Example sentences of "but it [is] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But it is believed funds were channelled through an unauthorised company , Wentworth Asset Management , which had let its application for Fimbra membership lapse .
2 A post mortem was carried out yesterday , but it is believed David died from internal bleeding .
3 It is uncertain whether the consultancy will also work for Rover Europe and Rover International , or how much direct marketing or sales promotion work will be involved , but it is believed Rover wants to use as few external agencies as possible .
4 But it is making life even more difficult for those seeking to weather the already troubled economic conditions . ’
5 But it is feared mementoes from his first few months in Italy , together with treasured personal belongings may have been snatched .
6 But it is feared Serbs in Bosnia will refuse to obey him .
7 That managed competition may increase in time but it is stretching credibility a long way to suggest that a company that accounts for more than 96 per cent .
8 This is perhaps understandable , but it is stretching credulity to expect us to bless it as the highest human freedom .
9 But it 's provoked scores of complaints from people angry about the constant noise from RAF Transport planes .
10 But it 's done good already .
11 The technique is a long way from being proved but it 's given hope to thousands
12 But it 's called lockjaw because er one of the stages is that your jaw actually locks solid .
13 But it 's called pig 's chap , in those days .
14 But it 's costing Eddie about nine hundred pound , and the only way he can get there is this kind of ticket which goes with , like I say Hong Kong
15 ‘ I know it 's wrong , Joe , when it 's been a tragedy for so many people , but it 's made life easier for us .
16 But it 's marked G.
17 The Home Office does n't comment on individual cases , but it 's thought Whitehall was concerned that the Capons ' marriage was one of convenience , which would break up , allowing Mae to stay here .
18 Adderbury in Oxfordshire may not be the home of international tennis , but it 's poached professionals from all over the globe for the Everest National Club league campaign .
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