Example sentences of "but [pron] is [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They look at a map , draw a line and produce leaflets but nothing is done on the ground to withstand the pressure of hundreds of people following the route . |
| 2 | I have heard talk and talk , but nothing is done . |
| 3 | Every year we read about people who have died as a result of hypothermia or from a disease caused by hypothermia , but nothing is done . |
| 4 | Also in 1935 , the men were given permission to mark cards for the Ladies , but nothing is said of the reverse procedure . |
| 5 | That Aethelberht , king of Kent , exercised authority over his brother , Eadberht , is clear from the way in which it was necessary for Ealdwulf , bishop of Rochester , to secure confirmation of a grant of land from Eadberht in 738 from Aethelberht and Nothhelm , archbishop of Canterbury , acknowledging that he had erred in not doing so sooner ( CS 159 : S 27 ) , but nothing is said of any necessity to secure Aethelbald 's confirmation . |
| 6 | De Fazio denied that USL has already set up a UST subsidiary in Australia , saying that ‘ we 've been negotiating , but nothing is finalised . ’ |
| 7 | A record gross score is not recorded until 1911 when Philip Simmons returned a 75 ‘ beating the record by 2 ’ , but nothing is recorded of the earlier player 's 77 . |
| 8 | But nothing is implied by the new study of the utility of AZT in the treatment of those in whom symptoms have already appeared ; there is no case for abandoning that treatment , at least on the evidence now available . |
| 9 | At Prague airport , Anderson is searched thoroughly for Hollar 's thesis but nothing is found ( scene fifteen ) , the explanation being , as Anderson reveals to an indignant McKendrick once they have boarded the plane ( scene sixteen ) , that he has hidden it in McKendrick 's briefcase . |
| 10 | ‘ But nothing is signed and sealed yet . ’ |
| 11 | Staining for antibodies specific to the short-wave photopigment has revealed a sparse , semiregular array of cones ; but nothing is known about the arrangement of the more numerous long- and middle-wave cones . |
| 12 | We know that Wilson married , for his wife Mary helped him and continued the business for a time after his death , but nothing is known of her origins or ultimate fate . |
| 13 | The title of master was accorded him , but nothing is known of his education . |
| 14 | , John ( c. 1770– c. 1843 ) , merchant service master and Antarctic discoverer , was born c .1770 but nothing is known about his early life and education . |
| 15 | , Samuel ( c. 1797–1848 ) , actor and comedian , is believed to have been born around 1797 , but nothing is known about his parentage or background . |
| 16 | Leisure in the home : this photograph is labelled simply ‘ An Interior Kitchen 1927 ’ and may have been taken in Paisley , but nothing is known of the boy . |
| 17 | But nothing is proved , so he is released . |
| 18 | The Club will make the necessary arrangements , but no-one is allowed to go into town before clearing immigration nor should the skipper or any of the crew visit immigration as they will be told , in no uncertain terms , to return to the club immediately . |
| 19 | But everyone is advised to remain on their guard and keep vigilant for any suspicious activity . |
| 20 | Paul is a good guy , but everyone is brought up as a liberal and everybody therefore thinks that we do n't have to do anything active about it . |
| 21 | The sentences of most of the military prisoners were completed years ago , but nobody is released . |
| 22 | NCM has now developed , with some help from my company , a domestic credit policy which follows traditional lines but which is written in plain English ( ie with little insurance jargon ) . |
| 23 | However , the term ‘ disease ’ is slightly unfortunate in this context because it conjures up notions of a ‘ cause ’ that has little or nothing to do with the natural state of the organism but which is imposed on it , having a discontinuous effect ; as , for example , in infectious diseases . |
| 24 | In relation to nationalised industries , it is commonplace to vest in a particular Minister of the Crown a power to issue general directives as to the running of the industry in question but this is again nothing more than a matter of organisational preference ; not , of course a preference which is a matter of caprice but which is based on notions of the best procedures to attain the objective in view . |
| 25 | Interestingly , it was at this very juncture that an addition was made to the show for the revival — a movement which is not found either in the score or the 1692 quarto , but which is printed on the second of the single-sheet inserts in Q1693 . |
| 26 | ( T ) here are many cases where a man who has a ‘ right , ’ in the sense of a liberty or capacity of doing an act which is not unlawful , but which is calculated seriously to injure another , will be liable to a charge of blackmail if he demands money from that other as the price of abstaining . … |
| 27 | It is a process of transition which all young people have to pass through but which is experienced differently as a result of such key factors as class , race , gender and disability ( Cross and Smith 1987 , Griffin 1985 , Willis 1977 ) . |
| 28 | New Historicism is very adept at employing ‘ thick description ’ , a detailed skilful exposition of , usually , some text or document which has been largely critically bypassed previously , but which is shown to have a charged metaphoric function in revealing some facet of Renaissance culture . |
| 29 | I would like to develop a particular thesis to explain the contemporary crisis of capitalism which incorporates certain of the insights derived from all these approaches but which is anchored in a Christian world-view . |
| 30 | The war of resolutions overshadowed the Congress , which should have ended proceedings yesterday but which is expected to continue until the end of the week , as it discusses amendments to the Russian constitution . |