Example sentences of "but take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obtaining this information locally is important but takes skill . |
| 2 | Data General believes its formula is not only affordable and easy to use , but takes advantage of networks , databases and applications that are already installed . |
| 3 | DG believes its formula is not only affordable and easy-to-use but takes advantage of networks , databases and applications that are already installed . |
| 4 | Another modification of the model assumes that uniform extension occurs but takes account of the fact that stretching of the lithosphere is likely to occur over a long period of time , probably several million years . |
| 5 | What Durance had to say , Joseph never knew exactly because Maurin did not relay any of it but took issue with Durance himself . |
| 6 | The light speeded up as it got closer to you , but took ages to do the first part of the journey . |
| 7 | He poured a measure into a shallow quaich , but took thought ; and held out to Lachlan the whole bottle . |
| 8 | Young Kirk suffered a nasty eye injury against the Canadian champion Dale Brown in a rousing light heavyweight final in Victoria , but took gold on a count-back after a five-five tie on punches landed . |
| 9 | Donated by a kind benefactor at some stage and affectionately known as " the old bomb " , it always seemed to get them to country open airs and cottage meetings but took exception to a trip to Sydney for a Congress . |
| 10 | He got it with the cruel bonus of a broken jaw but took Tyson the distance . |
| 11 | They did n't stay up all night , but took turns working any moment they could spare , hampered by Midnight 's lapses into delirium when he twisted and thrashed , making the job impossible . |
| 12 | She was considerably shaken by this exchange but took care not to show it . |
| 13 | The Emperor himself shared this view , but took pains to conceal it , because his ultimate designs for the rehabilitation of France in Europe envisaged a tripartite understanding with Britain and Russia . |
| 14 | The resulting diversions caused chaos in some areas , but took traffic away from others . |
| 15 | Your mother was a silly greedy girl — a gold-digger who wanted to marry above her station , but took fright at the last moment , without caring what hurt she bestowed . |
| 16 | The Kaiser banned the tango in Germany as ‘ immoral ’ , but took delivery of a thousand new Maxim machine-guns . |
| 17 | He even put the woman 's view to a certain extent : ‘ Miriam knew that their marriage was dead , but took comfort in the old rituals of going to bed together and getting up in the morning . ’ |
| 18 | What Lifshitz and Khalatnikov did was to study models of the universe that were roughly like Friedmann 's models but took account of the irregularities and random velocities of galaxies in the real universe . |
| 19 | The many days spent not only taking oral and written evidence but taking part in the interesting innovation of seminars in which all the participants in the criminal justice system could come together and discuss the issues convinced him that there was no call and no advocate for the creation of a specific offence . |
| 20 | But taking care is not enough to stop the kind of terrible crimes that are so often carried out by people who are truly evil or sick . |
| 21 | The working party prepared written submissions drawing comparisons between the Bar 's training and that proposed by the Law Society but taking account of the experience solicitors would be likely to have had in the lower courts . |
| 22 | Apart from indicating past , present , and future reference , each past or future reference is marked to show whether the event in question is immediately connected to the present , is separated from it by a period of time but taking place on the same day , or is separated from the present by at least one night . |
| 23 | Yes , but taking place in the unconscious mind . |
| 24 | At a meeting of the Cairngorm Club he told a hushed audience ‘ For every few steps I took I heard a crunch as if someone was walking after me but taking steps three or four times the length of my own . |
| 25 | Surely if Portia really cared for him , she would not have left romantically with Bassanio thus leaving Antonio alone , but taken Antonio with them . |
| 26 | The emperor , however , was not inclined to intervene for his own amusement , but to take cases which came to him through the hierarchy of appeal . |
| 27 | But to take Butland 's theories to their probable conclusion would produce large , impersonal , primary care centres where indeed the measurable parameters of quality will be readily demonstrable . |
| 28 | Pentium has two instruction pipelines , so it can execute more than one instruction per cycle , but to take advantage of these facilities and keep the pipes filled , iAPX-86 software needs to be recompiled for it ; not because of new instructions , but for a different call sequence that is required . |
| 29 | Many golfers therefore opt to take short trips abroad to Spain and Portugal , in order not only to play but to take advantage of the warm climate . |
| 30 | But if an incident has occurred involving violence or which leads to a soured atmosphere at work , management may consider that it has little option but to take action . |