Example sentences of "but it [vb past] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Much about the programme was vague , but it ended the traditional reliance on Marxist rhetoric , talked of ‘ Christian ethics ’ and ended such symbolism as the red flag and raised fist . |
| 32 | British companies rarely welcomed headhunters positively ; they engaged them out of desperation , but it gave the good firms the chance to rise to the occasion . |
| 33 | On the surface , the song was a summary of several theories from the late sixties relating to President Kennedy 's supposed love affairs , but it embraced the typical Gedge trademark of someone stealing someone else 's lover . |
| 34 | The doctrine of scientific determinism was strongly resisted by many people , who felt that it infringed God 's freedom to intervene in the world , but it remained the standard assumption of science until the early years of this century . |
| 35 | But it needed the right impetus to get him out of it . |
| 36 | But it lost the crucial vote . |
| 37 | OK , it 's fun to have that many people together , but it lost the whole meaning of the scene . |
| 38 | erm At the beginning of the social services committee meeting Mr moved a resolution which he previously moved at the social services planning sub-committee which listed most of the things which are presently in the the resolution but it started the social services accept the implication of the director of social services report on the future of the department 's elderly person 's homes erm , after some minutes of debate the er Democrats asked if the Tories would remove that phrase from the resolution and then tha the Democrats , the Liberal Democrats would vote for it the Tories of course er looking gift horses in the mouth as usual , said no and the the that resolution was lost . |
| 39 | Like most such documents it was probably an exaggeration but it marked the approaching end of a peculiarly rich period of vitality in the county . |