Example sentences of "but it [verb] that [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it seemed that Sister Benedicta must sin a lot because she always seemed to get the dirty jobs . |
| 2 | The US secretary of state , Warren Christopher , said in Geneva that the major powers had agreed on negotiations , but it seemed that Mr Christopher did not have a cast-iron Palestinian commitment on new talks . |
| 3 | At this stage , as Ernst & Young does not have access to the shareholders ' list , it is unaware of the numbers involved , but it estimates that compensation payments may total £1.4m . |
| 4 | But it warned that trading conditions had deteriorated in the second half of last year . |
| 5 | But it emerged that Kenneth Littlejohn had indeed been recruited into MI6 two years previously — and that Lady Onslow was indirectly responsible for this . |
| 6 | But it emerged that Mrs McMullen , who lived with her mother and brother at Derby Road in Brynteg , Wrexham , had been the victim of a vicious attack . |
| 7 | Shiraz has stitched up major deals all over the world to boost sales , but it appears that UK buyers are very reluctant to splash out £13 for 30 capsules in the middle of a slump . |
| 8 | I had not felt that trade unionism had yet reached the accountancy profession , but it appears that Mr Marshall 's requests are akin to the worst excesses of the trade union movement . |
| 9 | But it predicts that Dr Mawhinney 's 7.9 per cent lead over Labour has been whittled to 3.4 per cent ( Con 42.3 per cent ; Lab 38.9 ; Lib Dem 16.1 ) . |