Example sentences of "but [adv] it [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them really enjoy it , but mostly it 's acted . |
| 2 | The response of the secular rulers depended on a wide variety of factors , but mostly it was conditioned by political considerations . |
| 3 | But mostly it was directed towards herself , and whatever it was in her that seemed to respond to some call given out by the least suitable of men ; despite what she 'd been through in the past couple of years she appeared to have learned precisely nothing . |
| 4 | Mercifully , there was no proposal to attempt landing an aircraft by the same means , but rather it was envisaged that rough landing strips could be constructed adjacent to the launcher . |
| 5 | At first , teachers will have to go through these stages quite carefully with the children , but eventually it is hoped that the children will become independent enough to use the system , or one like it , by themselves . |
| 6 | Where the printed story came from I do n't know , but basically it was made up somewhere along the line ; a fairy story . |
| 7 | But apparently it was stolen last week . |
| 8 | One of them is enclosed in the letters written by the same ship , another bill is sent overland to the factor or party to whom the goods are consigned , the third remaineth with the merchant , for his testimony against the master , if there were any occasion for loose dealing ; but especially it is kept for to serve in case of loss , to recover the value of the goods of the assurors that have undertaken to bear the adventure with you . |
| 9 | Initially , an attempt was made to fill the labour shortages by allowing over 100,000 Poles to stay on in Britain and by encouraging immigration from other European countries , but soon it was felt necessary to look to other sources of cheap labour , and immigration from the Caribbean and the Indian sub-continent was encouraged . |
| 10 | Jezrael felt full of sorrow but soon it was eclipsed by the memory of dancing with Maggie , giggling like kids when their picture-harmonics clashed . |
| 11 | CFCs are a fraction of the emissions of carbon dioxide but nevertheless it is estimated that , unless the Montreal Protocol is strengthened , CFCs will account for 13 per cent of global warming by 2030 . |
| 12 | The arrangement of the Local Management of Schools is one of the best initiatives of the Conservative Government and it has freed schools from the heavy-handed control of Local Government , and in particular that of Labour controlled Authorities because it 's a step into the unknown for some , with obviously some doubt at first , and many Labour Groups fed on those doubts with lies and threats but nevertheless it was taken up wholeheartedly by many schools . |
| 13 | But generally it was felt that mothers could be relied upon to exert themselves on behalf of their children and that mismanagement resulted more from ignorance than from vice . |
| 14 | St Bartholomew 's church at Covenham was declining to the state of danger when a parish in California asked if they might have it and ship it stone by stone to the U.S.A. This caused much controversy for a while but finally it was decided that it should remain and be safely maintained on its original consecrated site . |
| 15 | The larger one would have been more convenient , but somehow it was imbued too strongly with Fen 's personality . |
| 16 | But gradually it 's sunk in but when I 'm there it will probably seem like a dream . |
| 17 | By traditional I mean that it was founded on a growing interpretation of the past , not that tradition was swallowed hook , line and sinker — indeed , in some cases it was turned upside down — but always it was referred to , re-explained . |
| 18 | But yesterday it was seen in Chaura and in Chhuma , running through the outskirts of the villages : and the day before , a dog like that had chased a sheep in Pere , and clutched it by the neck , shaking it from one side to the other until it died of shock . |
| 19 | But yesterday it was revealed that lawyers for the survivors , victims ' families , the airline , Boeing and three companies that made the engines have agreed payments will not be restricted . |
| 20 | Some comms packages incorporate it in software but usually it 's found in the modem itself . |
| 21 | But later it was revealed the real reason for Benn 's no-show was that he was too frightened to catch a cold . |
| 22 | Six months in Switzerland was the first suggestion but later it was decided that I could combine business and health by making a trip to New Zealand and learning the pelt fur business from the practical source in the fell-mongeries there . |
| 23 | At first , the technique was used for relatively simple objects , such as pendants and heads , but later it was applied to vases , statuettes and plaques . |
| 24 | He said ‘ The farmers have always tolerated the hunt because it controls the deer , but whenever it 's stopped the deer have died have died out very quickly . |
| 25 | But also it 's survived , I think , because of the motivation that the constant flood of callers provides the volunteers with — everyone in the organization . |
| 26 | Every immigrant family carries this sense of pain somewhere in its psyche , but often it is left to the women to hold the sense of pain and loss while the husbands and children find their way in the new world . |
| 27 | At one time only a few selected diseases were thought to have links with the sufferer 's state of mind , but now it is recognized that a whole range — from cancer to heart attack — may be brought on by worry and strain . |
| 28 | White never used to be a predominant Goshiki colour , but now it is realised that a snow-white base admirably sets off the other shades . |
| 29 | But now it is called the Isle of Fincara ; for we were not left to live there long in peace . |
| 30 | But now it is ended . |