Example sentences of "but it [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new system continues the services provided by its predecessor , but it takes advantage of the latest developments in technology to provide a high quality service in the most cost-effective way . |
| 2 | ‘ They said it would be as soon as possible — but it takes years for some people . |
| 3 | Sure , they 're more upfront , but it takes time to actually understand what 's being said . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It seems hardly credible , but it happens year after year even after reminders are posted . |
| 6 | But It had problems over the issue too . |
| 7 | Again , it avoided the words black and white but it classified people as patrials and non-patrials ; in general terms , patrials , who can come and go as they wish , are almost always white ; non-patrials are almost never white . |
| 8 | Of course , giving time and helping others is important : but it goes hand in hand with collective action to bring about wider change . |
| 9 | … The contracting states have a certain margin of appreciation in assessing whether such a need exists … but it goes hand in hand with a European supervision , embracing both the legislation and the decisions applying it , even those given by an independent court . |
| 10 | I think it 's perhaps a small consideration but it does impact on increased demand for those central services . |
| 11 | Mitchell Thomas tried to hook the ball clear , but it struck Miklosko on the shoulder and flew into the net . |
| 12 | In June a government bill to privatize 30 per cent of Romania 's state-owned companies ran into opposition both within Parliament and from independent trade unions , but it became law on Aug. 14 [ see p. 38400 ] . |
| 13 | But it ran foul of the European Community . |
| 14 | But it says number of bedrooms available with private bathroom and toilet , or shower and toilet . |
| 15 | But it says wages for housework is the centre , the uniting demand and that 's just wrong . |
| 16 | Yeah I know but it says game for a change . |
| 17 | But it made sense at least to stretch my cramped legs , so I strolled down to the edge of the lake and lit a cigarette . |
| 18 | For fathers in say , metalworking or joinery , there was no chance at all of their daughters following in their footsteps , but it made sense for them to seize the chance offered by the printing trade . |
| 19 | Eventually , I managed to coax a strained fart from the horn , but it took hours of practice . |
| 20 | Simple laboratory tests were able to show the acutely toxic effects of large doses of organochlorines , but it took years for high concentrations to accumulate in belugas that had consumed large quantities of lightly-contaminated food . |
| 21 | It might not have been a very long missive , but it brought Aubrey into the room as if they had not been apart for two whole years . |
| 22 | This is anecdotal evidence to be sure , but it lends support to a considerable body of opinion which sees training of children as either inadequate or ineffective : |
| 23 | The competition for them was not bound to result in the use of force , but it kept force in view . |
| 24 | Like most American stabs at introspection , it 's full of exquisitely embarrassing moments , but it deserves marks for effort . |
| 25 | The resulting fall in food prices was beneficial for wage-earners , but it caused unemployment in the countryside and emigration abroad and to British towns . |
| 26 | The company claims that its system software and hardware is functionally compatible with applications software written for the Macintosh — only some of the most widely used ones have been tested , and the company provides a list of these — but it uses OSF/Motif as the graphical interface rather than a direct copy of the Mac screen . |
| 27 | The BBC did not report the election at all until polling day , but it provided time for nightly talks by party leaders , up to half-an-hour in length . |
| 28 | The incidence of anal cancer remained fairly constant in the period 1943–57 and was similar for men and women , but it increased 1.5-fold among men and nearly tripled among women thereafter . |
| 29 | But it finds expression in current ideas and attitudes within the theoretical and practical domains of language study , language teaching and language teacher education . |
| 30 | But it finds agreement with more sober , weighty judgements on the period provided by various studies of the official criminal statistics . |