Example sentences of "but it [vb -s] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , I would argue , though not all would agree , may tell us something interesting about the way the brain compartmentalizes different aspects of visual processing and it may tell us that subjects are more conservative about admitting to seeing a very degraded image than about trying to move their eyes to it , but it sheds little light on the actual experiences the patients are having when we show them a light . |
| 2 | In many ways the VDU command is similar to a PRINT CHR$ ( num ) command , but it involves less typing and a number of characters may be easily sent . |
| 3 | But it admits that Adobe technology is often the default standard , and wants to make the technology available within NewsPrint . |
| 4 | This might seem onerous but it guarantees that configuration control is maintained and , with some care , should be a very unusual occurrence . |
| 5 | Surely a forlorn ambition , but it goes some way to explain , what would otherwise be so difficult to understand , why eminent members of the nascent |
| 6 | It probably means that the average family is a much more relaxed affair than the traditional Scottish household used to be , but it goes some way towards explaining the numbers of children at risk in our society from adults outside the home , as well as from their own undisciplined emotions . |
| 7 | IBM is hoping that the popularity of workflow computing models will drive uptake , but it acknowledges that message queuing is not a new concept ; what is new it says , is the attempt to implement it across multiple manufacturer 's machines . |
| 8 | It could do good but it does more bad |
| 9 | THERE is another festival of sport this Sunday but it requires some channel switching . |
| 10 | That prospect may be less depressing than a future dominated by the BJP , but it leaves little room for optimism . |
| 11 | Of course often they also fall into the first two categories mentioned , but it seems that household membership operates separately in relation to giving assistance , so that a particular child who shares a home with their parent is much more likely to be giving personal care than their siblings . |
| 12 | Tangible links are where SBUs have buyers , distribution channels , technology or competitors in common ( Porter has three categories , but it seems that competitor interrelationships are just as much a tangible link as those he specifies under that heading ) . |
| 13 | I was given some advice about you — advice which I took against my better judgement , but it seems that advice was wrong . " |
| 14 | Latics ' cash-strapped manager Joe Royle admitted he may still try to arrange a loan deal for the Anfield veteran , but it seems any transfer fee is beyond the range of the Lancashire club 's purse . |
| 15 | We encountered one agency offering ( free ) training to its contractors via a system of credit points acquired through service , but it seems this practice is unusual . |
| 16 | ‘ The monument wo n't be finished till the millennium , but it gives another side to American his-story … this is our-story . |
| 17 | The element of performance referred to under Dramatic playing occurs as part of a participant 's expression but it has such clarity and selectivity of communication to other participants that it acquires the ‘ adjectival ’ , descriptive characteristic of performing . |
| 18 | But it has such appeal that the casinos are reporting more feverish betting activity than they 've known in a long time . |
| 19 | But it has little choice . |
| 20 | Liberals may appreciate that conclusion , but it has little basis in empirical fact . |
| 21 | ‘ The ride quality stretches your patience and the gearbox is sticky in first and reverse , but it has enough power , and boot space , accessibility and the driving position all score highly . ’ |
| 22 | This is essentially a digging tool but it has another function I have always found particularly useful . |
| 23 | It is not a heartening picture , but it has some validity as a profile of our times . |
| 24 | ‘ They see residential school as an alternative to ‘ care ’ but it has less stigma for them . |
| 25 | Young age at marriage powerfully increases the fertility of working-class women , but it has less effect on the fertility of middle-class women . |
| 26 | Where there is more rain and cloud the beet grows larger but it has less sugar content . |
| 27 | The judge 's decision may establish certainty in respect to S&M activities , but it adds another layer of inconsistency to the law 's view of consensual assaults . |
| 28 | The ability of modern technology to cope with the problem of soil erosion is summarised thus : ‘ Growing populations may in part have destroyed more land than they improved , but it makes little sense to project past trends into the future , since we know more and more about methods of land preservation and are able by means of modern methods , to reclaim much land , which our ancestors have made sterile . ’ |
| 29 | Clearly there may well be more than an element of exaggeration in this insistence , but it makes more sense if we accept their view that a great many features of literature that might not normally be recognized , at least at first sight , as terms of a comparison , nonetheless have a metaphorical or analogical function . |
| 30 | The above example may appear something of a curioso , but it illustrates another example of the distinction between what we have referred to as the ‘ traditional ’ approach and the public choice approach to public finance . |