Example sentences of "but [pron] has [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others have discovered that if you depress a note behind the slide , the string passes under it enabling it to sound ; but no-one has taken the technique to the extent that this man has . |
| 2 | The number of individual insects in the world seems beyond any computation , but someone has made the attempt and concluded that at any one time , there must be something of the order of one thousand million thousand million . |
| 3 | Tasty maybe but nobody has mentioned the smell . |
| 4 | I feared in Rome I detected a great change for the worse , but she has stood the journey well , better than might have been expected , and now , if all remains serene , we may see her build up again . ’ |
| 5 | She stares straight ahead , but she has opened the window just enough to eavesdrop on the interview taking place on the pavement outside , between Rainbow and the little dove . |
| 6 | Harvey may refuse the usual ‘ women 's role ’ but she has taken the indie scene by storm by writing some starkly troubled sexual vignettes while sounding as if she 's profoundly at ease in her own skin . |
| 7 | And so you have then a political system in which you , which you have a presidency er faced by a powerful legislature , a president who is not part of legislature but who has to lead the legislature without any significant controls over it a very difficult and demanding task . |
| 8 | The house needs remedial action to make it safe , but who has to bear the cost of this work ? |
| 9 | But one has to remember the difficulties , in practical terms , of introducing genuinely new ideas into education , an area bound to be in part wedded to tradition and the conservation of the old . |
| 10 | But one has to state the facts as one sees them . |
| 11 | Thou hast done wonders in a little time , not only made a rake a husband but thou has made a rake a preacher . |
| 12 | But he has accepted the captaincy of his club , Blackrock College , who won their way to the second division of the All Ireland League in 1990–91 and Mullin will devote all his playing activities to Rock 's welfare . |
| 13 | ‘ That was in June , but he has wanted the box moved for years . |
| 14 | But he has made an exception for Frank . |
| 15 | The ANC has worthy successors to him , but he has become a symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle . |
| 16 | Oliver Cromwell has been accused of vandalising many of the ancient treasures of England 's towns , but he has become the victim of legend . |
| 17 | It 's a debate Howe understandably does does not want to enter into but he has noticed a similarity between the current team and the Arsenal side he coached to the Double 21 years ago — coincidentally , the same season the Blues won their last major honour , the Cup Winners ' Cup . |
| 18 | But he has heeded the advice . |
| 19 | Peter Drucker may have overstated his case when he observed that ‘ capital movements rather than trade … have become the driving force of the world economy ’ ( Drucker , 1986 : p. 768 ) , but he has pointed the finger at a central issue in the global environment . |
| 20 | But he has received a letter withdrawing the invite to take part in the discussion , which will feature Tory Michael Fallon , Labour 's Alan Milburn and Liberal Democrat Peter Bergg . |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't let your heart rule your head , Miss Morgan , ’ he said , ‘ Craig is a fine chap , a loyal friend but he has neglected the business and paid rather too much attention to the worldly pleasures instead , so be warned . ’ |
| 22 | Dexter has a lot of problems but he has improved a lot since being here . |
| 23 | Corcoran went over on his ankle on Saturday and was quite lame on Sunday but he has improved a lot overnight . ’ |
| 24 | No but he has got a bit of an accent . |
| 25 | But he has got the sort of acidy sort of alcohol smell on his breath just like you 'd been on spirits all night or whatever , any sort of you know , wine and it 's not a beer sort of smell . |
| 26 | Gedge is often regarded as candid , but he has designed a style of lyric-writing that effectively camouflages his true self . |
| 27 | Francis is determined to take Wednesday to the top but he has handed the credit for starting the process to Ron Atkinson , his predecessor . |
| 28 | The club continues to occupy the ground under a protected tenancy requiring Butters to give them six months notice to quit but he has changed the locks and was ‘ too busy ’ to allow committee members access to check the pitch on Sunday . |
| 29 | He receives for his employment a take home pay of seventy three pounds per week , he lives with his parents and pays a board of twenty pounds per week he 's fortunate in that his employer takes him to work in the mornings but he has to catch the bus home in the evening and at lunchtime on Saturdays which costs him seven pounds forty . |
| 30 | He 's fortunate in that his employer takes him to work in the mornings but he has to catch the bus home in the evening and a at lunchtime on Saturdays which costs him seven pounds forty . |