Example sentences of "but [pron] makes [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He exaggerates when he speaks of a ‘ deafening silence , from historians on the land question , but he makes a strong case for placing the land issue near the centre of any sound historical analysis of the period . |
| 2 | But he makes a lively film and he will be heard of again . |
| 3 | It is a pity that Michael Coe 's essay on Maya hieroglyphs is not illustrated , but he makes the interesting point that vessels appear to be labelled much as they were in the classical world of the Mediterranean . |
| 4 | ‘ Of course , he might not be geographically correct , but it makes a good story . ’ |
| 5 | I doubt that the public will think that the Bill goes far enough — but it makes a good start . |
| 6 | ‘ No , ’ he laughed , ‘ but it makes a good tale . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ That is a slight exaggeration but it makes a serious point . ’ |
| 8 | That 's a fine distinction , but it makes a big difference . ’ |
| 9 | But it makes the strongest case I have ever read for reassessing the role of the post-war welfare state in the cultural field , and will force even those who are not convinced by his arguments to sharpen up their own . |
| 10 | I shall not read it out , because there is not time , but it makes the very point that , purely and simply for medium-term policies and commercial reasons , we shall sterilise billions of tonnes of coal . |
| 11 | The contrast may therefore serve to illustrate one major merit of Brooks 's criticism and of the New Criticism in general : their use of ideas such as irony may seem exaggerated and confusing , but it makes the important point that the meaning of poetry , though possibly analyzable , can not be expressed properly in the form of a conventional prosaic statement . |
| 12 | So many hon. Members have poured scorn , but what makes a political society work ? |
| 13 | But what makes a good witch ? |
| 14 | In the court case of June 1790 , Henry Cecil was awarded £1000 damages and a divorce , but what makes the whole story so remarkable is that by this time he was already secretly remarried . |