Example sentences of "but it [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The expectations hypothesis may be a good starting point , but it assumes that individuals who take unhedged positions in futures markets ( i.e. speculators ) expect on average to earn only the risk-free rate . |
| 2 | But it seemed that Sister Benedicta must sin a lot because she always seemed to get the dirty jobs . |
| 3 | I could n't see it too clearly 'cos it was at the other end of the pitch , but it seemed that Jamie had the ball around the right hand edge of the box and curled it into the top left hand corner . |
| 4 | The US secretary of state , Warren Christopher , said in Geneva that the major powers had agreed on negotiations , but it seemed that Mr Christopher did not have a cast-iron Palestinian commitment on new talks . |
| 5 | But it said that Germany 's cellular subscriber base could soar to three million by the year 2000 , compared with 150,000 today . |
| 6 | But it meant that Swindon had more room to manoevre and Maskells determination in front of goal brought them back level . |
| 7 | At this stage , as Ernst & Young does not have access to the shareholders ' list , it is unaware of the numbers involved , but it estimates that compensation payments may total £1.4m . |
| 8 | It became known as the Doomsday Book and it took two years to compile , but it illustrated that England was then a land of extensive royal forests and open fields , with only a few townships in the forest clearings , or at a river crossing . |
| 9 | But it illustrated that Christians and pagans had similar views of each other . |
| 10 | But it warned that trading conditions had deteriorated in the second half of last year . |
| 11 | The full story of what happened has never been reported , but it seems that Kambona had lost in a power struggle with other key figures in the Cabinet and TANU . |
| 12 | The evidence is partial , but it seems that Kennett was timid to the point of indifference . |
| 13 | There has been no love lost between Scots and English at big sporting occasions for as long as one can remember , but it seems that England 's rugby aficionados find it hard to forgive Scotland for that Grand Slam defeat in 1990 . |
| 14 | The real significance of these comparisons remains unknown , as do the real workings of the dolphin mind , but it seems that dolphins and porpoises achieved their modern enlarged brains about 15–20 million years ago , whereas the evolution of the human brain is a phenomenon of the past few million years at the most . |
| 15 | But it seems that people will actually pay money ( money that you can buy cakes with , imagine ! ) to hear me sing . |
| 16 | and I think that 's right but it means that things are more difficult to achieve in a lot of ways . |
| 17 | But it emerged that Kenneth Littlejohn had indeed been recruited into MI6 two years previously — and that Lady Onslow was indirectly responsible for this . |
| 18 | But it emerged that Mrs McMullen , who lived with her mother and brother at Derby Road in Brynteg , Wrexham , had been the victim of a vicious attack . |
| 19 | Shiraz has stitched up major deals all over the world to boost sales , but it appears that UK buyers are very reluctant to splash out £13 for 30 capsules in the middle of a slump . |
| 20 | But it appears that pricing is not the only problem affecting investors in the Dumenil group . |
| 21 | If families like this one were on the wrong side in the Civil War , their property was sequestered by Parliament , but it appears that John Long petitioned to have it restored as his inheritance in 1650 , and it was probably he who built the present house . |
| 22 | I had not felt that trade unionism had yet reached the accountancy profession , but it appears that Mr Marshall 's requests are akin to the worst excesses of the trade union movement . |
| 23 | There has been little mention of this aspect so far , but it appears that Customs will be empowered to vary the terms by publishing a notice ; that indicates that it will be quite strictly enforced . |
| 24 | But it appears that Williams had cleverly manipulated the debate in order to demonstrate the acquiescence of the church to slavery . |
| 25 | It was a remarkable achievement by any standards , but it proved that Waites was well and truly back on the scene and still a competitor to be feared . |
| 26 | This reduces the size of the published paper , but it ensures that copies of evidential data are available to the relatively small number of readers who will require access to them . |
| 27 | Acquisition is not easy to separate from either apprehension on one side or storage on the other , but it implies that learning has taken place in that something new can now be done if appropriate . |
| 28 | With communications seriously disrupted , reports from parts of the country were sketchy , but it appeared that UNITA had launched a new offensive in response to its electoral defeat . |
| 29 | Aries was denied again by keeper Simmons when a goal seemed certain , but it appeared that Abingdon could not turn possession into goals as chance after chance went begging . |
| 30 | For a few minutes there were heated exchanges between the two ; Melissa could not catch the words , but it appeared that Gebrec was giving instructions which Fernand appeared reluctant to carry out . |