Example sentences of "but [adv] it [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 First , all the evidence that is available shows that the expansion of the social services did not so much rely on the workers made redundant from the industrial sector but rather it drew on new sources of labour — mainly women .
2 But eventually it led to several notable improvements in the arrangements for the early detection of mental ill-health among faculty members .
3 The extreme range seems to be from 5 to 6.4 or so , but generally it remains between 4.6 and 5.2 ; it has not been through a major minimum since 1949 .
4 A 600 yard narrow ( 2' ) gauge line following the old trackbed was opened by Meirion Mill in 1975 , but unfortunately it closed in 1977 .
5 The climate might seem sub-tropical if one is used to taking naturist breaks in Siberia but otherwise it felt like normal swimming-pool temperature to me .
6 The school was built by the Duke of Devonshire in 1830 , but sadly it closed in 1980 .
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