Example sentences of "but it [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 No it does n't solve all their problems , but it does provide some extras and for the vast majority of disabled people , it 's much appreciated .
32 This , too , is entirely reasonable but it does require that attention be paid to compatibilities of systems so that future system integration remains possible .
33 This has been shown to be an effective and rapid method of training but it does require intensive supervision from an adult .
34 This is probably being excessively pedantic ; it is fairly clear what " such payment " is intended to mean , but it does illustrate another problem — the difficulties which the word 'such " may cause .
35 This makes little difference to the behaviour of the companies so far as the production of policies and their conduct of business are concerned , but it does impose further constraints on the marketing of what are now clearly seen as forms of saving .
36 But it does include that document .
37 Management by exception enables a manager to devote his or her energies to significant deviations ; this does not mean that he or she ignores all other results but it helps to focus managerial effort .
38 At one time , the Hang Seng Index was down 116 points , but it recovered to close 98 points lower at 4,827 .
39 But it tends to achieve each draw with a high , shared score .
40 Often a change of publisher does wonders for an author , but it seems to make little difference to this man 's sales .
41 Levi 's statement to Philip Roth about If not now , when ? did not mention Babel , but it did mention another Isaac — the Yiddish writer , Bashevis Singer .
42 But it did serve another purpose .
43 But it did give considerable encouragement to the growth of services , particularly community services , and to the improvement of public understanding of the problems of mental disorder , and it was , accordingly , widely welcomed .
44 In addition , whether or not one had attended a catholic school may have had little effect on sexual values or mass attendance but it did increase catholic activism and racial tolerance ( Greeley , McCready , and McCourt 1976 ) .
45 But it did need permanent supervision of weapons , gunpowder , and equipment ; and this was provided by the emergence under Henry VIII of a centralized Ordnance Office .
46 Ascot 's Cesarewitch trial did n't provide many clues for Newmarket , but it did cause top jockeys Pat Eddery and Michael Roberts some anxious moments .
47 But it did take some time .
48 But it did cultivate good will . "
49 The revolution at Northampton may have been different but it did have uncanny echoes of what had gone on at Neath .
50 Moderator it ca n't be very often that a young minister contradicts a giant of the church in open assembly but it did happen several years ago .
51 The service is short of 369 lawyers , but it has received 517 inquiries about its own articled clerk and pupillage scheme launched in May .
52 It is a simple point , but it has caused certain distress .
53 Frank Smith 's ( 1971 ) seminal work , Understanding Reading , has been glorified and vilified perhaps more than any other book about reading , but it has spawned real excitement and self-questioning in teachers .
54 But it has supplied this help without objection from Arab governments which , though alarmed at the prospect of Shia ascendancy in Iraq , want most of all to see Mr Hussein out .
55 But it has taken many years for such discoveries to be accepted and acted upon , especially when they conflict with public convenience and related commercial interests , as the sad story of tobacco promotion and consumption shows .
56 It was only 10 years ago that the prize-money was less than £80,000 , but it has taken giant strides forward and the future looks even brighter .
57 London has come to be my second home , but it has taken some time to get used to it .
58 But it has had limited success .
59 But it has upset some shopkeepers whose deliveries have been disrupted , and disabled drivers who say they ca n't get into town .
60 The council is the plaintiff , but it has brought this action to protect the interests of the residents .
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