Example sentences of "but it [be] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But it is varying cultural transactions of the past which encouraged Shakespeare 's plays to remain in wide circulating which empower Shakespeare 's continued circulation .
2 But it is considering other changes to please the market .
3 Failure to achieve a good set because of poor pollination cuts potential output , but it is thought compensatory growth in fertile grain sites can offset this .
4 It 's not a miracle cure , but it 's hoped American trials prove it can slow down the onset of Aids .
5 The concept of the church as heaven on earth was as old as Byzantium , but it was given new impetus in these confections of the Holy Roman Empire 's last century .
6 It sounds passé now , but it was breaking new ground for all of us ; putting into words the taboos in our lives — sex , sexuality , relating to men — and the bonus , our new found enjoyment of each other 's company without men .
7 But it was exasperated Tory backbenchers who sealed his fate .
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