Example sentences of "but it [verb] its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only did the WEA have providing rights and responsibilities in negotiations with the Board of Education and LEAs but it enhanced its position and status in seeking funds from philanthropic bodies to support pioneering , experimental schemes for the provision of adult education , particularly in rural areas . |
| 2 | ‘ I know a life like that makes a good story but it takes its toll on the person . |
| 3 | This was not common practice but it reached its apotheosis in the 1945 general election when the Observer completely detached itself from the political parties and carried articles by representatives of each of the main parties . |
| 4 | Dimensions meant nothing in the Darkness , but it stretched its tail across the shadows , and thrust its snout towards the light . |
| 5 | Quedlinburg is now an unimportant town in the formerly East German Land of Sachsen-Anhalt , but it had its decades of glory in the early Middle Ages when it was closely connected with the German imperial court . |
| 6 | But it had its problems , even so . |
| 7 | Archaic , of course , but it had its points . |
| 8 | I do n't think it was theirs , but it served its purpose . ’ |
| 9 | But it served its purpose . |
| 10 | I was only a boy of ten at the time , but it left its mark on me too . |
| 11 | It may be more of Home Guard proportions these days , but it retains its enthusiasm . |
| 12 | The composition of the garden flora changes from year to year , but it retains its characteristic of high , though contrived , plant diversity , which coupled with structural diversity , is often cited as a cause of complexity . |
| 13 | But it hopes its contribution will form part of an international force protecting food convoys . |
| 14 | A Soviet commentator explained that ‘ officially the USA will not take part in the new military bloc , but it promises its participants all-round assistance by supplying them arms and training their military personnel ’ . |
| 15 | But it warned its priority was the long-term future of the business and compulsory redundancies had not been ruled out . |
| 16 | It 's environmental benefits may be undisputed , but it seems its suitability for the car engine has now come into question . |
| 17 | The fresco on the exterior illustrates the name of the hotel , but it derived its name from the fact that the original owner made trimmings for hats from ostrich feathers . |
| 18 | But it has its limits . |
| 19 | English is an effective language but it has its shortcomings . |
| 20 | The detail , then , is in this sense gratuitous , but it has its effect : Wilekin buys Margery with the same money that Dame Sirith can use to buy animals ; the bargains , and the items bought , are reduced to the same level . |
| 21 | Being trivial is not the whole answer , but it has its place . |
| 22 | As information it is far from perfect but it draws its significance from the weight and faith which parents place on their view of which items constitute the stepping-stones of their children 's ambitions . |
| 23 | But it owes its status as a national monument to the way it has reflected from its opening in 1796 to its closure in 1924 the most dramatic and moving events in the history of modern Irish nationalism . |
| 24 | The News International ban was arguably effected along party lines , but it owes its place as a landmark in censorship , and censorship in libraries in particular , to the fact that legislation and hence the State was used to lift censorship rather than to implement it . |
| 25 | That City 's coat of arms was applied , but it retained its number and London Transport shade of red . |