Example sentences of "but [adj] [is] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To say either that someone acts authoritatively or that someone is responsible for his actions may depend upon the possibility of ascribing mental states or capacities but neither is merely a shorthand way of ascribing them . |
| 2 | Now we were going to do The Holly and The Ivy , but that 's why the carol crept in . |
| 3 | I wonder if it 's something to do with the job that you do or the people you have to work with I do n't know but that 's generally the tendency of people in these groups , team workers come out quite highly . |
| 4 | You would n't let a thief tow away your home — but that 's exactly the sort of invitation you give a criminal if your caravan is n't secured ! |
| 5 | You pay , of course , but that 's rarely a problem for his clientele . |
| 6 | For instance , sometimes the Profitboss will disagree with a decision made by his boss ; but that 's rarely a reason to resign . |
| 7 | But that 's where the manager 's a victim , trapped in a sort of time warp , waiting to find out if those Moores millions will ever be available again . |
| 8 | But that 's just a way of changing key . |
| 9 | That 's my teacher at school but that 's just a lady . |
| 10 | I was high on LSD probably , but that 's just a guess . ’ |
| 11 | It also sounds a bit like the late Joan Crawford — but that 's just a guess ! |
| 12 | ‘ There 's Cockfosters , sir , but that 's just a cage , too , and the school opposite Wandsworth Prison . |
| 13 | Poor man — I do n't know what he thought about me , but that 's just the way it happened . |
| 14 | But that 's just the way they 'd rather be . |
| 15 | But that 's just the point — it 's dismal and bleak and they 're frozen stiff , hoping to catch Ramirez in the stake- out and barely able to express anything , but what they do express is infinitely lugubrious and despondent . |
| 16 | ‘ Ah , but that 's just the point , that 's just the brilliance of it . |
| 17 | But that 's just the sort of costly stunt that the unconventional Richard Branson attempts when he 's not at the helm of his two highly successful businesses , music group Virgin and airline Virgin Atlantic . |
| 18 | But that 's just the nature of the beast of , of the fact he had fifteen minutes , it 's , it 's only an observation really . |
| 19 | But that 's just the start ; counts of 200 are not uncommon and in summer 1984 the pollen count in central London reached a record 820 . |
| 20 | ‘ Ah , but that 's just the Earth 's gravity . |
| 21 | But that 's also the nature of the way things are really is n't it as well you know ? |
| 22 | Erm greeting and appropriate sociability fine , you were a little bit nervous so you tended to sort of talk over me a little bit but that 's not a problem , it probably would n't happen in real life . |
| 23 | ‘ You 're a good rider , Lady Fei , but that 's not a stunt I 'd recommend you try a second time . ’ |
| 24 | We 've got some smudges but that 's not a lot of use . ’ |
| 25 | " True , the guys at the bottom of the money list are making about $100,000 a year , but that 's not a lot for professional athletes . |
| 26 | Sa , and I 'd say yeah but that 's not a pun that 's only a pun if you if you write down this is smashing said erm the robber or the smash and grab , in other words the window fell in , that kind of thing , you know . |
| 27 | I was horrified at the lack of concern … but that 's not the kind of thing this band addresses . ’ |
| 28 | But that 's not the kind of music I like . |
| 29 | But that 's not the problem here because I think this one is excellent . |
| 30 | ‘ If I was the best second row forward in England I 'd hope to get into the side , but that 's not the case at the moment , ’ he said . |