Example sentences of "but it [vb -s] [adv] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Now whenever I speak , this provides grounds for believing that I have vocal chords ; but it does not express that fact . |
2 | This stage produces a family of subsets of the training set , the clusters , but it does not identify each cluster except by stating which example is in which cluster . |
3 | Of course , they may not accept the beliefs , attitudes , or intentions that are expressed ; one can always object to what somebody else says , but it does not make much sense to do this unless one understands its meaning . |
4 | Hence the demand of workers for jobs with reasonable pay and security may command public sympathy , but it does not find widespread legitimacy , and those on strike may simply appear as troublemakers causing dissent unnecessarily . |
5 | But it does not follow that finite forms are superfluous because religion has to find expression in concrete forms , and the plurality of particular religions is necessary for the complete manifestation of religion . |
6 | Now clearly a teaching approach which goes against the grain of natural disposition will create needless difficulties for the learner , as I pointed out earlier in reference to translation and the focusing on form , but it does not follow that pedagogy must therefore simply accommodate that disposition . |
7 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc says it expects to announce an agreement on a foundry for production of Am486s by the end of next month , but it does not see any revenues from the agreement before January next year : it expects to produce about 600,000 to 700,000 Am486 chips this year , and to increase that production to about 1m per quarter by the second quarter of next year ; it is still ‘ negotiating in earnest ’ with several possible foundry candidates . |
8 | This has the advantage of being expressed as a number and is thus amenable to statistical analysis , but it does not recognise different types of colonic pressure waves . |
9 | But it does not take legal rights seriously . |
10 | But it does not seem sensible to accept them unless they can be given rational sanction . |
11 | As the Squig escapes from the control of its Night Goblin herders it may burst through its own unit , but it does not cause any damage as it does so . |
12 | But it does not work that way . |
13 | The net result may be neutral as Mr Lamont claims , but it does not look that way to the casual viewer who may as a result end the day in a gloomier mood than he began . |
14 | But it does not say this . |
15 | Symbolically , it was a significant moment , but it does n't go much beyond symbolism . |
16 | It is actually distilled from oil , and it 's a fairly heavy liquid , and it 's , to be honest not inert , but it does n't do much . |
17 | ‘ But it does n't make any sense , ’ he complained , in deadly earnest . |
18 | There may be nothing behind it , but it does n't make any difference so long as it is honoured . |
19 | ‘ But it does n't make any difference to Tom and me . |
20 | ‘ But it does n't make any difference , does it ? |
21 | I do n't really understand why so many galleries seem to be closed to women , but it does n't make any difference to me whether an artist is male or female . |
22 | he used an illustration of the pig , you know you can polish the pig up , you can clean it , you can scrub it , you can oh de cologne it , you can do all sorts of things with it , you can tie a nice pink ribbon around it and you can put it in a palace , but it 's still a pig and it lives like a pig and you can cl and no matter how clean you 've made it , it 'll soon find some dirt to wallow in and the ribbon might make it look nice in the show ground but it does n't make any difference to its nature and so it is with us and so Jesus did n't start on the outside , but he starts at the inside he deals with the route of the problem , in One Corinthians chapter fifteen and in verse three it says for I deliver to you as a first importance , this is the basic thing , he says to them this was the first thing that I said to you because it was the most important that Christ died for our sins , according to the scripture , what ever else Christ gives to us , what ever else he does for us , what ever else the gospel produces , the basic , the most important , the fundamental thing is that Christ died for our sins . |
23 | But it does n't think this is a war between independent powers . |
24 | Uplands kept its wholesaling operation going for a few years after I left , but it does n't exist any more ; I think the day of the really small wholesaler is gone . ’ |
25 | It makes it clear that the fire caused the accident but it does n't give any explanation of what caused the fire . |
26 | The general point here and I want to make is that er , these are n't officers ' promises these are the members ' promises and er , erm , we 've got to be careful that er when they 're all drawn together that we are n't making a hostage fortune , erm and so that I think it is very important members take aboard er what is suggested and test them themselves to see that they are realistic , I would also say that er as these promises are being considered by the various committees and I note a considerable variation in standards which will need to be addressed when the promises er , have come back to the Policy Committee , these are particularly in reference to the time required to respond to er , erm complaints etc , it 's no use having the Highways Committee wanting two weeks and incidentally on promise number two erm I think that er any up , somebody else 's point er straight forward wants to be deleted , erm the highways require two weeks to respond er , erm hearts and libraries want a , you know half a day , er and we 've got to get these er erm more or less synchronized I think , and whilst I 'm thinking Chairman on the last page er of the er favourite for , for first for agent authorities , but it does n't give any indication about the contact point and as most of our population live in the agent authorities that the er it needs to be expanded to give the contacts er points for the members of the public . |
27 | ‘ Lots of good players like Bernhard Langer , Fred Couples and Tom Kite use this method but it does n't feel right . |
28 | This is a bright , thoughtful movie , but it does n't waste costly gadget time giving the men major expositions . |
29 | He 's still bucking up and down and he 's shaking his head too now and you 're not sure he understands , but it does n't matter all that much . |
30 | But it does n't happen all of a sudden ; you have to think about it . ’ |