Example sentences of "[noun] but it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that this relexicalized version has not been actually attested and , may never occur in the future but it acquires normality because it is relatively easy to conceive of a context for it . |
| 2 | The kind of limitations imposed by restrictions of full-time caring are not normal to someone in midlife but it takes courage to change the pattern once the need to be restricted has passed . |
| 3 | ‘ It has more dignity than charm but it has shops and is closer than Córdoba . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We 're gradually eliminating people from the inquiry but it takes time . |
| 5 | To adopt ‘ one person , one vote ’ would be a democratic move but it offends trade unions by weakening their local influence and it undermines the position of Left-wing activists who tend to dominate many local parties . |
| 6 | Nihilist is the case but it risks confusion between Dostoevsky and Turgenev who may not have invented the word but certainly gave it very wide currency . |
| 7 | His one-man show yesterday failed to prevent the Hammers moving to fourth in the First Division but it saved Pompey from embarrassment . |
| 8 | It lasted only one and a half hours but it satisfied body and soul . |
| 9 | This new corporate shift is to female values but it involves men — but men thinking in a new , more conscious way . ’ |
| 10 | The data are based on a different population than is seen in British clinics but it provides quantitation of the degree of obesity in practice . |
| 11 | The approach may have risked inhibiting the searcher 's behaviour but it offered continuity and some close-ups of individual steps of the search . |
| 12 | It is not Venice but it has warmth , colour , and views such as could stretch the most infertile imagination . |
| 13 | Already the fund has broken the £100,000 mark but it needs £200,000 more before it can add the pledges from the national organisations . |
| 14 | Ian Fleming 's Casino Royale ( 1953 ) was not a bestseller but it introduced James Bond , the agent with the number 007 , a licence to kill and a taste for the best of everything , especially girls . |
| 15 | Police gave no details but it appeared Mr Anderson fell dying with gunshot wounds , and the Ford Capri car sped off with the gunman and Ms Fisher inside . |
| 16 | He said that Maccas goal would be credited as an OG , cos he was trying to pull it back from the byline but it hit sherwood and span in . |
| 17 | I think it 's perhaps a small consideration but it does impact on increased demand for those central services . |
| 18 | that electrolysis , that 's the best way but it takes ages . |
| 19 | This was a skilful manoeuvre but it risked frustration because the combination of fog , dense smoke from guns and funnels , and failing light , was making visibility increasingly poor . |
| 20 | Brave Gail Devers was suffering from Graves Disease but it took doctors two years to diagnose the crippling thyroid illness . |