Example sentences of "but it [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At its northern end it has no obvious beginning , but it assumes a recognisable course at Barton Lodge in Steeple Barton parish . |
| 2 | They 've taken away the master computer file and charged him with , well , we do n't know exactly what but it involves an awful lot of money . |
| 3 | That may not sound very imposing , but it represented a major advance . |
| 4 | In others a little more imagination was required : This may not sound much like science , but it represented a significant departure from the book learning of his day . |
| 5 | But it omits a crucial sentence that appeared in the scientists draft report which read : ‘ These figures appear to be minimum values because a ) the decrease in the isotopic ratio in blood probably had not reached equilibrium in 1979 and b ) they reflect solely the contribution of the petrols affected by the lead isotopic ratio change , ’ |
| 6 | But it takes a supreme act of faith to believe that everything will be ready on time . |
| 7 | But I 'm not saying that people are incompetent , but it takes a certain amount |
| 8 | Anyone can be a biological mother , but it takes a professional woman to make a good job of it . |
| 9 | But it takes a mighty age to tell its tale and dives head-first into the soap suds along the way . |
| 10 | But it takes a long time to regain trust . |
| 11 | But it takes a different form , chiefly private transactions . |
| 12 | Ultimately one admires its naturalness , its ability simply to relay the balance and range that Rattle has fashioned from the podium ( or so it seems ) , but it takes a little while . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll have to see about that , Celia , but it sounds a nice idea . |
| 14 | The transformation of SunSoft 's operating system development effort into a modern design and production process is not typical of the software industry , but it represents a new model for the software business that will come to predominate , he believes . |
| 15 | This statement is not quite the same as the official DHSS objectives for RMI but it represents a reasonable paraphrasing . |
| 16 | I am not sure how accurately that can be measured , but it represents a substantial cost to the NHS , which the hon. Member for Eccles compared , in my view rightly , with the large sums of money that the European Community still commits to subsidising tobacco production , against which we have argued vehemently in Brussels . |
| 17 | The circular is a mere twelve paragraphs long , but it represents a dramatic change in policy . |
| 18 | In one way this statement is more conservative than the previous one in that it has elevated the popular usage ‘ Republican Sunday ’ to a part of party language and thus confirmed the belief that Catholicism and republicanism are the same thing , but it represents an important departure from previous positions in clearly tying the DUP 's position to that of the electorate . |
| 19 | The pope was wrong ; the Curia was wrong ; Anselm 's judgement was right but had no authority ; the authority quoted by Ivo was certainly spurious , but it produced an acceptable result . |
| 20 | It may not always mean a great deal ( though sometimes a title of this sort can be read as a genuine sign of worth ) , but it plays an essential part in reassuring people in a notoriously insecure and uncertain business . |
| 21 | But it seemed a long time . |
| 22 | I designed the itinerary , of course , for high political resonance , but it seemed a good idea to take in beautiful towns and routes . |
| 23 | God knows why , because I was n't entertaining and I never went in pubs , but it seemed a good idea at the time . |
| 24 | How the British depended on tea — but it seemed a good idea . |
| 25 | The thought did come to his mind a week or so later that she might have been in love with him , but it seemed a ludicrous idea as well as self-congratulatory , and he put it by . |
| 26 | Video re-runs hinted that Dowie had impeded a defender thus giving Quinn the necessary space but it seemed a harsh decision . |
| 27 | Well , yes , of course it could , but it seemed an odd way of going about things . |
| 28 | Perhaps they had adjusted to the sanitised neutralism of a Stockholm commune , but it seemed an odd life for men who had chosen to become soldiers . |
| 29 | I thought she said , ‘ Sand under my plate ’ , but it seemed an unlikely remark , so I smiled , soothing her like a baby . |
| 30 | I wondered briefly whether my father had a tendency to marry women who would make their children unhappy , but it seemed an unfair reflection . |