Example sentences of "but it has [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The Treasury is only a small department in terms of the number of civil servants that work there but it has tremendous power as a result of its financial role at the heart of government .
2 Thus , Irish nationalism is conceived by most members in an abstract way , but it has concrete import for key groups .
3 But it has material consequences for women , does n't it ?
4 China is already a big exporter of tungsten but it has major reserves of titanium , tin , copper .
5 It may be wondered why this doctrine is retained , but it has great advantages for both the major groups involved — the ministers and the civil servants .
6 The term ‘ culture ’ could be used in this way in less complex , smaller-scale social systems , but it has other meanings in industrial society and seems inadequate for the task of relating everyday life to historical development .
7 This kind of access to recording facilities is not of course practicable in many language teaching situations but it has considerable potential on intensive courses where students have many contact hours .
8 A festoon blind , on the other hand , hangs like a curtain when it is down but it has vertical rows of rings on the back through which cord is threaded .
9 But it has growing influence in the US , and money too , says Bruce Shapiro
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