Example sentences of "but it is often " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Caroline Crawford , the authority 's spokesman , said : ‘ We can all sneer at people who are caught out by outrageous offers , but it is often a case of the triumph of hope over experience . |
| 2 | A chance finding , outside the mainstream of scientific research , can sometimes be very valuable , but it is often difficult to see its potential . |
| 3 | The custard-skin type of surface is not as common as the rubbly type , but it is often particularly well-developed on oceanic volcanoes , and especially on the Hawaiian islands . |
| 4 | But it is often the case that , by finding a transformation that will promote equality of spread or linearity , it is possible to achieve the first three at the same time . |
| 5 | But it is often assumed that so doing is to be following in the footsteps of Marx , when he gave his example of luxury goods production , basing himself on the premise that the sub-department lib produced only goods for capitalist consumption . |
| 6 | Since Chaucer 's day this has been referred to as CATERWAULING , but it is often recorded not as an aggressive sound but as a sexual one . |
| 7 | But it is often forgotten that even less physical sports such as bowls , and even snooker , where the same movement is repeated many times , can cause problems , too . |
| 8 | They fry can be left with the parents until they attain anything up to one inch in length , but it is often advisable to remove the parents long before this . |
| 9 | In the theatre , stage lighting varies in brightness , but it is often sufficient for video recording purposes , even if only as an aid to rehearsals . |
| 10 | Fathers , because ultimately they control financial resources , may be the people who sign cheques or who authorize the payment of money to their children , but it is often women who mediate and negotiate such gifts and loans ( Morris , 1983 ) . |
| 11 | This metaphor of the stage or the world as a place for performance and pretence is familiar , but it is often misinterpreted as a criticism of the theatre . |
| 12 | Many of the routine social situations we find ourselves in are clearly rule-governed , but it is often extremely difficult to specify exactly what the rules are or what are the potential breaches of the rules . |
| 13 | But it is often implied that these were the result of particular social and political circumstances . |
| 14 | But it is often difficult to judge . |
| 15 | Local knowledge in other industries certainly exists , but it is often ignored . |
| 16 | The word ’ perceptron ’ can mean just one isolated computational node , like a single neurone ; but it is often taken to mean an entire device with many layers and many nodes in each layer . |
| 17 | Apart from the statue within , sculpture is not a necessary part of this design , but it is often added , always in certain set positions : akroteria , freestanding statues above the three angles of the gable ; and reliefs on the metopes and in the pediments . |
| 18 | This may seem obvious advice , but it is often ignored . |
| 19 | Physical power is absent from most organisations ( except the prison service and the armed forces ) , but it is often evident as an undercurrent in industrial relations ( eg violence on the picket line or bullying on the shop floor ) . |
| 20 | Tools are expensive , but it is often a false economy to go for the cheapest . |
| 21 | Strictly speaking the peak static torque is a function of phase current , but it is often quoted as a single value corresponding to the rated phase current . |
| 22 | By changing the excitation frequency we can probe the upper-state vibrational levels , but it is often difficult to identify the ν'=; 0 level , which may have low probability of excitation or emission . |
| 23 | Heading and axis labels are entered during the production of the graph , but it is often useful to be able to add a little extra explanatory text or graphic . |
| 24 | Soil pipes from downstairs WCs may be connected to the main soil stack of a single-stack system , but it is often better to connect them directly to the underground drains . |
| 25 | Other places were also hit savagely from time to time , but it is often difficult to tell from the registers which particular disease was responsible for an unusually high number of deaths . |
| 26 | Not only is the evidence scarce , but it is often undependable . |