Example sentences of "but it is [adj] [to-vb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is reasonable to assume that Eastern Europe is still considerably better off than Brazil , which in early 1990 was reported to be $6 billion in arrears on its $115 billion debt and facing the prospect of 2200 per cent inflation during the year . |
| 2 | There are no studies of the psychological state of IBS patients seen in primary care , but it is reasonable to assume that they represent an intermediate population . |
| 3 | Unfortunately we do not have a detailed , turn-by-turn transcription of her interactions , but it is reasonable to assume that her linguistic accommodation was preceded by an assessment of how her interlocutor might be expected to talk ; in other words , that Sue 's assumption of a persona would be mediated through a stereotype of the linguistic behaviour of the group to which she felt her customer belonged . |
| 4 | But it is appropriate to ask whether the brutal attack on her would have happened if she had been armed with the kind of baton the Home Secretary has banned . |
| 5 | At £25,000 he wo n't be secreted under everybody 's egg cosy at breakfast on Easter morning , but it is good to know that the best is there if you can afford it . |
| 6 | The first two types of educational computing in the list above are at the moment basically the province of such departments — but it is good to know that in many schools and colleges there are strong links with mathematics . |
| 7 | It may be impossible to draw up a fitness league table but it is possible to say that complexity has increased during evolution . |
| 8 | It is not that prospects for earnings are 10 p.c. better that they were in the middle of last week , but it is possible to argue that prospects are that much better than they would have been under a Labour government and that the market was discounting such a result . |
| 9 | But it is possible to believe that the idea of ventriloquism which lies at the heart of it may be successfully applied both to some sorts of contemporary author and to some of what went before . |
| 10 | Terry Waite languishes in Lebanon — but it is possible to believe that if our Government came up with a suitably attractive offer , he would be released . |
| 11 | Not everyone is moved to tears by the fate of vultures and wolves , but it is possible to think that the old crops of predators and scavengers were somehow more attractive than the new lot . |
| 12 | Inevitably , this involves loss , because it is not possible to reproduce on the page all the features of voices , movements , expressions , and of the situation ; but it is possible to keep or discard differing amounts . |
| 13 | Taking on a new persona is in any case impossible but it is possible to adopt and adapt some of the methods of effective presentation which others employ . |
| 14 | ‘ It can be difficult handling the residents at times , but it is nice to know that without CATH , they would otherwise be sleeping in the car parks or shop doorways ’ . |
| 15 | One would expect works on Religion , Philosophy and the English Classics in the library of a scholar but it is surprising to find that there are only a handful of books in Gaelicin the collection of one of the translaters of the Holy Scriptures into that language . |
| 16 | But it is sobering to reflect that Bowes could devote so much time and energy to assembling his huge collections , a task that preoccupied him for many years , without apparently caring that a main source of his wealth , coal , was blighting lives and blighting the countryside . |
| 17 | The Countryside Stewardship Scheme and other environmental protection measures are to be applauded but it is sobering to realise that it is not a new problem . |
| 18 | We laugh about it now , but it is sobering to think that thousands of men , either too old or too young for the Services , should have gone quite voluntarily , many nights a week , to drill and to manoeuvre , seriously believing that they might have to encounter an invading army . |
| 19 | But it is absurd to suppose that Lewis had nothing to gain from Minto 's company , or that all thEir time was spent discussing domestic trivia ( much as she and Lewis both enjoyed such discussions ) . |
| 20 | But it is absurd to suppose that every power which is conferred on the political head of a department must be exercised by him and him alone . |
| 21 | In many respects these are deficient and could be extended and improved , but it is misleading to suggest that no incentives to good performance exist except market forces . |
| 22 | We have had more debates on these issues , but it is insulting to suggest that our partners do not give them sufficient attention . |
| 23 | But it is necessary to establish that the words or behaviour in question fall within the terms of one or other ( or perhaps both ) of these epithets . |
| 24 | Where there is a non-pecuniary interest it is not necessary to establish actual bias but it is necessary to show that the decision has given the appearance of bias . |
| 25 | Of course , you can always do more but it is encouraging to know that you can reap the benefits of exercise in just ninety minutes a week . |
| 26 | But it is impossible to say whether a structure , along the lines alleged , exists . |
| 27 | But it is impossible to say whether this was because the partner 's monitoring of management boosted efficiency or because the Morgan association generally indicated a monopoly . |
| 28 | Hunsdon himself died in debt , but it is impossible to say whether this was the consequence of high expenses at court or whether he was typical : in the upper reaches of royal service , where conspicuous consumption was demanded , much would depend upon luck . |
| 29 | But it is impossible to accept that he acted alone in such an amateurish manner . |
| 30 | But it is right to notice and celebrate the many positive experiences we already have of the activity of women in the church . |