Example sentences of "but it [vb -s] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has the advantage of relating expenditure to sales , but it discourages innovative approaches to advertising expenditure and does not allow for distinctions to be made between products or sales territories . |
| 2 | Bitez offers exciting day cruising , but it takes two weeks to acclimatise most people to the strong winds ! |
| 3 | Any man can be unfaithful , but it takes special circumstances to write a letter like that . ’ |
| 4 | Probably most such birds possess more powerful navigational skills , such as those we shall discuss shortly for pigeons , but it takes special experiments to demonstrate the fact . |
| 5 | well ha you , what you have is you have erm the ship , first of all you have the ship , it 's a plain ship on a white background , then you have the lights on a black background and then you have that blue bit in the middle but it takes three shots |
| 6 | Linguistic posturing of this sort is the extreme reaction of a character in an extreme situation , but it dramatizes rhetorical manoeuvres available to both men and women who are forced into a position of discursive subservience . |
| 7 | As a course this demands a very full timetable , but it offers strongly-motivated students an opportunity to develop in parallel the intellectual and practical sides of their study of art . |
| 8 | Indeed , the Consumers ' Association have a publication entitled Taking your own case to court or tribunal designed to assist the layman wishing to take his own case rather than instruct solicitors ; but it warns potential litigants that to take on a particularly complicated legal action without legal help would be madness . |
| 9 | There is no claim that this resolves the differences , but it helps top managers understand where they might focus their efforts in order to improve effectiveness — i.e. it identifies inconsistent schemas . |
| 10 | But it ignores social changes like the increase in the numbers of educated women , the decline in domestic help and the development of job and life expectations . |
| 11 | But it creates certain incongruities in his character . ’ |
| 12 | Size provides a cushion to the vicissitudes of markets but it creates other problems . |
| 13 | It is a much needed long-term approach to widening life chances for people who can all too easily be consigned to standardized services and to cramped , narrow , and stultifying lives — but it requires significant resources . |
| 14 | Banc One sets basic yet strict financial targets for the banks it takes over , but it lets local managers decide how to meet them . |
| 15 | But it seems some employers are seeing the potential . |
| 16 | The favourite buys overall , appear to be fashion items and electrcial goods , but it seems some shoppers will buy anything if it 's on a shelf . |
| 17 | I 'd have hoped the England team would have been selected on quality and experience but it seems those qualities are not important any more |
| 18 | ‘ I would have hoped teams were selected on quality and experience but it seems those qualities are not important any more . |
| 19 | There are final decisions still to be taken over the introduction of the speed controls but it seems likely humps would be in place by September this year . |
| 20 | Orrell are content to keep Wasps guessing but it seems likely Kimmins will play — a line-out challenge for Kinsey , O'Leary and Ryan . |
| 21 | But it includes large parts of the Wear Valley district where the LibDems took spectacular local authority control from Labour in May . |
| 22 | Thus the cortex on one side contains a map of only half the visual field , but it contains two versions of that map , one from each eye , superimposed on one another . |
| 23 | It is largely derivative , but it contains some stories written from his own experience and that of his personal acquaintances , including an account of his family and its devotion to St Stephen 's church , Launceston . |
| 24 | In the south you will find Crux Australis , the Southern Cross , which is not genuinely X-shaped ; it is more like a kite , but it contains three stars of above the second magnitude . |
| 25 | But it has real merits , illuminating much that other theories leave obscure . |
| 26 | But it has material consequences for women , does n't it ? |
| 27 | ( normal ) It 's a dog , but it has four legs . |
| 28 | China is already a big exporter of tungsten but it has major reserves of titanium , tin , copper . |
| 29 | It may be wondered why this doctrine is retained , but it has great advantages for both the major groups involved — the ministers and the civil servants . |
| 30 | The end point of return to work is something that can be measured , but it has many difficulties , particularly where there is significant unemployment . |