Example sentences of "but it [modal v] [verb] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the Nationalism Today faction has not adopted the antisemitic conspiracy theory of politics in order to attract financial support , but it may attempt to seek such support because it holds antisemitic beliefs . |
| 2 | Despite these kinds of market issues , Microsoft is unlikely to allow developers to add value by tinkering with NT operating system code , ‘ but it may have to change this model to win the high end , ’ warns Schuster . |
| 3 | Despite these kinds of market issues , Microsoft is unlikely to allow developers to add-value for them by tinkering with NT operating system code ‘ but it may have to change this model to win the high-end , ’ warns Schuster . |
| 4 | Admittedly , if we had entered five times as many patients there might have been a significant difference but it might have gone either way and we have not been able to show any improvement in response erm to either the Pasteur relative to the Evans or vice versa . |
| 5 | is , yeah , that will do , but it 'll have to go that way |
| 6 | It has been suggested that the rhetoric is Type II , whilst the proposals are Type I. This may be considered an oversimplistic observation , but it would appear to contain some element of the truth . |
| 7 | Every broken marriage , every wrecked career must have one , in some form or another , and doubtless career and marriage might have drifted aimlessly on together for a few more years if the sea had been clear of Carlas , but it would have ended some time or other , and possibly with a lot more pain than there was now . |
| 8 | But it would have damaged local democracy . |
| 9 | ‘ But it would have made all the difference to Project Eden , ’ Cheryl muttered . |
| 10 | She said another member of the family would have been able to help after the theft but it would have caused more inconvenience . |
| 11 | I think what I imagined erm Miss Whittaker and Chairman is that erm if you get the criteria right then this exceptions policy would also be an exception to I eleven , but it would have to pass this criteria . |
| 12 | That approach was also rejected , because it was getting too close to a rating system , but it would have had some logic , a factor that is entirely outwith the system with which we are now confronted . |
| 13 | I wanted to come home when we finished playing , but it would have seemed rude not to stay to tea when the granny had made it . |
| 14 | They would probably not bring very much bear meat at all , because Lugh was not especially partial to bear meat , but it would have looked odd to say this . |
| 15 | But it would have taken more courage than I could muster . |
| 16 | By section 56 , Acme was permitted to transfer the software because there were no express terms in the licence agreement prohibiting this , but it should have transferred all copies of WORDY . |
| 17 | But it must have taken some sweet talking from Newman to persuade Mansell 's wife Rosanne to agree . |
| 18 | This may sound bureaucratic and boring but without it there are bound to be anguishing problems of the kind : ‘ I handed in my work on time but it must have got lost in the pile ’ . |
| 19 | Talking to children about death is a new thought for many but it can help prevent much anguish and pain if the subject is dealt with sensitively . |
| 20 | You can freeze it , but it will start to go rancid after a comparatively short storage period of three months . |
| 21 | But it will have to look convincing . |
| 22 | You wo n't actually make the tonsils better any quicker , but it will help to prevent some of the taste and the gunge . |