifying series . |
| 24 | On the dates that you 've anticipated if Mr comes back by that time we 'll be able to absorb the post , but it 's likely that he may move on from this , because it 's a fairly substantial move up . |
| 25 | But it 's likely that it 'll be the last showing at Notts County Council of course . |
| 26 | But it 's clear that it 's hardly plausible to account for the current indie mire in those terms , as a problem of indulgence , pretentiousness , over-inflated ambition and gross-out . |
| 27 | CS : ‘ You can say all you like , but it 's clear that soul music is more popular than it has ever been , worldwide . ’ |
| 28 | Perhaps the display asked more questions than it answered but it 's clear that the young stars are staking claims early . |
| 29 | I do n't think there 's enough evidence to bear that out as yet , but it 's clear that some companies are now ahead of their consumers in terms of what they 're trying to do and the products they 're developing . |
| 30 | But it 's clear that no amount of research will answer what seems at the outset to be a simple question , that is , ‘ Is golf good for the environment ? ’ the reply has to be , ‘ It depends . ’ |