Example sentences of "but it [verb] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The council tax is related to the number of people in a house , but it offers more generous treatment for people such as students , who will not add to the household bill . |
| 2 | In retrospect it was courageous legislation but it had curiously little bite . |
| 3 | but it says here nominal input twenty five watts R M S here it says maximum what forty watts |
| 4 | This process can sometimes weaken the pile fibres , but it produces extremely attractive shades of muted red and rose . |
| 5 | But it requires more crude oil than ‘ normal ’ petrol . |
| 6 | It 's presumably popular for its unusual appearance , but it requires very dim lighting and a peat or sand substrate in which it can burrow for food . |
| 7 | This may not be a totally convincing critique of modern society , but it has clear modern relevance and is more than mere dislike . |
| 8 | This may sound somewhat grand but it has very down-to-earth aspects , such as indicating what is possible and realistic and what tasks are long and short term . |
| 9 | Walt Disney may well have appreciated a tool like this for taking the drudgery out of the cartoon business but it has more serious applications in logo design and very effective business graphics ; one of the stock Adobe illustrations is a plot of the stock market showing a bull turning into a bear ! |
| 10 | Maybe the farmer or his tenant will ask for a percentage of the kill within the agreement , but it makes jolly good sense to ensure that anyone who likes to eat a rabbit and who can influence your sport is well looked after . |
| 11 | It may seem superstitious , but it makes damned fine art , because the vision of release in salvation is so vividly nurtured in Christian history . |