Example sentences of "[noun sg] but it [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The introduction of the card was a further extension of that aim but it required the establishment of a network of businesses which would accept the cards and provide a service to the cardmember . |
| 2 | He laughs at this scenario but it carries the ring of truth . |
| 3 | As an apprentice director he quickly defined his own idiom but it took the initiative and the backing of MGM 's Irving Thalberg to sponsor his big prestige films . |
| 4 | The GCC was not originally intended as a military security organisation but it created the framework for non-bloc security cooperation which in principle meant rejecting both Western offers of military protection and the Soviet scheme for an international conference to transform the Gulf into a neutral zone . |
| 5 | It was a strange misdemeanour but it launched The Doc on a career of unparalleled misbehaviour , which included regular confrontations with the footballing authorities and inevitable conflict with the law . |
| 6 | It is possible to remove the interior bulkhead but it supports the sides of the body and its removal weakens the structure . |
| 7 | Mr Christopher 's speech had been planned well in advance but it had the effect of underscoring US support for the Russian president as he battled with hardliners in parliament . |
| 8 | It nearly caused a diplomatic incident but it had the effect of making the magistrate agree that the recording should go to London . |
| 9 | The , they did an easy-trieve which runs every , every time they do a run they , they run and before they do a run they do an easy-trieve er identify those cases and then there 's a marker you can put on poll M to redirect , it does n't change the address but it redirects the unit statement in-house . |
| 10 | This would have been more expensive than the winding-sheet but it presented the body in a more natural attitude of repose . |
| 11 | This is not a full list but it shows the extent and solidity of Europe 's direct political control . |
| 12 | In these cases the society not only fixes and receives the fee payable for the report but it retains the fee for itself . |
| 13 | When it came closer I jumped out of the way but it cut the bottom of my trousers . |
| 14 | This measure does not correct the existing deflection but it stiffens the floor to imposed load . |
| 15 | The weapon has a shorter range than the Repeater Hand Gun but it has the advantage that it can also be used in hand-to-hand fighting . |