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Example sentences of "but it [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	That may not sound very imposing , but it represented a major advance .
2	In others a little more imagination was required : This may not sound much like science , but it represented a significant departure from the book learning of his day .
3	Thus , as prices rose , the effective rate of duty fell : the amount yielded was the same , but it represented a smaller proportion of the value of the goods .
4	The pope was wrong ; the Curia was wrong ; Anselm 's judgement was right but had no authority ; the authority quoted by Ivo was certainly spurious , but it produced an acceptable result .
5	But it seemed a long time .
6	I designed the itinerary , of course , for high political resonance , but it seemed a good idea to take in beautiful towns and routes .
7	God knows why , because I was n't entertaining and I never went in pubs , but it seemed a good idea at the time .
8	How the British depended on tea — but it seemed a good idea .
9	The thought did come to his mind a week or so later that she might have been in love with him , but it seemed a ludicrous idea as well as self-congratulatory , and he put it by .
10	Video re-runs hinted that Dowie had impeded a defender thus giving Quinn the necessary space but it seemed a harsh decision .
11	Well , yes , of course it could , but it seemed an odd way of going about things .
12	Perhaps they had adjusted to the sanitised neutralism of a Stockholm commune , but it seemed an odd life for men who had chosen to become soldiers .
13	I thought she said , ‘ Sand under my plate ’ , but it seemed an unlikely remark , so I smiled , soothing her like a baby .
14	I wondered briefly whether my father had a tendency to marry women who would make their children unhappy , but it seemed an unfair reflection .
15	Not only was the BDDA among them , but it played a major part in the revival of the NID .
16	By the mid-1930s it was past its peak , but it played a prominent part in the agitation which led to the suspension of the National Government 's unemployment assistance board scheme early in 1935 .
17	Today very little military demi-caractère style exists in Western ballet except in such American works as Balanchine 's Stars and Stripes , but it played a large part during the nineteenth century .
18	Sheffield was the smaller town , but it had a bigger train station , more industrial soot , more prostitutes , and an all black movie house , the Carver , all in close proximity to one another .
19	A ridiculous word in itself , but it had a certain swing about it .
20	But it had a dramatic effect on the entertainment giant 's stock .
21	But it had a profound effect on the child care service of the time .
22	But it had a queer feeling — you 'll see for yourselves when we get there .
23	‘ Ah , ’ was all that Maidstone said to this but it had a knowing sound to it .
24	But it had a special place in many north Londoners ' hearts .
25	So there I am , during this rather romantic conversation , toying with the little hairs in it 's ears , not knowing whether I should try and get in through the snout or what — but it had a happy ending .
26	But it had a tragic consequence .
27	ANDY THORN 'S matchwinner ensured Crystal Palace 's revival continued to gather pace — but it meant a sixth defeat in eight games for Leeds , the crumbling champions .
28	This eventually fostered the birth of Sussex gun-making but it meant an inevitable increase in local tension and a continued vulnerability to French attacks .
29	The reasons for the conflict , the struggle of royal versus baronial liberties , were of wider importance than Sussex issues but it left a real mark on the county 's experience .
30	The majority of the vast Kazakhstan region was a no man 's land , but it formed a deep buffer zone between the populated areas of the North-Western USSR and the Mongolian deserts which gave way to the Chinese border .