Example sentences of "[noun sg] but it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dave also played the old fashioned curved soprano sax , which looks almost like a toy instrument but it sounded clear and forceful in his hands . |
| 2 | Community is part of the job but it needs good management ( paying teachers , costing the use of premises , the division of time other than that which is needed to provide the national curriculum ) as well as a personally felt sense of value . |
| 3 | She worked strenuously to establish the Corby branch and provided courses there in an attempt to sustain a WEA presence in the then new steel town but it became inactive in the early thirties . |
| 4 | The pride of Scotland hold a 2–1 European Cup first leg lead but it looks fragile when you consider the awesome power of Leeds on their own territory and the effect of that Yorkshire choir at full blast . |
| 5 | Craig Porter made a spectacular goal line clearance from Stephen Galway five minutes from the interval but it proved worthless when the same opponent flicked in number two from the resulting short corner after Andy McBride 's shot had been saved . |
| 6 | The church was not in permanent use and had no resident vicar but it held occasional services and now at Christmas an elderly cleric in retirement had volunteered to conduct a sung Eucharist at nine-thirty with the help of a volunteer choir assembled from the Women 's Institute . |
| 7 | China is already a big exporter of tungsten but it has major reserves of titanium , tin , copper . |
| 8 | It has n't any mark but it looks good . " |
| 9 | and I thought come into my head , it 's probably complete rubbish but it seems logical at the time which was , if you got rid of er , a lot of the various taxes that they paid and put everything on to VAT , apart from the fact that you 'd be a few , just by upping the rate of VAT they would collect the extra monies , you 'd save a lot of the money you 'd pay in administration costs by , all the various different departments er |
| 10 | In Scotland there was a majority in favour of devolution but it fell short of the 40 per cent of the electorate required by the statute . |
| 11 | We attempted to have the case tried in a Crown Court with a judge and jury but it seemed apparent to us , at our first appearance at the Magistrates Court , that every attempt was made , including the dropping of a crucial charge , to keep the case at that level . |
| 12 | Althusser asserts that all ideology is ‘ centred ’ while science is ‘ decentred ’ and his no subjects and no Subject but it remains unclear how science might escape from ideology . |
| 13 | It was a very basic little radio but it worked fine . |
| 14 | This might be slightly bending the letter of the law in that the prospectus should be a single document but it makes good economic sense . |
| 15 | Teenage pregnancy is not a new phenomenon but it remains controversial and attracts disproportionate and misleading media attention . |
| 16 | I ca n't vouch for this hotel but it looked wonderful for a romantic weekend . |
| 17 | At £20 , Mr Seth 's novel is a more expensive treat but it remains true to the saga genre , spanning three generations and chronicling the lives of four Indian families . |
| 18 | You speak my language but it sounds different . |
| 19 | It had been easy to agree to Sniffy 's request from the safety of the office but it felt different to be taking the orders of a stranger from Sniffy 's brutal underworld . |