Example sentences of "but it have [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it had great difficulty in finding the necessary funds for this purpose , and , partly for this reason and partly because of sheer bureaucratic inefficiency , the payment of the subsidies was always much delayed . |
| 2 | The view that the East Ropery Banks site might be considered for ‘ high value ’ housing in order to provide potential consumers for the shopping centre had first been expressed in the Poulson Report of 1965 , but it had greater saliency by 1971 because the authority was already dealing with its second property company ( Town and City ) and it was clear that market conditions made the redevelopment of North Shields centre a highly marginal project . |
| 3 | All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably . |
| 4 | All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably . |
| 5 | The famous Marx Brothers ' contract scene in A Night at the Opera ( " The party of the first part shall be known in this contract as the party of the first part " ) exaggerated the worst excesses of legal drafting , but it had some basis in fact . |
| 6 | The Treasury is only a small department in terms of the number of civil servants that work there but it has tremendous power as a result of its financial role at the heart of government . |
| 7 | Thus , Irish nationalism is conceived by most members in an abstract way , but it has concrete import for key groups . |
| 8 | Liberals may appreciate that conclusion , but it has little basis in empirical fact . |
| 9 | This kind of access to recording facilities is not of course practicable in many language teaching situations but it has considerable potential on intensive courses where students have many contact hours . |
| 10 | It is not a heartening picture , but it has some validity as a profile of our times . |
| 11 | But it has growing influence in the US , and money too , says Bruce Shapiro |
| 12 | ‘ They see residential school as an alternative to ‘ care ’ but it has less stigma for them . |
| 13 | Young age at marriage powerfully increases the fertility of working-class women , but it has less effect on the fertility of middle-class women . |