Example sentences of "but it [be] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Needs and wants are often similar , but it is good practice to assume there may be a distinction . |
| 2 | Such surveillance should not , of course , be thrust on unwilling recipients without good cause , but it is good practice to keep in touch and know how people are getting on . |
| 3 | But it is pure anachronism to suppose , as several recent writers on ‘ The Other Victorians ’ have done , that the official sexual morality of the age was mere window-dressing . |
| 4 | But it is one thing to say that the rich , orderly Swedes can put their energy house in order with a minimum of CO 2 . |
| 5 | But it is one thing to say that once the House of Lords is seised of the case it must resolve all outstanding issues in the appeal itself . |
| 6 | But it is one thing to thumb your nose at Mr Gorbachev over the Kremlin wall , as many thousands did in a demonstration in Moscow last weekend . |
| 7 | But it is one thing to document the diversity in local authority expenditure and political activity ; it is another to account for its origins and maintenance . |
| 8 | But it is one thing to have sufficient understanding in coming to believe and another to have it in every area of continuing to believe . |
| 9 | But it is wishful thinking to believe that these complementary methods could instantly and completely replace the use of animals . |
| 10 | But it is another matter to use these ideas , or rather the names of their originators , primarily as weapons against an insular establishment . |
| 11 | 3 It is one thing to recognise the limited possibilities of insurrection in Britain , but it is another thing to move from this into support for the Labour Party . |
| 12 | Other characters may also be found , but it is common practice to refer to all symbolic characters as Shou ( or Fu ) symbols , regardless of their exact form or meaning . |
| 13 | But it 's one thing to foresee , say , which horse is going to win the Derby . |
| 14 | Oh come on Christopher come and sometimes it in the right panel , that 's the right panel there and then it goes in the left hand and then it goes to the right hand and then it goes to the left then right , the left , the right , left , right , left , confusing , but it 's that hand to start with |
| 15 | Erm you know people know the answers questions or they 've got an idea material of your own experience you know a lot more than they do , but it 's good technique to throw it back to the group . |
| 16 | But it was one thing to tell myself that and another to act on it with any conviction . |
| 17 | But it was one thing to want to see some medium-term alteration of the shape of British industry . |