Example sentences of "but [pron] is [adj] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But there is little organized dissent .
2 ‘ My husband has a new job but he is unable to start work because he can not leave Oman .
3 But it is possible to reduce company car costs while increasing the employee 's perceived remuneration .
4 But it is possible to reduce salt consumption further by ‘ placing the salt shaker at some distance from the table ’ .
5 Even under local management of schools there may be little that you can do about restoring peeling paint work and cleaning grimy windows , but it is possible to keep litter under control and flower beds and grassed areas looking attractive .
6 The cost of all this clothing is expensive to buy brand new , but it is possible to get hold of good priced secondhand clothing .
7 If the E111 form was not obtained prior to departure , the medical costs are insured by the policy but it is possible to obtain recovery from the Department of Health and Social Security .
8 As was soon discovered , it acts rather like chlorpromazine , but it is slower to take effect .
9 Practice may vary but it is usual to restrict fibre in the diet to reduce the bulk of faeces .
10 The absence of an evaluative element is a limitation for anyone trying to select between different items , but it is helpful to have access to comprehensive lists of titles which can be searched by a variety of subject approaches , especially since these include recent titles which are unlikely to appear in published bibliographies .
11 ‘ This has been a big exercise , ’ said Crawford , ‘ but it is all nearing completion now and the new systems should be up and running during the next six months . ’
12 It is not necessary to bring convictions every time , but it is necessary to prevent terrorism .
13 But it is easy to generate trade interest and early sales with a gimmicky new product in gadget-hungry North America .
14 You do n't have to , but it is convenient to put solder pins at the input and output terminations ; it makes disconnection easier if this becomes necessary when fitting the unit into a case .
15 It is clear that these were not discrete categories but it is convenient to consider abuse of power under the following headings :
16 The company did not say anything about the level of losses , but it is hard to improve profitability against a background of falling sales .
17 The company did not say anything about the level of losses , but it is hard to improve profitability against a background of falling sales .
18 But it is hard to blame Labour 's 1992 defeat on poll tax-related non-registration .
19 A smaller than usual proportion of members who had sat in the Good Parliament were re-elected to this parliament , but it is hard to find evidence that the government tried to ensure the election of their own supporters .
20 In most circumstances , during negotiations , an air of confidence will be implied but it is sensible to stress confidentiality ; for example , by stating that the information is confidential and must not be disclosed to anyone else without permission .
21 But it is difficult to draw sound conclusions from it , because ‘ problem families ’ need to be studied alongside ‘ normal families ’ and ‘ successful families ’ if we are to understand how they differ .
22 There can be no real intimacy without risk , but it is difficult to establish trust without risk to demonstrate it .
23 @% can be set equal to a decimal integer , but it is easier to use hexadecimal , since each byte can then be considered separately .
24 But it is important to consider set-up charges and early redemption penalties .
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