Example sentences of "but it be [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It annoys old ladies in Brighton , but it is proof of their essential good sense … families are impoverished but the family system has not broken up . |
| 2 | The use of a DBMS is not necessary to develop information systems , but it is part of the methodology for implementing information systems discussed in this text . |
| 3 | But it is stars of the theatrical and cinematic world — or certainly the matinee idols of that world — who still regard the term with such anxiety . |
| 4 | The log book , the registration document is not the car , but it is evidence of the ownership of the car . |
| 5 | But it is competence of a particular kind . |
| 6 | But it is entertainment with a serious intent . |
| 7 | I should leave , but it is entertainment of sorts , and hugely funny . |
| 8 | But it is humbug for the Harlequins to make a great song and dance about it — and for Jamie Salmon to imply that the New Zealanders never kick anyone . |
| 9 | But it is end of key stage four . |
| 10 | Most critics ignore the dreariness of our streets , but it is time for the public to demand better |
| 11 | But it is time for a woman : Alison is the choice . |
| 12 | I have some wonderful memories which I will always cherish but it is time for someone else to take over . |
| 13 | Thus there is continuity of policy but it is continuity on the lowest common factor . |
| 14 | But it is Judit to whom the chess world most readily gives the title of genius : last year , aged 13 , she achieved a Grandmaster norm and became the world 's top-ranking woman player . |
| 15 | The ‘ base communities ’ of Latin America know more than we do about hunger and sickness , but it is study of the Bible that gives them understanding and courage to demand justice in the name of the God of justice . |
| 16 | Publicity officer Frances Hopwood told the Herald : ‘ It would be a difficult task trying to report on the many aspects of Le Court which have benefited from her influence and forward thinking during these 19 years but it is thanks to her that Le Court has evolved to be the ‘ flagship of the Leonard Cheshire Foundation ’ . ’ |
| 17 | But it is information about ancient religions which is the most difficult to derive with any certainty from archaeological evidence . |
| 18 | I 'm persevering , but it 's kind of hard |
| 19 | But it 's kind of a shame , because I 'm only one element of blackness that you can see on television , and I 'll tell you , if I 'd been a kid and seen someone like me on telly , I 'd be a hell of a lot happier about the way I am in this world . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ But it 's kind of sad , as well . |
| 21 | Sun continues to say it will use the chip but it 's kind of hard for them to say where definitively until there 's working silicon . |
| 22 | that never did anything , that we inherited , and when we moved all that stuff that was on there , all that junk , erm , when we first moved , I thought it might flourish when it sorted it , but it 's kind of spindly so , that 's gone , no , no , another bush , over this side |
| 23 | She 's got one , it 's flat , it 's not flat but it 's kind of deflated , she 's getting er , doing handstands on it and she 's going my head , it 's my head |
| 24 | It 's kind of stupid but it 's kind of funny if you know what I mean cos the baby do n't talk and as soon as the Mum and Dad 's out of the room it 's let's go and find the chocolate . |
| 25 | Could I just say that readings taken in this adapted way are called decibels A-weighted , which is a bit sort of technical and silly , but it 's kind of important if you 're measuring the sort of sound that people listen to . |
| 26 | It 's a finger , but it 's part of a hand . |
| 27 | I do n't think either of us likes it very much , but it 's part of the image , so we bought a packet of Gauloises in yellow paper on the first day of the Great Famine , and have rationed them strictly , just as if we were in prison . |
| 28 | But it 's part of it . ’ |
| 29 | No my Lord it 's not pleaded certainly , but it , but it 's part of the expert report . |
| 30 | So they 'll have so many houses to work in , they will go along initially and make sure the plugs on er irons and It sounds very simple but it 's part of helping the community . |