Example sentences of "it but [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 THE SEABOARD IS a little less Eastern than you might have remembered it but to the enterprising Americans this is not a problem .
2 There was nothing for it but for the two young men themselves to go to Lucy 's aid so , clearing their minds of any impure notions , they darted forward and seized her humming body , one by the shoulders , the other by the knees .
3 Apparently he did use it but with a different he did n't put nutrients in it did he .
4 Once he has found a group , the male stays with it but at a reasonable distance of perhaps 30 or 40 m ( 100–130 ft ) .
5 Other examples in the Renaissance include the malcontent who haunts the very power structure which has alienated him , seeking reinscription within it but at the same time demystifying it , operating within and subverting it at the same time ; the revengers whose actions constitute an even more violent bid for reinscription within the very society which has alienated and dispossessed them ; the assertive women , the ‘ women on top ’ described by Natalie Zemon Davis who simultaneously appropriate , exploit , and undermine masculine discourse .
6 But I mean , er you can see the , you can see the point of that and and presumably , yes , there must be lots of very wealthy people who who er , just get the child benefit and hardly notice it but at the same time , could n't we means test the old age pension ?
7 He sees the burgeoning Green awareness as a step towards it but at the moment it could be a step towards almost anything .
8 It was struck not at the weak man who suffered it but at the strong God who was the man 's master .
9 if it starts getting milky then I change it but at the moment there 's only one little fish see ?
10 You may not like it but under the new licences , ITV is mandated to be a popular channel that gets an audience , earns revenue and sustains business .
11 In other words a good mirror signal manoeuvre routine , however you apply it but in a particular order , which gives a discipline , so that you 're keeping yourselves out of the problems that other people may give you if you allow them to .
12 I thought long and hard about it but in the end I decided it would be for the best .
13 Neville Southall , whose saves had prevented Forest running away with the game in the first half , gathered the ball and started to think about clearing it but in the view of the referee , George Tyson , he had thought too long .
14 Con seemed oblivious of it but in the enclosed space I found it overpowering .
15 We argued about it but in the end he agreed I had to tell the Josephs .
16 Every area you look at South Africa in a report I gave to the Norwegian government which they commissioned we pointed out every area is like a major disaster area as if you 've been hit by an earthquake in every area of human activity and that situation needs something like a martial plan if we are , a martial aid plan , if we 're to address it but in the world we live in there 's no prospect of such assistance coming to Southern Africa .
17 I 'd made it but by the skin of my teeth .
18 It should not be tethered to subjects that do not interest it but like the whole organism , it must find what is its bent and true interest and follow that all its life .
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