Example sentences of "but this [is] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But this is about my son Linton , not me . |
| 2 | There 's an old saying that there 's not such thing as a free lunch , but this is about as close as you can get . |
| 3 | We looked at about 25 or 30 , but this is about the nicest we saw . |
| 4 | a sketch , if you plotted it on paper , but this is without plotting it , we 're getting it quite accurately . |
| 5 | The painter has given us most interesting information of the types and uses of craft on the different lakes , but this is of secondary importance to his using the water as a well-lit stage to the main theme , the mountains . |
| 6 | The male can be left with the female , probably mating her two or three times , but this is of no importance . |
| 7 | No signal can be received outside that range but this is of no consequence . |
| 8 | Finally a heavy press crushes out the remainder of the must , but this is of an inferior quality . |
| 9 | Intact proinsulin and 32–33 split proinsulin constitute a higher percentage of the total insulin and insulin precursor molecules in the plasma of fasting subjects with non-insulin dependent diabetes but this is of uncertain pathophysiological significance . |
| 10 | But this is of little comfort , since the two are commonly inextricably intertwined . |
| 11 | It has been held that the owner of a swarm of bees has no right to follow it onto another man 's land , but this is of no general assistance for , once the bees get onto that land they become again ferae naturae and the property of no one . |
| 12 | In Jones v. Padavatton [ 1969 ] 1 W.L.R. 328 at 333 , above , p. 186 , Salmon L.l. said of Shadwell v. Shadwell : ‘ I confess that I should have decided it without hesitation in accordance with the views of Byles l. , but this is of no consequence . |
| 13 | By the end of the assembly process the variable will exist ( assuming the code is correct ) , but this is of little use since the assembler can not " backtrack " and correct the errors . |
| 14 | But this is with the benefit of hindsight . |
| 15 | But this is at the level of nationalist discourse . |
| 16 | More meaningful results are obtained by producing budgetary accounts that are classified in a way which is specific to the particular service but this is at the expense of a uniform format for budgetary accounting . |
| 17 | Possibly we 're looking to reduce home help hours , but this is at a time when , at the same time I 'm saying to you , we 're having problems with our S T G , our special grant for care in the community . |
| 18 | And then they get er D I Y pack which these two I know you saw that before but this is at the back of it . |
| 19 | Compared with a Butterworth filter of the same order , the cut-off may be steeper near the cut-off frequency but this is at the expense of slightly oscillating transmission in the pass band . |
| 20 | So that 's very useful to show you how women have been affected but this is on our claims experience . |
| 21 | They do n't know at the time , but this is to be the biggest event of the unusually hot British summer . |
| 22 | They may communicate more fully than they would in real life but this is to my advantage as the reader because it increases my relief and my pleasure . |
| 23 | But this is for the bass player who goes widdlywiddlywee … |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't know how long we 'll be out , sir , but this is for the drinks cupboard . |
| 25 | O K , I just wanted us to , to do that erm , because erm , one of the things that I suspect when you 're getting down to doing your plan tomorrow , is that with the best will in the world , even though I say but this is for sales course , one of things you will want objectively to look at is either your revenue or your trading base or something , er , I just wanted to carry that through . |
| 26 | But this is like to be a boring trip , see you — business , just . |
| 27 | But this is like wondering how much French or Italian to learn . |
| 28 | She has to work tremendously hard , but this is like building the banks of the river for it to flow through . |
| 29 | But this is like suggesting that pigs might fly . |
| 30 | But this is like the argument about nature and the biosphere : of whether you can mess around with it as much as you like , and expect it to survive . |