Example sentences of "but it [modal v] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evidence so far is that for providers , the care programme approach does not assist in clarifying the roles of different staff in different agencies , but it may offer a global package of mental health care , comprising both social and health care services . |
| 2 | If K is large , then the algorithm will ’ jump to conclusions ’ quickly , but it may overshoot the optimum weights . |
| 3 | If the horse suddenly starts bucking when we ride it , and we jump off and swat it with a cane ; the horse will remember , but it may remember the wrong thing . |
| 4 | The course should be general in nature if it is to comply with UKCC criteria , but it may have an additional specialist component aimed at preparing nurses for work in different clinical settings . |
| 5 | Secured stock has the advantage that a lower yield will be expected because of the lower risk , but it may have an adverse effect upon gearing and the offeror 's ability to borrow . |
| 6 | In men , cats and rats , the prevention of REM sleep by selective awakenings results in increased amounts of this sleep stage on recovery , as if what had been " missed " was then being " made up " , suggesting that not only does this sleep stage have its own drive mechanism , but it may have an important function . |
| 7 | Now the trouble with fractions is if you do n't know your tables it can be you can work it out you could get there but it 'll take a long time if you do know your tables you just go , Yeah three fours are twelve . |
| 8 | Shoelaces are difficult ; most five-year-olds manage to tie them , but it 'll take a long time if the only practice she gets is actually putting on the shoes each morning . |
| 9 | But it 'll take a brave competitor to challenge any decision he calls |
| 10 | Not only would winning the order mean around some £60 million worth of work a year for the next decade for Ferranti , but it would give a successful bidder or partner for Ferranti access to crucial next-generation radar technology . |
| 11 | Not only would winning the order mean around some £60 million worth of work a year for the next decade for Ferranti , but it would give a successful bidder or partner for Ferranti access to crucial next-generation radar technology . |
| 12 | But it would eat the other fish ! ’ |
| 13 | Perhaps the alteration appears slight , no more than cosmetic , but it would make a considerable difference to defensive attitudes , especially in Britain , without undermining the spirit of the offside law . |
| 14 | That does n't appear to be much erm in terms of quantity in our estimation in terms of the level of provision that Leeds and Bradford er are providing , but it would create a major problem er in North Yorkshire . |
| 15 | A change in copyright law which required the deposit of software in copyright libraries might be helpful here , but it would create a major burden for librarians . |
| 16 | But it would mean a great deal |
| 17 | You 've got to have set leaders and I suppose it could be better , but it would mean an awful lot of work , would n't it ? ’ |
| 18 | But it would have a strong impact on imports . |
| 19 | But it would undermine the essential certainty of an approach which sees the abolition of the GLC as an integral part of an attack on local autonomy . |
| 20 | But it would include an Egyptian vulture that throws a stone at an ostrich 's egg to break it open . |
| 21 | The inclusion of representatives from local groups of disabled people in the debates at Ashdown is not likely to provide simple solutions to the dilemmas faced by professionals and parents , but it would provide a different perspective which could help ensure that the interests of the students as young disabled people were pursued . |
| 22 | His own love of stories , though real enough , was private , almost furtive — he was a dedicated reader of the Sherlock Holmes stories , for example — but it would take a sharp eye , and a good memory , to notice the quotation from Conan Doyle 's ‘ The Musgrave Ritual ’ buried in his pre-war play Murder in the Cathedral . |
| 23 | The section then continues — ‘ But it shall comprise the following particulars : — ( a ) All such property as may belong to or be vested in the bankrupt at the commencement of the bankruptcy , or may be acquired by or devolve on him before his discharge ; … |
| 24 | it does n't have to rhyme , but it should contain an interesting list of things — Shel Silverstein 's poem does . |
| 25 | Compliance with this is not going to solve all incidents of tanker pollution by any manner of means , but it should help a great deal . ’ |
| 26 | The exploration of what these values are and what they mean has hardly started , but it should become a primary focus of communication ethics . |
| 27 | The piece must not be too heavy but it must have a certain weight to it . |
| 28 | Stroud District Council says it 's aware of the shopkeepers ' problems , but it must consider the conservation aspect . |
| 29 | The documentary impulse was inherent in the contract filmmakers made with the MOI at the beginning of the war , but it could absorb the poetic romanticism or Powell-Pressburger , the sophisticated visual and verbal montages produced by Humphrey Jennings , another documentarist with surrealist roots , in such 1941 pictures as Words for Battle and Listen to Britain , as well as films in the realist tradition . |
| 30 | Education , in itself , he said , was ‘ no panacea ’ , but it could help the young person to avoid unskilled labour . |