Example sentences of "but [indef pn] [vb mod] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nothing would settle the issue more abruptly than a DoH response to a challenge issued by Pam Charlwood who , when Institute of Health Services Management director , demanded the government ‘ sort out the differences between social and health care ’ . |
| 2 | But nothing can alter the fact that all propositions about experiences can in principle be paraphrased into propositions about certain neuro-physiological events — if not without any sacrifice of meaning , then certainly without any loss of truth . |
| 3 | Ian was later murdered by a terrorist bomb but nothing can destroy the memory of a unique politician and man . |
| 4 | The caffeine gives her numbed brain cells a temporary boost but nothing can increase the speed with which the body disposes of alcohol , and the coffee does n't make her any more sober . |
| 5 | Their acquiescence was to be encouraged by a campaign of information and by mobilising convinced peasants to persuade recalcitrant ones , but nothing could stop the tractors from moving in on the appointed day . |
| 6 | But nothing could change the judge 's order . |
| 7 | He wore a perfectly tailored black dinner-jacket , but nothing could disguise the strength or power of the broad-shouldered body beneath the elegant clothes . |
| 8 | She did n't know if he was annoyed but nothing could wipe the admiration from Maggie 's face . |
| 9 | French Renaissance and Italian Renaissance styles were taken up by other railway architects — notably at the Michigan , Southern , and Rock Island station at Chicago ( 1871 , and reconstructed after the Great Fire of Chicago in 1872 ) , New Haven ( 1870s ) , Chicago Union ( 1881 ) , and later at Salt Lake City , Utah ( 1909 ) — but nothing could halt the headlong growth of the complications of the picturesque . |
| 10 | But nothing could take the gloss off Townsend 's night of glory . |
| 11 | He said there was a lot of gossip and speculation but no-one would tell the staff what was going on . |
| 12 | It may be impossible to catch up with history , but no-one could accuse the entertainment mongers of not trying . |
| 13 | " I do n't know what the next step will be but someone will make the breakthrough " said Cadogan . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not saying best practice is wrong , ’ he said , ‘ but someone must change the operational guidelines because you ca n't have one set of guidelines issued by the Institute and another being operated by the JMU . ’ |
| 15 | The funniest thing is that they are all as frightened as one another , but nobody can break the chain . |
| 16 | But nobody could answer the questions . |
| 17 | As paragraph 16.1 of Code C makes clear , the police officer is obliged to charge a suspect as soon as he believes that there is sufficient evidence for a prosecution to succeed , but nobody could expect the police simply to cease work on the case and rely at the trial only on the material revealed up to the moment of charging . |
| 18 | But nobody could get the movie made at that time , and the question now was whether Val was n't too old for the part . |
| 19 | Later it was suggested that he had received help from dissident Englishmen who preferred Border ruffians of like mind to their own unpopular Warden ; but nobody could deny the rescuer the sobriquet bestowed on him in the ballad — ‘ The Bold Buccleuch ’ . |
| 20 | But nobody could overlook the fact that the box-office receipts for Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind had little to do with any actor 's presence . |
| 21 | Over 30 teams from other branches and central departments entered the competition but none could match the skill of Dave Shalliday ( seated ) , Sandy Stevenson ( left ) , Dave Osborne ( centre ) and Linda Chamberlain . |
| 22 | But none could match the sharp shooting of former caddie Berendt and the long-hitting Parnevik . |
| 23 | Most desert-living animals can withstand some water loss , but none can match the spadefoot and its desert-living cousins . |
| 24 | Many manufacturers produce pine or pine-effect units , but none will give the easy-on-the-eye , mellow effect that you can get from old pine . |
| 25 | This may not be covered in the initial simple descriptions of the portfolio grids , but one would expect the underlying risk analysis to include such matters . |
| 26 | But one may note the steady accumulation of evidence that all kinds of mental disorder have a physical basis , and that biochemical adjustment brought about by drugs often provides more effective help to a disturbed person than any other process . |
| 27 | Sensible diet and regular brushing of teeth will obviously help , but one should visit the dentist at least once every six months for a check up . |
| 28 | But one will note the different sensory categorisation implied by the French parfum and the English perfume . |
| 29 | They had gunpowder and very sophisticated engineering devices well before the west , but one can document the fact that the Chinese gave up science , rather dramatically , erm in subsequent centuries , simply because they lost faith that there was any underlying order in nature to be discovered , that it was their background religion and philosophy which led them to give up the idea of unravelling the structure of the universe . |
| 30 | It may seem somewhat curious logic to decide whether empirically determined facts can only be accepted provided that they can be explained , but one can understand the attitude when the facts seem less than certain . |