Example sentences of "but [adv] it [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Partly it was pride ; I could n't countenance exposing all that I was feeling ; but — and I know this does n't mitigate anything , but perhaps it balances the self-interest , self-protection or whatever it was — even then I was also still afraid of succumbing to the temptation to use the power I sensed I could have over you , and the use would have been abuse . ’ |
| 2 | What is in that file is not as yet available to journalists , but apparently it contains an affidavit by an ex-policeman who was present at the discovery of the treasure . |
| 3 | I do not however accept that in addition to the hours of care which she provides at home during the school holidays that there should also be an enabler for twenty hours per week as she suggests that would mean that the number of hours of care , and I appreciate of course , that there is some artificiality in dealing with this in pure terms of numbers of hours of care , but nevertheless it provides a sort of common denominator , which can give some indication , that would mean no less than ninety hours of boarding and care per week fifty during the week erm and twenty during the weekend and a further twenty for the enabler , I think that that er is too great and I make no allowance for an enabler at home . |
| 4 | It is sometimes quite incredible the kind of information people expect the reception desk to supply , but generally it takes the form of questions about train , bus and taxi services , which means up-to-date timetables and the telephone numbers of the local taxi services must be to hand . |
| 5 | I would n't want to hear it every night , but tonight it took the breath away with its doomed glamour . |
| 6 | But tonight it had no power to lull her into unconsciousness . |
| 7 | There is no English equivalent to the French basis of this concept , but broadly it denotes the fact that institutional church religion has been pushed by modernity out of the centre of social and cultural life and into its own peripheral and private sphere . |
| 8 | Korg 's A4 is n't claiming to be the last word in processors , but still it offers a lot for the money . |
| 9 | But still it serves the purpose do n't it . |
| 10 | I never met any students who could define what this slogan meant , but usually it brought a look of amusement to their faces . |
| 11 | Not only will this worsen the symptoms of ‘ jet-lag ’ and any problems associated with shift-work but also it impairs the effectiveness of many systems which are responsible for controlling the body . |
| 12 | A The fungus that affects fish is present in all ponds , but often it requires the skin of the fish to be damaged in some way to allow the fungus to grow on the body of the fish . |
| 13 | THESE days ‘ carol ’ means only the festive song heard at this time of year , but originally it denoted a dance . |
| 14 | I used to love the letters page but now it gets a bit bogged down in one debate — make it a bit longer and keep the ‘ one-off ’ letters/comments . |
| 15 | But now it seems the kids are into stuff like ours . |
| 16 | The percentage of sales accounted for by each of these market segments is given below : At the 1986 level of demand the company was operating at full capacity , but today it has an excess of manufacturing capacity . |
| 17 | It implies a great degree of uncertainty , but equally it presents a challenge to the management of British Coal to fight for every ounce of viable business that it can obtain . |
| 18 | But here it reveals a concept of women very close to that found in dominant discourses of femininity . |
| 19 | It 's an illness we do n't know much about , but sometimes it affects the muscles of a leg or an arm . |
| 20 | For perhaps one second it remained a river bank , but then it became the shingle and sand beach fifty yards from my childhood home . |
| 21 | The pause had steadied her for a while but then it enabled the gnawing to chew on her once more . |
| 22 | I see now it was all sexual jealousy , but then it seemed a betrayal of principles . |
| 23 | Then within the team 's , in the Policy Team there were three Policy Development Officer 's , in the Neighbourhood Development Team there were two Development Officer 's and in the Community Development Team there are one , two , there are well there are normally six officer 's that you could I that you could identify , but there are other people that relate to them , but then it gets a bit complicated so were keep it at that . |
| 24 | Nice idea , but unfortunately it looks a bit messy . |
| 25 | There 's nothing wrong , you know , but again it seems the nomination of people . |
| 26 | Not a great flaw , but insistently it troubled the eyes of guests coming new to his acquaintance . |
| 27 | But secondly it highlights the fact that women are entitled to the freedom to engage with and be part of all the creative , nurturing processes with which we organize human reality . |