Example sentences of "but it [verb] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His voice was hoarse , like a whisper , but it seemed to fill the room . |
| 2 | It was obviously written as encouragement to the soldiers and families separated during the long years of the Second World War , but it seemed to express the yearning that so many young men must have felt when they were far from their families , desolate and frightened : |
| 3 | This suggestion is not implausible but it remains to specify the mechanism by which the content of a memory might act to determine its retrievability . |
| 4 | This incident was an isolated one , but it served to highlight the overlap between the possible measures of performance that had been considered ; an undetected error not only slowed down the payment of the expenses , but could also have bought into question the honesty of the individual and thus affected the status of the section head . |
| 5 | The idea that drinking nablabs was a seriously smart thing to do ant that hordes or women would subsequently fall at one 's feet probably looked great on a storyboard but it failed to impress the punters . |
| 6 | But it helps to give the band our own sound , and I ca n't think of anyone else in the whole world that 's doing it . ’ |
| 7 | But it managed to fool the damsels of the night . |
| 8 | But it threatens to blur the institution 's brand image . |
| 9 | There is nothing philosophical about this in itself , but it begins to create the habit of mind that begins to take for granted the natural superiority of science and rational thinking . |
| 10 | I wo n't go into the EMG system in extreme detail , because we 're presently preparing a special acoustic pickup article in which we can compare it against the other big names , but it seems to suit the Lowden very well . |
| 11 | But it seems to misuse the notion of an error which is merely verbal . |
| 12 | This may be an easy point to win , but it fails to answer the question : is it part of the legitimate exercise of freedom for the press to speak out in opposition to a popularly elected government operating in a situation of uncertain stability , with the ever-present threat of division and disunity ? |
| 13 | This is not to say it rules out action , but it fails to grasp the relation of action to capitalism . |
| 14 | But it intends to protect the incomes of the smallest European producers , many of whom are only part-time farmers . |
| 15 | He says the RSPCA has been following the case closely but it has to accept the court decision . |
| 16 | KPMG was asked to resign as auditor in November last year because of the board 's ‘ loss of confidence' , but it refused to accept the request because shareholders might have inferred that it acknowledged criticism of its audit work . |
| 17 | It did not usher in a revolution , but it helped to change the tenor of British politics . |