Example sentences of "but [pron] is [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she is all wickedness ! |
| 2 | But she is minor character in a story that is about a future constitutional crisis between a wicked and unscrupulous politician and a dignified , noble but politically naive monarch . ’ |
| 3 | Good , then , but who is this man ? |
| 4 | but there is that level and kind of education provided in the other Colleges of Further Education , and likewise it would not affect them either , so I do n't think we 're talking about necessarily a major part of the sixth form provision in the county . |
| 5 | But there is that sort of broad choice . |
| 6 | The multiple orgasm in the woman and rapid recovery of erection after ejaculation in the man were " discovered " by popular writers a few years ago and plugged relentlessly ; yet in the woman one violent orgasm may outweigh several minor ones or the latter may not even be invariably desired , while in the man a rapid re-erection is often physically impossible ( in the more virile youngster it usually takes half to three-quarters of an hour , in the older man anything up to 24 , but there is wide variation between individuals and in differently stimulating situations ) . |
| 7 | Although it only appears in the sources c.1200 this may not be significant , for the chronicler does not refer to Eadric as Streona or to Edmund as Ironside , but there is eleventh-century evidence for both names . |
| 8 | Young children are not admitted to the Unit , but there is close liaison with the Paediatric Department . |
| 9 | But there is better news for the gloomies who thought that the North was destined forever to remain the hunting ground of wealthy southerners . |
| 10 | Ipswich Town could run away with the title but there is strong competition for the second spot . |
| 11 | But there is strong evidence against this . |
| 12 | But there is strong support for sensible increases in public spending , provided this does not lead to massive hikes in taxation . |
| 13 | These expressions of opinion may not represent overt Russian policy — indeed top men in Moscow now deny they were ever made ; but there is good evidence that they were , and certainly the Ukrainians take them seriously . |
| 14 | Categorising types of writing is not easy , but there is good evidence to suggest that the type of writing attempted has a strong influence on the outcome . |
| 15 | ‘ The split of Czechoslovakia into two countries has caused problems in some areas , but there is good co-operation between the two nuclear organisations and it is possible we will be asked to repeat the exercise in Slovakia . ’ |
| 16 | Of course , this is possible but there is good reason to suppose that it is not the case . |
| 17 | Doubtless many social and economic forces have contributed to this trend ; but there is good reason to believe that our attitudes to child-rearing play a not insignificant part . |
| 18 | Schools have shown increasing interest in it , helped by such excellent organisations as the Institute for Contemporary British History , but there is limited room in the curriculum for the twentieth century , let alone for the period from when the text books end and memory begins . |
| 19 | Greenwich Park is closed to the public , but there is limited car parking around Blackheath . |
| 20 | Grand Slam committee administrator Bill Babcock said : ‘ None of us like the situation , but there is undue pressure on him , and we have decided to exempt him from the rule on press conferences for this match , and only this match . ’ |
| 21 | but there is little question that the 325i SE tested here ( an estimated £22,995 ) will set the standard . |
| 22 | Such reforms would greatly improve the quality of parliamentary supervision , but there is little sign that the government will accept these ideas . |
| 23 | After several years of shake-outs and restructuring , the home computer market remains substantial — games software sales in Europe last year were worth about £200 million — but there is little sign that it is going to scoop the true potential of the consumer market . |
| 24 | But there is little doubt that charter-train profit can be read in seven-figure sums rather than six and that as a business venture , InterCity has not done badly at all . |
| 25 | Rates are frequently a small proportion of total outgoings , but there is little doubt that they are unpopular within the business community . |
| 26 | Nature may be beautiful but there is little doubt that Darwin was right when he observed that only the fittest survive . |
| 27 | The charge was not made openly by Labour candidates , but there is little doubt that the belief was fostered that a vote for the Alliance was a vote for cessation of relief . |
| 28 | But there is little doubt that price cuts in M&S food halls are intended to protect sales in premier products — which have been hit by price-cutting competitors . |
| 29 | The new Act will not lay down time specifications , but there is little doubt that the national testing procedures will act as a heavy constraint on time allocations made in schools , potentially to the detriment of optional/additional subjects as well as on foundation subjects which will not be the subject of national testing — the arts , religious education and physical education . |
| 30 | But there is little doubt in my mind that the future will only go to the large company if that large company is really able to release the energies and the synergies that ought to be a part of the grand design and make more than the sum of the parts . |