Example sentences of "but it [verb] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This last provision was included in the enabling legislation to allow for representation of minority religious groups , but it made the triennial elections a running denominational sore and made the Boards particularly sensitive to pressure from minority interests . |
| 2 | The Shorthorn/Highland first cross has always been popular but it took the concerted efforts of the three Cadzow brothers on an island off the west coast of Scotland to consolidate the virtues of the cross and turn it into a genuine breed , the Luing , named after the island of its origin . |
| 3 | But it laid the worst crimes at the door of the army , and recommended the dismissal of 40 serving officers . |
| 4 | Resolution 242 may get them around the same table but it leaves the real bones of contention untouched . |
| 5 | But it seems the only accounts the cash ended up in , were his own secret ones in Florida and Spain . |
| 6 | This is not the most familiar approach to quantum theory , but it gives the same results as other methods . |
| 7 | Angola has its problems but it has no ex-colonial links with this country . |
| 8 | Fern Lodge is a tea-caddy Regency house with a frilly wrought-iron porch , set in half an acre of secluded gardens ; but it has no notable interiors . |
| 9 | Traditionally , 24 hours of heart beat would be recorded on a device using a cassette tape , which works perfectly well , but it has the obvious problems of mechanical parts , moving parts , it makes a noise that might keep you awake at night . |
| 10 | The internal politics of the profession in a recession economy have not been resolved by this scheme ( Smith and Thomas 1978 ) but it illustrates the irrecon-cilable tensions between individual economic advancement , collegiate unity and community/client interest , tensions which were recognised by our respondents . |
| 11 | But it explained a few things — the kindness I 'd thought I 'd detected , his seemingly unreasonable act of firing me … |
| 12 | British companies rarely welcomed headhunters positively ; they engaged them out of desperation , but it gave the good firms the chance to rise to the occasion . |
| 13 | The liquid is now officially called beer but it needs a few days further conditioning in the brewery , to purge some of the rough alcohols , before it is ready to leave for the pub . |
| 14 | The sequence has been simplified for convenience , but it shows the essential stages in sequential retrieval . |
| 15 | It builds in and reinforces their dominance , but it damages the weaker economies . |
| 16 | But it started no religious fashions in post-war British fiction , which is rootedly secular , its heroes as unbelieving of a world beyond the grave as they are insecure in the only world they know . |
| 17 | erm At the beginning of the social services committee meeting Mr moved a resolution which he previously moved at the social services planning sub-committee which listed most of the things which are presently in the the resolution but it started the social services accept the implication of the director of social services report on the future of the department 's elderly person 's homes erm , after some minutes of debate the er Democrats asked if the Tories would remove that phrase from the resolution and then tha the Democrats , the Liberal Democrats would vote for it the Tories of course er looking gift horses in the mouth as usual , said no and the the that resolution was lost . |