Example sentences of "but it [is] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A mild recession may cause far more economic damage than a one-day stockmarket fall of , say , 25% , but it is much less unsettling . |
| 2 | But it is all good fun . |
| 3 | I peer into the rain for a glimpse of Storskarfjell , but it is all wet misery to the south . |
| 4 | All these factors have some role in Emerson 's make-up , but it is that old Paulista go-ahead mentality that made him one of the most disciplined , most consistent and , in his prime , ablest of drivers . |
| 5 | We have Karl Popper 's criticisms of evolutionary studies ; but it is another two pages before we get his recantation , prefixed by the words ‘ to be fair to Popper ’ . |
| 6 | Each table has 12 which , with six fat legs , could probably hold the roof up but it is this very rigidity that makes the construction hard . |
| 7 | But it is this very oil that currently keeps the wheels of British industry turning . |
| 8 | But it is this silly attitude towards using appropriate tackle that is the main factor contributing to the barbel 's demand for increasingly smaller hooks . |
| 9 | But it is this commercial work that he sees as fulfilling a far more important function — it is the means by which he is able to fund his own personal projects . |
| 10 | The example a few hundred yards upstream cuts through the neck of an entrenched meander , but it is some 100 m ( 330 ft ) long so that considerable modification will have to take place before it becomes a true natural arch of the Ardèche type , if it ever does . |
| 11 | how to spell it , but it is some funny name like that . |
| 12 | All spadefoot toads have adapted to arid environments , but it is these two species that are most finely tuned to the harsh extremes of life in the Sonoran desert . |
| 13 | But it is these very qualities of perception and judgement that are reduced by stress . |
| 14 | From the parking area above , you can easily walk down at either end of the crag , but it 's much more fun to follow the path leftwards and make a free 25 metres abseil through the blow-hole in the roof of the enormous cave of Baume Percée . |
| 15 | But it 's all good practice , a good day out . |
| 16 | Alright , you might have got the odd but it 's all this warming , doing it and then half leaving it and then |
| 17 | I mean you go down in London it 's the it 's just like Rebel Yell everywhere , but it 's all heavy rock so |
| 18 | you know , but it 's all these jelly sweets , you know choosing different jelly , jelly snakes and things , my two are n't into them |
| 19 | There was only a small percentage but it 's that small percentage which gives our problem . |
| 20 | if , they ca n't , they 've got this system when they can key it in you know and comes up with a price , but it 's that bloody strip |
| 21 | Well , er no but it 's that little lad that hangs around at Chrissie 's . |
| 22 | The leading showjumpers can earn over £100,000 a year , but it 's that red jacket with the Union Jack on it that Linda has her eyes on . |
| 23 | He heard the stage doorman say , ‘ I 'm sorry , Miss , but it 's that old git who 's horny about you . |
| 24 | My Knights plod around spiking them with their lances , but it 's such boring work and they 're beginning to feel defeated by sheer numbers . |
| 25 | We like mixed-ability teaching in principle — but it 's such hard work ( if you 're not going to cop out and use worksheets all the time ) that we find ourselves longing for the good old days of streaming . |
| 26 | Ah , but it 's this very desire for a ‘ real soul ’ that is the malaise . |
| 27 | The father 's quarrel was enough to move him to act , but it 's some new offence against himself has sharpened his enmity to this extreme . |
| 28 | The use of the superior driver chip is n't new — some IBM PS/2s have them — but it 's another nice touch . |
| 29 | She wanted to see me grow up , it was as simple as that , but it 's those simple things that are sometimes the hardest to accept . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It is n't always easy but it 's those hard patches where you come together . |