Example sentences of "but this [is] [adv] an " in BNC.

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1 But this is also an intelligent toddler : its list , including the likes of Terry Pratchett , Robert Swindells , Jean Ure , Jacqueline Wilson and Ian Beck , is certainly right , and given a couple more successful years is surely destined for a position very near the top of the class .
2 Erm , obviously , as soon as we get something , it 'll be put before the council , but this is just an interim thing ,
3 It is true that sometimes he does attack innate ideas ; but this is merely an indirect strategy .
4 A dichotomy between organic and non-organic failure to thrive has developed , but this is often an oversimplification of the clinical picture .
5 But this is hardly an effective safeguard : how much serious consideration can be given by a Minister absent from his office , engaged in pressing matters of state ?
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