Example sentences of "but it be [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's no doubt , of course , the big shows like Chelsea , Harrogate and Shrewsbury are evidence of the remarkable skill and ingenuity of our rose breeders and growers in producing something new , and assorted tribes of writers , scribes and newspaper correspondents vie with each other to find extravagant superlatives to describe them — but it is all delusion . |
| 2 | ‘ They have intellectual pretensions but it is all sham . |
| 3 | In this way the lawyer has a part to play within political movements , such as the peace movement , while acknowledging that it is not law alone that can bring about the changes we desire , but it is that movement as a whole that can and must do so . |
| 4 | It 's a hard thing to talk about and difficult to define , but it is that essence that makes an event special , different from the rest , even from similar occasions in other years . |
| 5 | But it is that moment , the moment before she turns , that stays with me . |
| 6 | But it is neither fear of the Arabs , nor a belief in the impossibility of peace , that explains the attachment of Mr Shamir 's Likud Party to the West Bank . |
| 7 | Yeah , but it is another procedure and |
| 8 | But it is another matter to use these ideas , or rather the names of their originators , primarily as weapons against an insular establishment . |
| 9 | 3 It is one thing to recognise the limited possibilities of insurrection in Britain , but it is another thing to move from this into support for the Labour Party . |
| 10 | May I just say that the majority of people will care for their animals but it is those people who buy , we have s er cases where erm people will turn up on Christmas day and say to their elderly relative , We bought you a puppy . |
| 11 | If that were so , there would scarcely be a government in the last 100 years which could be regarded as legitimate , but it is those uses of power and law which seem to betray or which can only be reasonably explained by a contempt for or at least an impatience with the principles of limited government and a belief that the rightness of the policies to be executed excuse or justify the methods whereby they are executed . |
| 12 | . But it is this facility of er of you determining that an expense is , is generally for the business , therefore it can be claimed , so |
| 13 | These steps might , at first sight , appear unnecessary and bureaucratic but it is this flow of information between practitioners , even where there is a fee dispute , that enables the ‘ public interest ’ to be upheld . |
| 14 | It is legendary that actuarial training is rigorous and difficult , but it is this depth of training which enables actuaries to take on the responsibility of advising on the financing of future payments involving billions of pounds for insurance companies and pension funds . |
| 15 | For we still believe that our femaleness is a biological entity ; but it is this biology that a century ago wished to remove our clitoris and that continues now to impose upon us a desire that only functions in passive reaction to the actions of men , and that is as a result based in narcissism and masochism . |
| 16 | If it were n't for Lennie , George could have had a peaceful life and have married someone but it is this power of ‘ deep-inside ’ love which kept them together . |
| 17 | But it is this chair , less comfortable , which has remained empty . |
| 18 | But it is this aspect that costs £120,000 |
| 19 | As such , they constitute fewer than one-third of those in these classes , but it is these classes that will provide more children than any other for university entry . |
| 20 | The fizz , the pulse-beat , the moment slightly delayed … yes , that was good , but it 's all part of the job . |
| 21 | But it 's all part of the same jigsaw |
| 22 | But it 's all women ! |
| 23 | When you look at it and they 're all traipsing up and down in their strange robes and saying silly things to each other , you know , that 's really weird but it 's all tradition , it 's all pageantry and it 's taught by the monarchy . |
| 24 | But it 's all water off a duck 's back |
| 25 | But it 's all water under the bridge for this season and Linfield must now concentrate on bridging the gap between themselves and their Danish visitors . |
| 26 | And we also talked about maybe you could say , erm , you know , if you continue to do a job , maybe we 'll look you know , at developing you further , but it 's all sort of , pretty similar sort of things you 're going to say to him in that situation . |
| 27 | ‘ But it 's all balls , ’ Richards said , emerging from behind a newspaper . |
| 28 | Oh , they like to show off in their peacock plumery , but it 's all shadow and no substance with them . |
| 29 | Yes , but it 's that support |
| 30 | Oh come on Christopher come and sometimes it in the right panel , that 's the right panel there and then it goes in the left hand and then it goes to the right hand and then it goes to the left then right , the left , the right , left , right , left , confusing , but it 's that hand to start with |