Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 The approach may have risked inhibiting the searcher 's behaviour but it offered continuity and some close-ups of individual steps of the search .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 I think it 's perhaps a small consideration but it does impact on increased demand for those central services .
13 that electrolysis , that 's the best way but it takes ages .
14 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 .
15 Brave Gail Devers was suffering from Graves Disease but it took doctors two years to diagnose the crippling thyroid illness .
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