Example sentences of "but [det] [is] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Justifiably defined as romantic adventures , the two books follow their quest-plots to very different conclusions , but each is a poet 's novel , with the pursuit of ideal beauty as the ultimate goal and with the chivalrous service of a man for a woman as its motive force . |
| 2 | You 've got ta think about content but that 's a generalization . |
| 3 | I know it 's right but that 's a laugh I think . |
| 4 | The DB7 will still cost close to eighty thousand pounds , but that 's a fraction of the price of the company 's other cars . |
| 5 | But that 's a lie . |
| 6 | He says now he was only interested in the food and drink , but that 's a lie . |
| 7 | Because I mean there 's plenty of epigrams like a rolling stone gathers no moss , but that 's a subject not a verb , and it 's actually saying something totally different , or every time |
| 8 | But that 's a credit card ! |
| 9 | Yeah but that 's a quarter of that , that 's a quarter unoccupied . |
| 10 | There 's possibly , oh I do n't know , there 's probably five that have got say punctures or fanbelts gone , or erm service items which we have to say that are not covered , but that 's a ball park figure . |
| 11 | I call that a ceiling , but that 's a second |
| 12 | ‘ But that 's a measure of how much I 've had to learn my trade and Sunday 's Cup tie is just another staging post on the learning curve . ’ |
| 13 | But that 's a measure of his influence . |
| 14 | But , but , but that 's a problem we all face . |
| 15 | ‘ It was really called The-House-In-The-Valley-Where-The-Yew-Trees-Grow , but that 's a bit of a mouthful , even in Welsh . |
| 16 | They do n't go by themselves , the problems they cause can go , but that 's a bit different . |
| 17 | Erm you could s you could have two empty sets , but that 's a bit weird . |
| 18 | What is the job spec , what are they expected to do , but that 's a bit , take for example once it 's in place , the chance of it changing regularly are quite minimal are n't they ? |
| 19 | it 's not the real Agatha Christie but that 's a bit dated I think now |
| 20 | Yeah I know but that 's a bit good though . |
| 21 | But that 's a call transfer is n't it , we 'll look at that in a second . |
| 22 | ‘ People get nervous because one character in the film calls women bitches , but that 's a reflection of the mind set of a few young black men in America right now . |
| 23 | ‘ PEOPLE GET NERVOUS BECAUSE ONE CHARACTER IN THE FILM CALLS WOMEN BITCHES , BUT THAT 'S A REFLECTION OF THE MIND SET OF A FEW YOUNG BLACK MEN IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW . ’ |
| 24 | But that 's a hospice for terminal cases . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We accept that we could lose the money we 've paid to go to auction , but that 's a risk we 're prepared to take , ’ says Julie Widlake . |
| 26 | Yeah but that 's a fluctuation . |
| 27 | But that 's a laboratory job . |
| 28 | It 's a bit gory colours , but That 's a good'un . |
| 29 | So that 's a that is n't a straight logarithmic curve , but that 's a thing that occurs in nature a lot and in electrical circuits , that 's a growth curve . |
| 30 | ‘ They may be nice kids , ’ said Cowley sharply , ‘ but that 's a family with a pedigree of villainy on both sides . |