Example sentences of "but it [is] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This kind of argument reads well in Callinicos ' hands , but it is worth reminding ourselves of the unattractive reality to which it bears witness . |
| 2 | Usually , these are sold in bulk to a dealer who can handle large quantities but it is worth trying to do a deal on smaller quantities if you can get in on the ground floor , so to speak . |
| 3 | The walk follows a winding road out of Ballycastle for a short while , but it is worth branching off at the sign for Kinbane Castle . |
| 4 | Thereafter Offa assumed direct rule of Hwiccian territory in the 780s , and by the 790s the province was under the command of an individual known simply as dux ( CS 272 , 273 : S 146 ) , but it is worth emphasizing how long this process took . |
| 5 | Not all cuttings benefit greatly from a rooting hormone , but it is worth using . |
| 6 | In these days when money is n't worth what it was , it may not seem especially profligate to blow a few hundred thousands on transport modelling , but it is worth thinking about how else the government could have invested the money . |
| 7 | This may only be wishful thinking , but it is worth thinking . |
| 8 | It is difficult to find this tea , but it is worth looking for . |
| 9 | Most of these are well beyond binocular range , but it is worth looking for the ‘ Black-Eye ’ galaxy M64 , which is within a degree of the star 35 Comæ , not far from Alpha . |
| 10 | But it is worth looking at two major examples in more detail to get a flavour of those heady days . |
| 11 | The whole business of listening to lectures is discussed elsewhere ( chapter 3 ) but it is worth emphasising here that note-making is not concerned with taking down every word that a lecturer says . |
| 12 | The connection between modern architecture and tyranny awaits its historian , but it is worth reflecting on the mentality of Le Corbusier and his acolytes before being too harsh on the servile Romanian architects who competed for Ceauşescu 's favour so that they could take charge of the vast projects he had in mind . |
| 13 | But it is worth drawing attention to two particular difficulties which stemmed from the disturbed condition of the city of Belfast , but are likely to occur rather generally in run-down industrial cities . |
| 14 | That policy was overturned in two minutes flat but it is worth remembering that it had held sway since the inception of the service areas fifteen years earlier . |
| 15 | But it is worth remembering that early in Earth 's history the continents were much smaller than they are now . |
| 16 | The great period of the spread of new , especially Egyptian , oriental and Thracian cults was the fourth century ( chapter 13 ) , but it is worth remembering that Kroisos ( Hdt. i. 146 ) in the sixth century , and the Athenian Kimon in the fifth ( Plut . |
| 17 | Evidence for road transport is hard to come by , but it is worth remembering that the fifteenth century saw a considerable amount of bridge-building ; old timber structures were replaced by stone ones , some of which still survive . |
| 18 | What we do not know is how far these were typical , but it is worth remembering that the letters of both the Pastons and the Stonors are largely concerned with family concerns rather than national politics . |
| 19 | Most of the ideas , techniques and strategies described in Part Two hold good for working with young children , but it is worth devoting time to a specific discussion of how one might adapt the work on still image and forum theatre for use with this age group , as they are sometimes thought to be strategies that can only be successfully used with older children . |
| 20 | But it is worth investing in brand new , state-of-the-art equipment for what is argued by some to be an unhealthy form of cooking ? |
| 21 | But it is worth bearing in mind that he is a fine iron player and , until his seven at the 10th hole in the third round of the Players ' Championship , he was jointly leading the field . |
| 22 | Not wanting to cause friction with your partner is understandable , but it is worth bearing a few things in mind . |
| 23 | To pursue the question of whether that is so , would go beyond the limits of the present discussion , but it is worth bearing in mind , when the relations are discussed of biology to the social sciences , that an essential social science is likely to prove to be history . |
| 24 | But it is worth pointing out that of the 40 seats where we called upon ‘ no-hope ’ third-party candidates to stand down to maximise the chances of defeating the Tory incumbents , just seven were captured by the opposition parties . |
| 25 | But it is worth pointing out one obvious hostage given by treating the ‘ inside ’ as a matter of the desires and beliefs of individual actors . |
| 26 | The pattern may look more obvious after the event , but it is worth pointing out that the French war in Vietnam in 1946 is sandwiched between their bombardment of Damascus and the eruption at Setif in Algeria in 1945 and their violent repression of the nationalist revolt in Madagascar in 1947 after similar claims had been made for independence within the French Union . |
| 27 | I shall not anticipate the arguments here , but it is worth pointing out that in a context of incomes policy , struggles over enterprise policy and operations would assume an increased importance : if wage-determination were conducted on a more centralised basis then the focus of collective bargaining at enterprise level would have to change . |
| 28 | Size is n't imperative , but it is worth considering , especially if you 're putting in a networked PC for a novice , or if you 're short of desk space . |
| 29 | Whether such prohibitions would meet the requirements of the situation as far as society is concerned is a moot point , but it is worth considering . |
| 30 | It is the first kind of approach that has so far yielded the most insight , but it is worth considering the possibility of the analysis of interaction by synthesis . |