Example sentences of "but [conj] it [is] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does the Prime Minister agree with the proposition that it is entirely sensible for a Government to borrow prudently in order to fund capital investment to build economic recovery but that it is sheer folly for a Government to borrow in order to buy votes for an election ? |
| 2 | ‘ But getting back to your question , what I really wanted from this album was for anyone who hears it to say they like it or they do n't like it , but that it 's pure Steve Harley . ’ |
| 3 | If it 's government paid , it 'll be twenty nine fifty a week , but if it 's employed status |
| 4 | But if it 's straight word processing you 're after , Q&A has most of what you need . |
| 5 | We 're a school choir — if there are many youth choirs , who can draw from several schools around the area there then the chances of our getting anywhere are slim but if it 's large school choirs then I think we probably do stand a fair chance . |
| 6 | ‘ I know you and Niall did n't exactly get off to a good start , but if it 's any consolation you caught him at a bad time . |
| 7 | If the change is exothermic T s will exceed T r for a short period , but if it is endothermic T s will temporarily lag behind T r . |
| 8 | But if it is bad news for borrowers , investors have never had it so good . |
| 9 | But if it is military evidences that you are pursuing , then I would leave Tarbes and go instead to the splendid castle of Montaner , a few miles to the north-west — not quite Pyrenean I will admit , but near enough and certainly good enough to be brought in here . |
| 10 | Mm , but unless it 's added additives |
| 11 | Therefore , if we are to exalt the work of Georgia O'Keeffe , let us not exalt it because it seems to be a rare psychic perception of the world peculiar to a woman , but because it is good painting . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ That history , because it is God 's history , is a purposeful line ; but because it is human history as well , it is also a zig-zag one . ’ |
| 13 | If they said to us we 're not going to insure you because you have black people staying people staying it would be illegal but because it 's poor people they can dictate to us . |
| 14 | if it was seventeen per cent , oh I can do that it 's point one seven , but when it 's seventeen point five , and where does the point go ? |
| 15 | Well I do n't mind , well I mean this is a horrible thing to say but I do n't necessarily mind people robbing from the rich but when it 's poor people robbing from the poor , it 's a really wank off , really wanky thing to do , you know , I just think it 's disgusting . |