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

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 But it 's one thing to foresee , say , which horse is going to win the Derby .
7 But it was one thing to tell myself that and another to act on it with any conviction .
8 But it was one thing to want to see some medium-term alteration of the shape of British industry .
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