Example sentences of "but it be the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is the Japanese manufacturers who have made a poor showing in the DSP arena — probably due in part to a lack of commitment and feeble marketing . |
| 2 | The , the report addresses the past and current G M B policy but it is the future needs of our members that we must plan for . |
| 3 | No doubt , Dej 's cronies had enjoyed access to the small pleasures of life which were increasingly denied to their subjects by the impact of their own economic policies , but it is the tawdry nature of men like the Minister of the Interior , Tudor Postelnicu , which is so unattractive . |
| 4 | INSPIRATION may not spring readily from the prosaic-sounding north Midlands town of Southwell but it is the black stuff that dreams are made of in the eyes of Ron and Richard Muddle , the father and son team of racing entrepreneurs extraordinary . |
| 5 | But it is the real powerbrokers , the businessmen and the politicians , who top the honours list and take their pay offs in peerages . |
| 6 | Similarly , the universe may not be in the state defined by a sum over nonsingular histories , but it is the only state in which science could predict how the universe should be . |
| 7 | It wo n't do any good but it is the only way that I can reply to your last love letter or apologize for that cruel punch at your face . |
| 8 | This does feel a bit like you are trying to blow your eyeballs out of your ears , but it is the only way to avoid disaster . |
| 9 | " But it is the only way to save the country . |
| 10 | The scattering of maps is random and often difficult to read , but it is the only catalogue to illustrate a Chacmool in the supine position with head turned that impressed Henry Moore . |
| 11 | In a way the proposal that the state of the universe is determined by a sum over only nonsingular histories is like the drunk looking for his key under the lamp-post : It may not be where he lost it , but it is the only place where he might find it . |
| 12 | But it is the actual icon that amplifies this condition when we are in close proximity to its form . |
| 13 | There is some truth to this , but it is the other qualities of cigarettes — addictiveness , historic price inelasticity and unusually high levels of brand loyalty — that make price cutting by Philip Morris , and subsequently by its main rival RJR , such a stark symbol of change . |
| 14 | Both the silver and golden orfe make good pond fish , but it is the golden kind that is most frequently encountered . |
| 15 | But it is the enclosing mountains that are the most impressive and arresting features of the glen . |
| 16 | The blue chip authors are holding their own , but it is the new authors who are really struggling in the current climate . |
| 17 | ONE ELEGANT RELIC hardly describes the superb first prize that awaits the winner of our April competition but it is the correct answer to the anagram posed and wins that same prize for Lesley Allen of Hartshill , Stoke-on-Trent . |
| 18 | But it is the specific duty of public health doctors to ensure that the entire medical profession and those whom medical practitioners work with and seek or need to influence ( including health authorities ) are working towards improving the public health . |
| 19 | By conventional standards , it is true , the inconclusive ending is a cheat , but it is the right ending nonetheless . |
| 20 | The excesses of Vathek do have some emulators — in Matthew Lewis 's The Monk ( 1796 ) , and even in the Victorian novels of Sheridan Le Fanu — but it is the polite feeling of Otranto that flourishes in the hugely popular Gothic novels of the Regency . |
| 21 | But it is the sad worldliness of the backstage banter which makes this play so interesting . |
| 22 | But it is the immaculate artistry of Michael Crawford and Frances Cuka that makes us care . |
| 23 | Several species of aphis attack waterlilies , but it is the true waterlily aphis that is the most devastating . |
| 24 | Analysts would dispute the ASB 's characterisation of their approach , but it is the unsophisticated user that Mr Bradfield is concerned about : ‘ FRS 3 gives the user a selection of information that lacks coherence and produces a number of meaningless headline figures … normally it will require translation . ’ |
| 25 | It might be the place where the young of the West come to be seen , but it is the old guard who hold their ground , the poets and writers , pamphleteers and musicians who leave their mark on the atmosphere of this enchanted city . |
| 26 | But it is the considered view of local authorities monitoring Docklands development that the residents of the East End are getting ‘ little more than crumbs from Docklands ’ . |
| 27 | Obviously , staff will be delighted that the appointment of a new Director has been made and sad that Tom has gone but it is the proposed reorganisation which will occupy the minds of most staff . |
| 28 | But it is the whole truth . |
| 29 | This applies to all disputes , but it is the territorial disputes with religious backgrounds that are causing so much suffering , and which so badly need a completely new criterion against which they can be judged . |
| 30 | But it is the solar eclipse on the 24th that holds the greatest potential for you : an addition to the family or change of location could be on the cards for next year . |