Example sentences of "but it [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , this design gives it only vague impressions of light and shade , but it allows the ostracod to collect a phenomenal amount of the illumination available in its dimly lit environment . |
| 2 | The distinction works only in part , at least so far as social work is concerned , but it allows the author to develop and use as a thread through the discussion , the historically gendered nature of the division between the so-called caring professions and professions such as medicine , law , and architecture . |
| 3 | But it emphasised the point that the capacity to signal and the capacity to learn combine to make animal communication increasingly rich and complicated . |
| 4 | It did not have for him the magnetic feel of the two letters which were folded into his pocket , but it represented the tease of curiosity . |
| 5 | So it goes south to Gath , but it takes the plague with it , together with an unearthly confusion and terror . |
| 6 | These are quickly broken down , but it takes the body longer to shed fatty tissue , so weight loss slows down . |
| 7 | But it takes the eye of an honest man to see it . ’ |
| 8 | Critchley 's party-piece has the rounded phrasing , the well-turned punchline of frequent rehearsal ( it 's claimed that some of his fans can recite it back to him ) , but it captures the tone of the Tories in those days perfectly . |
| 9 | That the Assembly was sovereign over the Council is true enough as a generalization , but it represents the conclusion of most modern interpretation , rather than the ancient theory . |
| 10 | He was only clear about the classification as he worked through the foundations of his pragmatism and metaphysics in the 1890s , but it represents the systematization of a set of views that he had been groping towards since the 1860s . |
| 11 | The collapse was not directly linked to the motor car side , but it threatened the cars ' future . |
| 12 | But it seemed the educators in question had simply failed to understand the structural rules of nonstandard grammars , and as linguists success-fully argued , their claims were meaningless . |
| 13 | She had expected to return home with full payment for the shoes she 'd made , but it seemed the theatre people were not too quick in settling bills , a practice they shared with the gentry . |
| 14 | Riven received many odd looks , and was the subject of much behind-hand whispering , but it seemed the result of awe more than anything else . |
| 15 | But it seemed the doctor could persuade Sarah to do anything , for it did n't take much argument to convince her that it was wrong to be ungracious . |
| 16 | It may not be the philosophy of a bright , new dawn , but it fills the bill when the task is to pit a bargain-basement outfit against a multi-million-pound juggernaut , and it served MacDonald well on Saturday . |
| 17 | The college environment may offer less ‘ protection ’ than their school , but it offers the chance to broaden horizons . |
| 18 | ‘ The scale of the initiative is huge but it offers the opportunity of becoming involved in one of Europe 's major urban regeneration projects , ’ said Mr Bethel . |
| 19 | Some people complained that the realistic sobbing of the Beast , slumped on the ground at the ballet 's opening and again when Beauty hurls the rose back at him , was out of place in a ballet , but it conveyed the point without needing any artificial mime — something he always tried to get away from , wanting anyone to be able to understand his work without needing to learn the conventions first . |
| 20 | The Kingman model of language was greeted with anger by some teachers who looked back nostalgically to the 1960s , but it paved the way for a more judicious approach to the teaching of English . |
| 21 | It was not quite what she envisaged for herself but it had the advantage of being cheap and it went some way towards satisfying Grace , who was convinced that London was a den of iniquity waiting to swallow up her unsuspecting daughter . |
| 22 | Derain 's Baigneuses is in many ways closer in spirit to the Demoiselles , and it was regarded by Vauxcelles at least , as a revolutionary work , but it had the advantage that it could still be fitted into a traditional frame of reference . |
| 23 | He wore a sword , but it had the light , ceremonious quality of a court decoration rather than a weapon for use in earnest . |
| 24 | But it had the presumption to concern myself . |
| 25 | It was couched in the form of a joke , or at least of banter , but it had the directness that he knew many women responded to . |
| 26 | It nearly caused a diplomatic incident but it had the effect of making the magistrate agree that the recording should go to London . |
| 27 | Mr Christopher 's speech had been planned well in advance but it had the effect of underscoring US support for the Russian president as he battled with hardliners in parliament . |
| 28 | You may say that it is feeble in colour and monotonous in tone — it may be so , but it touches the heart , it arrests the attention ; and what is the use of all your correct drawing and pure tints , and skill in light and shade , if your subject leaves me cold and unaffected . |
| 29 | But it remains the case that the male is considered the superior . |
| 30 | But it remains the case that the current rate of increase in unemployment is considerably lower than that experienced in the early part of last year . ’ |