Example sentences of "but [pron] is [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 'll have to make adjustments , but theirs is such a rugby culture that they 'll spare nothing . |
| 2 | She wrote to us in July , and we were delighted to hear from her , but she is such a roamer that I do n't feel confident in replying to the address she gave then . |
| 3 | But there is all the difference in the world between people created as equal before God , having equal access to the law , and the way in which equality is used so frequently today : not as equality of opportunity but as equality of outcome . |
| 4 | H.T.s and Floribundas are glorious , but there is such a thing as too much sameness , as the saying goes : ‘ having too much of a good thing ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ All right , you became pregnant then , but there is such a thing as birth control and — Watch out ! ’ |
| 6 | But there is such a thing as international law |
| 7 | When they er put the new pump in , but it is such a nuisance . |
| 8 | But it is certain the collaboration with BBC Enterprises offers a formidable cocktail . |
| 9 | Sometimes you are fierce and angry but it is all a cover for the soft innocence inside you . |
| 10 | But it is all a matter of language . |
| 11 | Fields get smaller and birch tree scrub predominates but it is all a Garden of Eden by Lewis standards . |
| 12 | But it is unlikely the court will be able to enforce any contact order . |
| 13 | But it is clear the Treasury is holding out against providing substantial extra central funds , arguing it has no way of being sure that extra money will go into reducing the impact of the tax , rather than into increased spending . |
| 14 | In practice this process may be considered broken , for not only will it never interact with the outside world , but what is worse the environment can never detect this fact . |