Example sentences of "but [det] [is] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wonder if it 's something to do with the job that you do or the people you have to work with I do n't know but that 's generally the tendency of people in these groups , team workers come out quite highly . |
| 2 | You would n't let a thief tow away your home — but that 's exactly the sort of invitation you give a criminal if your caravan is n't secured ! |
| 3 | Poor man — I do n't know what he thought about me , but that 's just the way it happened . |
| 4 | But that 's just the way they 'd rather be . |
| 5 | But that 's just the point — it 's dismal and bleak and they 're frozen stiff , hoping to catch Ramirez in the stake- out and barely able to express anything , but what they do express is infinitely lugubrious and despondent . |
| 6 | ‘ Ah , but that 's just the point , that 's just the brilliance of it . |
| 7 | But that 's just the sort of costly stunt that the unconventional Richard Branson attempts when he 's not at the helm of his two highly successful businesses , music group Virgin and airline Virgin Atlantic . |
| 8 | But that 's just the nature of the beast of , of the fact he had fifteen minutes , it 's , it 's only an observation really . |
| 9 | But that 's just the start ; counts of 200 are not uncommon and in summer 1984 the pollen count in central London reached a record 820 . |
| 10 | ‘ Ah , but that 's just the Earth 's gravity . |
| 11 | But that 's also the nature of the way things are really is n't it as well you know ? |
| 12 | By the time we got home — the gatehouse to Wytham Abbey — Michael was saying things like , ‘ It 's ugly , but that 's partly the point ’ . |
| 13 | You may find Ollie rather baroque , but that 's only the facade . |
| 14 | But that 's more the price of a Cavalier 16v 4x4 than a Carlton 24v , so the Dodge still represents terrific value . |
| 15 | But that 's always the way it is in |
| 16 | There are one or two we could do without , but that 's always the case ! |
| 17 | But that 's precisely the achievement of former children 's television presenter Peter Duncan in a brand new stage version of Erik the Viking starting its UK tour at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon . |
| 18 | But that 's precisely the problem — you never know where you stand with him . |
| 19 | But that 's precisely the problem because erm the definition which I would give to it is necessarily a definition which would preclude er regarding Mao 's party as a Marxist party but then other people would say that my definition was er itself controversial . |
| 20 | Many families thought that getting their baby home would be the hardest part , but that is just the beginning . |
| 21 | But that is just the tip of the iceberg . |
| 22 | But that is just the start . ’ |
| 23 | Still to come , Oxford 's Ice Hockey team , the Spire Oxford City Stars , ar runners up in the autumn cup , but that is just the start . |
| 24 | Italian food has a reputation for being a dieter 's foe — but that is largely the fault of all-you-can-eat pasta pig-out places which pile on the Bolognese sauce . |
| 25 | But that is neither the history nor the practice of our professional system , not just er for accountants but for the legal system as well and I think it has stood the test of time , er he will know that there has been er there is a procedure for the joint disciplinaries scheme er which enables the er institute to investigate whether there has been compliance by member firms with the standards promulgated er with er er by the er er auditing practices board and that seems to me to be the er right way forward . |
| 26 | We would therefore be able to bring in other measures which we have n't modelled so far er but that is also the guidance that you should bring in , not only nowadays you should not only look to build a bypass , you should look to complementary measures within the urban area . |
| 27 | But that is exactly the opposite of the new picture . |
| 28 | But that is only the beginning . |
| 29 | But that is only the beginning . |
| 30 | But that is only the size of a mouse . |