Example sentences of "but it [verb] [that] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it seemed that the longed-for reunion with his family was not to take place . |
| 2 | It may make us unhappy , but it insists that the mechanical and the material need n't be in charge . |
| 3 | This was largely unexpected by civil servants at the Board , though not by Churchill , but it meant that the educational problems of an extension and perpetuation of the existing system were minimised . |
| 4 | But it says that the surviving mudflats may be needed in future because they are near deep water and could make good sites for factories that are served by ships . |
| 5 | But it feels that the modern men have expanded comics , made them somehow more artistic . |
| 6 | But it warned that the latest hike in interest rates could have serious repercussions for its UK customers by weakening demand . |
| 7 | ’ Fair Rates ’ says that Labour wants to cut unnecessary bureaucracy from local government finance , an admirable objective , but it seems that the Labour party can not help itself . |
| 8 | But it seems that the principal focus of the section 25 duty is not on correcting cases of illegality but rather on ensuring that LEAs and responsible bodies play ‘ a positive role in relation to the elimination of sex discrimination ’ . |
| 9 | Governments may rise or fall , but it seems that the Civil Service goes on forever . |
| 10 | Details are few , but it seems that the best part of 38 years — a whole generation — was spent around here . |
| 11 | I contacted Greenalls , who were very helpful , but it seems that the original contractors , A Temple Somerville , went into administrative receivership the day after Ron 's mishap . |
| 12 | The meaning of the epithet ‘ a-ta-na ’ is not known , but it suggests that the Minoan goddess was already being addressed , among other things , as ‘ Athena ’ . |
| 13 | The definition is convoluted but it means that the excess liability is the difference between the basic rate and the higher rate , ie 15 per cent . |
| 14 | We had hoped to be able to support measures on so-called joyriding , on the establishment of an Environmental Protection Agency and on better employment conditions for women , but it appears that the Prime Minister 's enthusiasm for this last came too recently for its inclusion in the Queen 's Speech . |
| 15 | One might have expected that at least some of the Labour members would welcome this opportunity to save the airport entrusted to them , but it appears that the ordinary members are unable to use their right to vote in accordance with their wishes , however strongly held . |
| 16 | We might deplore that , but it shows that the national minimum wage has harmed the most vulnerable people in that society . |
| 17 | The experiment was short-lived and a failure ; but it suggested that the young king might not be able to reckon as a matter of course on wielding all the powers of his great predecessor . |
| 18 | But it helped that the one Test forward was Paul Ackford who , still less than a year into his international career , is a phenomenon , consistently winning his own line-out ball , securing kick-offs and loose possession , and cover-tackling more in the manner of a flanker than a lock . |