Example sentences of "but it [modal v] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Technological Convergence is also a nice idea , but it may lead strong companies into major new markets where they lack experience and fail to achieve success . |
| 2 | Not only are a firm 's existing products vulnerable to cultural change , but it may miss new , lucrative opportunities by not being informed of changes in culture . |
| 3 | They say it 's going to increase production , but it may involve other costs . |
| 4 | This is a bit boring and non-Leeds , but it may prove useful to know : |
| 5 | National population growth slowed perceptibly , but the major concentrations of population remained , tightly drawn in conurbations as Geddes described them ; ‘ Constellations we can not call them ; conglomerations is , alas ! nearer the mark at present , but it may sound unappreciative ; what of ‘ Conurbations ’ ? ’ |
| 6 | He could n't know how tempting the thought of laying down her burden was , but it would mean admitting guilt where there was none — to a man who would as soon see her sink as swim . |
| 7 | It was a plain , basic , rock-bottom hatchback , but it would do fine for the distance and had the extra advantage of childproof locks on the rear doors . |
| 8 | Dr Linebaugh has discovered that around 40 per cent of those hanged at Tyburn in the middle years of the eighteenth century had completed apprenticeships and a further 20 per cent had at least begun one ( see pp. 230 – 1 ) Even in London , the greatest centre of artisan manufacture , not all apprenticeships led to a skilled trade — the unfortunate climbing chimney boys for example — but it would seem reasonable to suggest that around half of the working men of the capital were to some degree skilled , in the sense of selling specialised labour . |
| 9 | No effort or trouble , but it would become irritating in time . |
| 10 | That is , the motivating biological metaphor of the Prisoners ' Dilemma generates a transition rule that is simple , but it would look horrendous if expressed in canonical cellular automata terms . |
| 11 | But it would look bad . |
| 12 | I have n't actually seen this one yet , but it should make fascinating , if brief , reading . |
| 13 | When you feel ready , both of you need to raise your right hand above the other 's upturned left hand , but it should remain loose and relaxed , not held stiffly because you will reduce any sensitivity . |
| 14 | So far as the timber structure is concerned , you may not understand it , but it should look regular and well formed . |
| 15 | I welcome the introduction of gas as a fuel for power generation , but it must remain competitive with coal : that will produce the best prices for electricity consumers . |
| 16 | It 's a challenge for both companies but it must yield worthwhile benefits . ’ |
| 17 | It 's a very costly business , you know , but it must ring true because of course the actuality 's on our televisions screens every other night and if it does n't have an authentic ring to it then people wo n't accept what the picture has to say . |
| 18 | But it must become clear , I 'll make this point clearly to the taxpayers and the people who live in this city , it must become clear , at some point this company must talk to this planning authority . |
| 19 | Shildon is in charge of this inquiry but it could become impossible for either of you to continue working here . ’ |
| 20 | Not only will the material have uses in banks , prisons , security vehicles etc , but it could provide unbreakable windows for ordinary cars to prevent break-ins without increasing the weight of the car . |
| 21 | The apparatus in both UA1 and UA2 can not specifically identify electrons , but it can eliminate other possibilities . |
| 22 | Yeah but lary lary actually means loud like , but it can mean loud clothes or loud mouth . |
| 23 | It is unwieldy and , at $40,000 , hardly a snip , but it can place direct international calls on demand . |
| 24 | It is clear that this can have no retrospective effect on the actual forms of association , but it can have important other effects , since in presenting the history of philosophy or painting in this way it suggests forms of identification or association to new contributors . |
| 25 | Ordering and receipt of materials for the school library is not normally a large part of the school librarian 's work but it can prove time-consuming and one advantage of having a microcomputerbased acquisitions package is that it will help to free the school librarian for other more curriculum-related work and will allow easy access to books and other items on order using a program which can be searched in various ways . |
| 26 | DOMESTIC bliss is not an illusion but it can prove elusive . |
| 27 | A deficiency in vitamin B12 may take many years to show , but it can prove fatal . |
| 28 | Bad breath , or halitosis , is one of those ailments that often provokes ribald comments but it can cause intense embarrassment to the sufferer . |
| 29 | ‘ I had a lot of fun making the programme but it can get boring after a while . |
| 30 | It will , it just might slide a bit but it will stop sliding when it comes off it . |