Example sentences of "but [pers pn] is [det] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ They 'll have to make adjustments , but theirs is such a rugby culture that they 'll spare nothing . |
2 | But she is all wickedness ! |
3 | She wrote to us in July , and we were delighted to hear from her , but she is such a roamer that I do n't feel confident in replying to the address she gave then . |
4 | But he is another reason why you should be careful . ’ |
5 | Nudity and the Italian art world seem to go together : Achille Bonito Oliva , commissioner of this year 's Biennale also appeared naked on the cover of a magazine , but he is more of a man than Sgarbi and is not coyly covering his private parts . |
6 | Porcelain can also be TL tested , but it is such a hard ceramic that a drill can not be used to take the sample because of the heat generated and the spurious luminescence signals produced . |
7 | ‘ But it is such a useful box , ’ she said , ‘ I have been looking about for one like it . |
8 | Denise Wong , the artistic director of the company and director of the piece says , ‘ We wanted to look at mothers , but it is such a vast topic that we decided to concentrate on the mother and daughter relationship , and the concept of unconditional love . |
9 | But it is such a famous story that we all mistake it for our own . ’ |
10 | ‘ But it is such an easy walk on such a cool day , ’ laughed Um Hamed , lifting her veil off her face and adjusting her mask so that it settled properly on her nose . |
11 | GKR claim to have developed a uniquely effective research procedure , but it is such a closely-guarded secret that its uniqueness and efficacy is impossible to judge . |
12 | When they er put the new pump in , but it is such a nuisance . |
13 | But it is much more than this . |
14 | A mild recession may cause far more economic damage than a one-day stockmarket fall of , say , 25% , but it is much less unsettling . |
15 | On its simplest level the Zone denotes Germany immediately before and after military defeat , but it is much more than that . |
16 | I peer into the rain for a glimpse of Storskarfjell , but it is all wet misery to the south . |
17 | Fields get smaller and birch tree scrub predominates but it is all a Garden of Eden by Lewis standards . |
18 | But it is all within the basic framework of that creature 's subtle and physical structure , within the bounds of instinct . |
19 | ‘ They have intellectual pretensions but it is all sham . |
20 | Mrs Balcombe said : ‘ We have been told that this is not nearly enough but it is all we have got and I think we are lucky to have it . ’ |
21 | ‘ I prod and pry in all the little nooks and crannies — but it is all done in a caring way . ’ |
22 | That causes the red leather of the ball to run enough to cover over the marks — but it is all cosmetic . |
23 | There 's no doubt , of course , the big shows like Chelsea , Harrogate and Shrewsbury are evidence of the remarkable skill and ingenuity of our rose breeders and growers in producing something new , and assorted tribes of writers , scribes and newspaper correspondents vie with each other to find extravagant superlatives to describe them — but it is all delusion . |
24 | ‘ There is an awful lot of software for the 390 — but it is all in bits and pieces ’ Parker claims , and so as an interim step IBM will be pulling all the pieces together into a proper server package . |
25 | BUT IT IS ALL FREE IF YOU KEEP YOUR ACCOUNT IN CREDIT ! |
26 | A free zone not divided into panels , outline instead of silhouette , florals drawn as though growing , mark a break with Geometric , conscious emulation of another approach ; but it is all very cautious . |
27 | ‘ This has been a big exercise , ’ said Crawford , ‘ but it is all nearing completion now and the new systems should be up and running during the next six months . ’ |
28 | Money is so near you can almost touch it , but it is all on the other side — you can only press your face up against the glass . |
29 | Sometimes you are fierce and angry but it is all a cover for the soft innocence inside you . |
30 | But it is all a matter of language . |