Example sentences of "[noun] but it [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be sure working with a narrower aperture will decrease Ap but it will bring about a compensating uncertainty Ax in the electron 's position . |
| 2 | DOMESTIC bliss is not an illusion but it can prove elusive . |
| 3 | She said another member of the family would have been able to help after the theft but it would have caused more inconvenience . |
| 4 | It wo n't cut your premiums but it may cut the risk of theft . |
| 5 | ‘ I had a lot of fun making the programme but it can get boring after a while . |
| 6 | So er , it only takes you a second to er copy from an adjacent cell but it could take you a minute or two to get that formula working again if it 's not copyable , erm , it would probably only takes you an extra few seconds er when you 're actually building the formula to make it , copyable in the first place so it 's well worth investing a few extra seconds up front to save you maybe a minute or so later on . |
| 7 | I made the same point in the previous chapter but it may help if I give a concrete example . |
| 8 | Grateful thanks are due to the following , without whom I could have written this piece but it would have been rubbish |
| 9 | So far , this is fly fishing but it may develop into other things . |
| 10 | This model not only represents the simplest type of search but it would appear to have become the basis for subject searches as well , over-simplifying what is in fact a very complex process . |
| 11 | Will he find time to read recent Official Reports of debates and questions in the House where he will find ’ We will build a boat ’ , ’ We wo n't build a boat ’ and ’ We will build a boat but it will have no weapons ’ , all of which is official Labour party policy ? |
| 12 | We could have done this without the Support Force but it would have taken longer to do . ’ |
| 13 | He was describing Denis Law but it could have been this era . |
| 14 | Ordering and receipt of materials for the school library is not normally a large part of the school librarian 's work but it can prove time-consuming and one advantage of having a microcomputerbased acquisitions package is that it will help to free the school librarian for other more curriculum-related work and will allow easy access to books and other items on order using a program which can be searched in various ways . |
| 15 | Keeping your fingers crossed and plunging on is one way of dealing with tricky situations which may gain a reputation for the school that it has firm and strong management but it can have costs in the loss of a number of unhappy families . |
| 16 | ‘ A few years ago we thought the Butter Market could have been made into a little museum but it would have been difficult to cross the roads into it . ’ |
| 17 | It 's a challenge for both companies but it must yield worthwhile benefits . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It will improve the standards of Irish rugby but it will require a few more seasons until we see the real value of the hard competitive stuff ’ . |
| 19 | Our press date prevents us giving details of this run but it must have been quite a spectacle if it went ahead as reported , and would have provided a fitting finale to an outstanding season of operations . |
| 20 | Placing an advertisement for someone kind and responsible to help may sound an unlikely way to find reliable help but it can have very satisfying results . |
| 21 | In itself , this information will not affect the immediate distribution of manpower but it will provide a basis for planning for changes in the manpower profile for each managerial unit . |
| 22 | This is not a cure for anxiety but it can help people to take their minds off their problems and regain control of their lives ’ . |
| 23 | It was logical to conclude the young fop was the assassin but it could have been the young page or , indeed , a complete stranger . |
| 24 | In terms of product development , HDTV may not have profound implications but it may change some design factors . |
| 25 | I was n't so concerned with Midwinter 's security but it would take ages to phone New York . |
| 26 | Admittedly , if we had entered five times as many patients there might have been a significant difference but it might have gone either way and we have not been able to show any improvement in response erm to either the Pasteur relative to the Evans or vice versa . |
| 27 | The police could have adopted a different stratagem but it would have been ‘ more time-consuming and difficult ’ than this ‘ simple procedure ’ . |
| 28 | Er , if any shareholder in B Sky B er , was selling shares , we would obviously consider er , whether we went up from our present sixteen percent er , to twenty percent but it would depend on the circumstances at the time . |
| 29 | If there was a serious disagreement the report would still contain the point but it would say that the school disagreed with it for whatever reason . |
| 30 | Shildon is in charge of this inquiry but it could become impossible for either of you to continue working here . ’ |