Example sentences of "may [verb] [adj] but [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first sight , the filter circuit may appear conventional but the presence of the diode D1 is unconventional and it seems as though it is going to be switched off all the time anyway , the anode ( a ) always being at zero potential . |
| 2 | The IMF prescription for debt-ridden economies — spend less , earn more — may sound healthy but a combination of all-out export drives and reduced government expenditure spells misery for the masses . |
| 3 | It may sound nasty but a man would never look at some of those women she said , a lot of women deserved to be raped . |
| 4 | It may sound nasty but a man would never look at some of those women she said . |
| 5 | This may sound complicated but the argument is very similar to that which Victor Turner employs when he comments on the liminality , or " betwixt and between " status , of persons who are engaged in any ritual process . " |
| 6 | But the bearish view was not universally held and Nicholas Knight , the UK equities strategist at Nomura , said : ‘ The market may go lower but the time to buy is now . |
| 7 | Other fetishes — such as rubber , sweaty socks or amputations may seem outlandish but the fact is that a fetish may be practically anything . |