Example sentences of "but [verb] [conj] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Organisers said the display by Cambridge Darkroom , entitled Stolen Glances was ‘ amusing ’ but admitted that some people may consider the subject matter unsuitable for young children . |
| 2 | The reverberations of the Super 8/Standard 8 controversy can still be detected ; institutions were encouraged to invest in the new film equipment , but found that some manufacturers persisted in producing material only in the earlier format ; the resultant collapse of confidence has not been easy to repair . |
| 3 | Between 1947 and 1961 des Forges and Harber recorded an annual average of about 10 , but noted that some decline was evident towards the end of this period . |
| 4 | Gerstner told the IBM Corp meeting in Tampa , Florida that he does not intend to ‘ lay out a grand scheme ’ for the company : ‘ There has been a lot of speculation , ’ Reuter reports him saying , ‘ that I am going to unveil some great plan , ’ Gerstner said ; ‘ You will see actions , and our actions will speak for themselves , ’ but added that some actions will not emerge until 1994 ; he described it as not entirely accurate to describe IBM 's strategy as ‘ splitting it up into a bunch of little pieces , ’ and added that the dividend may change based on IBM 's performance and outlook ; ‘ We ca n't expect quick fixes , ’ Gerstner told more than 3,000 shareholders at the meeting , ‘ But I do dare to ask your patience , ’ he said ; his top priority is to get IBM 's layoffs completed and ‘ rightsize ’ the company — ‘ I want to get it behind us so we can say to those remaining , ‘ You are are our team , ’ ’ he said ; he acknowledged several times that IBM 's bureaucracy had hampered the company , and elsewhere it was reported that he has ordered managers to dispense with the customary slides and flip charts when they address him — ‘ IBM has changed but some would say not fast enough , ’ but ‘ We can bring IBM back , ’ Gerstner said . |
| 5 | Organisers said the display was amusing but warned that some people might consider it unsuitable for young children . |
| 6 | This can happen in the closest of relationships when the parent is wanting to be caring and kind but realizes that some limits need to be set . |
| 7 | The Times of Dec. 11 , however , had quoted an Icelandic doctor who had headed the intensive care unit at the Mubarak al-Kabir hospital , who described as " not true " the reports that Iraqi looting had contributed to the deaths of premature babies , but said that some babies had died " because of lack of staff " . |