Example sentences of "but it [verb] [adv] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lloyds runs a similar scheme but it involves just one institution . |
| 2 | On the contrary , it may not last but it represents perhaps one way to move away from traditional easel painting , for example . |
| 3 | Expenditure in the various colleges varied tremendously : in Nottingham Institute ( admittedly non-residential ) it was £30 on each of its 60 students ; Western College in Plymouth spent £136 but it had only fourteen students . |
| 4 | ( The very lowest PTR of any English LEA was in the Isles of Scilly , but it had under 300 pupils in total ) ( CIPFA , 1989 ) . |
| 5 | This description was entirely correct , but it took nearly 50 years to work out exactly how the different parts fitted together . |
| 6 | It was 2,926 yards long and 14 feet wide , but it took only 3 years to complete because of more advanced engineering methods . |
| 7 | The 2D has the same colour quality and light output as an ordinary 100 W light bulb but it uses only 21 W of electricity ( 16 W for the lamp and 5 W for the control gear ) . |
| 8 | She reported that she was sure she would be able to prove something , but it needed just one operation , with more money . |