Example sentences of "but it [be] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is two goals down with a lot more to come — and that is a promise , ’ said Candlish . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've heard about it but it is one of the sights my hosts have n't shown me . |
| 3 | But it is one thing to thumb your nose at Mr Gorbachev over the Kremlin wall , as many thousands did in a demonstration in Moscow last weekend . |
| 4 | But it is one thing to say that the rich , orderly Swedes can put their energy house in order with a minimum of CO 2 . |
| 5 | Many of the techniques of exploratory data analysis require the repetition of procedures to converge on a fit that minimizes the residuals ; this can make the techniques rather laborious , but it is one side of the trade-off required to get methods of analysis which are resistant to outliers . |
| 6 | I do not know what happens when men feel the ecstasy that Thoreau experienced , but it is one of the highest joys known to man . |
| 7 | But it is one thing to document the diversity in local authority expenditure and political activity ; it is another to account for its origins and maintenance . |
| 8 | But it is one factor that is likely to influence the statistics . |
| 9 | I have n't been brave enough to write to a publication of any sort before , but it is one of my favourite pieces of music , and this is the greatest performance I 've ever heard ( and I mean of anything ) , so thanks for the opportunity . |
| 10 | But it is one thing for us to know that a person needs God 's conviction and another thing to say so to him . |
| 11 | But it is one thing to have sufficient understanding in coming to believe and another to have it in every area of continuing to believe . |
| 12 | But it is one such position , and the demonstration effect of central and eastern Europe naturally encourages it , where local conditions are favourable . |
| 13 | This is not to deny that Volvo has made a significant innovation in work organisation and production technology , but it is one evolutionary step and not a revolution . |
| 14 | Put in those terms it may seem a strange statement , but it is one of the essential differences between true epics and novels , which deal , on the whole , with the world of ‘ reality ’ . |
| 15 | Perhaps it is a universally irresoluble paradox , but it is one of particular importance for the anorexic . |
| 16 | But it is one of several such equations in the Education Reform Act . |
| 17 | We have the gallery still running reasonably well but it is one man ten hours a week his experience is badly limited this marvellous free resource is no longer being called for . . |
| 18 | Not only was it an important factor in winning the Second World War , for its specific electrical insulating properties were a key to the development of radar , but it is one of those rare inventions which create an entirely new industrial development . |
| 19 | This is not really suited for binocular observation , but it is one of the few Mira variables easily found with binoculars when near maximum . |
| 20 | It is not the hardest peak in the Alps but it is one of the classics , and we had done it , though we had only been in the area a couple of days and had still been acclimatising . |
| 21 | ‘ The division of persons into male and female is significant , but it is one category among many . ’ |
| 22 | But it is one of history 's ironies that this castle , built to subdue the Welsh by an English king , was captured in 1404 by Owain Glyndwr . |
| 23 | But it is one thing to say that once the House of Lords is seised of the case it must resolve all outstanding issues in the appeal itself . |
| 24 | He is never allowed off the chain , so ca n't help the mess and smell he makes , but it is one of my least favourite duties . |
| 25 | But it is one of the reasons why the Cruithin disappeared towards the end of Dierdriu 's reign . ’ |
| 26 | You now try to connect these two perceptions , by saying that ( a ) the rhyme scheme causes the cheerfulness ; or ( b ) there is a relationship between the rhyme scheme and the cheerfulness , but it is one of correlation ; or ( c ) the regular rhyme scheme is connected with the cheerfulness because they are both caused by something else ( such as the genre or subject matter of the poem , perhaps ) ; or ( d ) there is in your view no relationship between the rhyme scheme and the feeling , and they coincide without there being a causal or correlative relation between them . |
| 27 | But it is one of the , is n't one of the other interesting things about the sponsorship the potential , the partnership and empowerment as |
| 28 | One of his ministries , one of his many , many ministries , but it is one of his ministries . |
| 29 | Erm you know having said that , that clearly is is one factor , it 's an important factor in assessing the schemes but it is one factor and a number of other things such as the impact clearly of the routes themselves . |
| 30 | But it is one of our most valuable , and we should do everything that we can to support it . |