Example sentences of "but it [verb] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ‘ technology transfer ’ is a process of innovation , but it involves spreading existing technology from sectors where it is conventionally used throughout industry so as to provide added value and competitive advantage . |
| 2 | It 's difficult to tell which wines will win , and easy to say when wine is good , but it takes that little bit extra to make it a winner . |
| 3 | The American basswood body has some obvious Telecaster influences , but it sports three custom-wound DiMarzio Q-100 pickups , a single tone and a single volume control , a 5-position pickup selector switch and a Floyd-Rose licensed locking tremolo system . |
| 4 | The result edged Liverpool into ninth place , 11 points behind leaders Norwich , but it had great personal significance for Souness . |
| 5 | By 1880 this was more and more a matter of Great Russian chauvinism within the boundaries of the Russian Empire , and tsarist imperialism abroad , but it had great sentimental appeal among Slavs living under non-Slav rulers who were encouraged by it to look to this ‘ big brother ’ . |
| 6 | But it had great sentimental value . ’ |
| 7 | This policy may have seemed ‘ reasonable ’ to the civil service , but it had two major flaws . |
| 8 | The DUP was formed with the intention of increasing the non-evangelical element in the movement , but it had little initial success in broadening the recruiting base . |
| 9 | It was never greatly used in food , even in mediaeval times , but it had considerable medicinal application , and still has , for certain ailments . |
| 10 | But it achieves this solid reliability at the expense of productivity . |
| 11 | But it replicates egalitarian feminist psychology 's over-attachment to certainty , and to closed , self-sufficient explanatory systems . |
| 12 | It was not itself a centre of manufacturing , but it outstripped all other ports as a point of transit for English exports and became thereby a major entrepot of international trade . |
| 13 | His voice was quite kind , but it forbade any more questions and Jinny fell silent , looking back over her shoulder as they reached the lip of the little hollow . |
| 14 | ‘ But it says such shocking things ! ’ |
| 15 | But it created a new kind of assignment , which was a legal assignment in the sense that the assignee might sue directly in his own name without making the assignor a party ; but it made certain special requirements : |
| 16 | But it took five more years , and the Tiananmen massacre , for its residents fully to grasp their prospective vulnerability as citizens of China . |
| 17 | Finally , under the obscurity of dust and smoke the Germans managed to get a foothold on the summit , but it took three more days of bitter close combat before the vital Côte 304 was finally theirs . |
| 18 | Boenninghausen had previously produced a repertory but it contained many more remedies under each heading than Kent 's repertory , which is easier to use . |
| 19 | This was the basis of the position which Barth presented with particular volcanic power in the second edition of his Romans ; but it contained another central element as well . |
| 20 | But it seems this other relation has inherited his whole fortune . |
| 21 | This final scene of the novel leaves the reader free to believe , if he so wishes , that Pip and Estella will eventually marry , but it seems clear that CD 's intention was that we should understand that Pip 's renewed hopes were not to be fulfilled . |
| 22 | It will consist of waste sent to the Sellafield reprocessing plant , Much of the waste is of the low-level variety , but it includes 10,000 cubic metres of medium-level waste , and 80 cubic metres of high-level waste . |
| 23 | ferry timetables forced a quick visit , but it allowed two good days ' walking . |
| 24 | Here 's a lovely winter scene but it contains ten deliberate mistakes . |
| 25 | Flying a new type of glider is always fun , but it worries many inexperienced pilots : there is always an extra element of risk if an unexpected situation occurs on the first flight in an unfamiliar machine . |
| 26 | The task is immense , painfully long-term and difficult to ‘ sell ’ , but it has one great merit as a grounding for optimism : there is no alternative , no quick fix . |
| 27 | ‘ But it has one enormous advantage over Bedfordshire Comprehensive . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Not as laid back as LA , say , nor as vibrant as New York , but it has that curious mixture of the two that outsiders , as well as Dubliners , are drawn to . |
| 29 | This is much smaller and less pretentious , but it has good geometrical window tracery above a ground floor arcade . |
| 30 | It has large and influential cereals and sugar barons in the north , but it has many small livestock farmers as well . |