Example sentences of "but it [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it utterly prevented permanent victory . |
| 2 | But it rarely happens that way . |
| 3 | Not only does this result in uncertainty about the future of projects funded through Making Belfast Work but it also creates inter-departmental friction and runs counter to the findings of the government scrutiny report of funding of voluntary agencies , which said funding should be tied to departmental objectives . |
| 4 | This may be home to Mercedes , Bosch , Kodak and Porsche to name but four , but it also offers endless greenery from the banks of the winding Neckar to the baroque palace in the historic heart of the city . |
| 5 | It called for strong winds in order to execute the full range of manoeuvres ; but it also had sufficient lifting power for Don to go on television and demonstrate its use as a crop sprayer , photo-ship or bird scarer ! |
| 6 | ‘ But it also advocates extreme cruelty against animals as a matter of imperial policy , in order to dismay the enemy . |
| 7 | Any one network junction has topological neighbours , that is , junctions connected to it along a common chain , but it also possesses spatial neighbour junctions — junctions which may in fact be nearer to it in the continuum space but which belong to other chains . |
| 8 | Nominally , it opposed the colour bar , but it also opposed any action against it as well as the formation of African trade unions . |
| 9 | Ice is the greatest worry that a pool owner has during winter months , for not only does it trap noxious gases which are likely to suffocate the fish , but it also exerts tremendous pressure upon the pool structure and can crack the most expertly laid concrete . |
| 10 | But it also provided crucial evidence on the trade in birds , which is uncovered by Central TV 's Cook Report tonight . |
| 11 | The core of the Institute 's research is described by its title but it also contains strong research groups working on plant and fungal physiology , biochemistry and taxonomy . |
| 12 | But it also contains pure pop like ‘ LSI ’ and ‘ Phorever People ’ . |
| 13 | The ‘ independent sector ’ includes voluntary agencies but it also implies private market provision of luncheon clubs , meals-on-wheels , home helps , care attendants , community nurses and day centres . |
| 14 | Well , it still does n't give me any money , but it just stops more money going out of my account . |
| 15 | P it in it includes the am amendment moved by er the amendment B standing in the name Councillor but it equally includes that part of er the amendment C six A. All those in favour please show ? |
| 16 | But it firmly rejected any idea of reforming the system , saying : ‘ We are against suggestions and demonstrations which aim to lead people astray and change the constitutional basis of our state . ’ |
| 17 | TBWA 's ‘ My Vote ’ device is neat enough , but it scarcely breaks new ground . |
| 18 | No one knows who first made the quip but it soon had universal currency . |
| 19 | Like the GMC 's recommendations the deans ' suggestion may seem superficially attractive , but it too lacks any semblance of realism about how it might be implemented . |
| 20 | It has dropped much of its collective thinking , which did such damage in the post-war years ; but it still lacks fundamental confidence in the entrepreneur . |
| 21 | Milton and Pooley had had this ritual described fully to them , graphically and with actions , but it still held great fascination . |
| 22 | State power , and consequently that of the education authorities , may have been eroded , but it still controls formal education . |
| 23 | This is bound to be somewhat artificial , since the obligation to show all the stages of your reasoning forces you to appear rather more introspective than you would be in real life , but it still provides good practice in arranging and presenting material in an acceptable style . |
| 24 | But it certainly seemed that way . |
| 25 | But it certainly saw some action Last occupied in 1315 it was the ancestral home of the Fitzhughs but passed by marriage out of the family when the last of the male line died in a hunting accident while pursuing his quarry clean over a cliff , if local legend is correct . |
| 26 | The Borneo trip might have been designed to match Clare 's wildest dreams , but it undoubtedly involved real risk . |
| 27 | The skunk is capable of ejecting a spray of foul-smelling liquid from its anal glands , but it always gives fair warning before attacking in this way . |
| 28 | They sent up a thick screen of flak between the Goshawk planes and the second balloon , damning anyone who tried to break through The usual haphazard spray of machine-gun fire sprinkled the air , inaccurate and half-spent at that height , but it only needed one bulletin the head to destroy a whole aircraft . |
| 29 | He thought he 'd once heard someone saying that about her , but it now seemed that reason was n't the right one : the beach was hardly the place to catch a glimpse of Dr Greenslade , with his black bag and his stethoscope , which he sometimes wore round his neck on the street . |
| 30 | I can see that people must have thought we were being very mysterious then , that we were a bit of a mystery , that The Bar was a very strange place ; but it never seemed that way to us . |