Example sentences of "but [adv] it [be] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Northampton Hot Air Balloon festival is only three years old , but already it 's one of the biggest events in the country . |
| 2 | But now it is one o'clock , and I , being only a volunteer , can step down for lunch without loss of face . |
| 3 | Forty years ago the population was under 20,000 but now it is seven times that . |
| 4 | Forty years ago the population was under 20,000 but now it is seven times that . |
| 5 | But now it 's forty years |
| 6 | Maybe next year , we 'll wonder why we ever liked it , but today it 's one of the queerest and most exciting things in pop . |
| 7 | But well it 's one way to do it you can use a calculator or you could say what would , could you work out a tenth of three sixty ? |
| 8 | Musically this album is n't a million miles from its predecessors , but lyrically it 's ten times more potent and selfassured . |