Example sentences of "but it will [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Natural selection will therefore favour adaptations in males that enable them to mate with more females ; but it will favour discrimination in females , if males vary in their quality as mates . |
| 2 | The telescope is powerful enough to detect the glow of a firefly ten thousand miles away , but it will detect light from fourteen billion years away , close to the presumed creation of the universe in a giant cosmic explosion . |
| 3 | It will probably be priced not a mile above 1-2-3 , but it will do things that could n't be attempted with a traditional spreadsheet . ’ |
| 4 | But it will shift attention away from state structures towards a consideration of the actual politics occurring in and around these local state institutions . |
| 5 | The health activity , for example , will look closely at health issues and progress since the Victorian age — but it will involve writing , talking , and some art work with graphic illustration . |
| 6 | It is now too late for ‘ Wrapped Reichstag ’ to challenge the Wall itself , but it will give focus to the new political challenges which the country is facing , as it struggles with domestic discontent , recession and the enormous cost of unification . |
| 7 | But it will take leadership . |
| 8 | But it will take work . |
| 9 | But it will take time to put Berlin together again . |
| 10 | But it will take time . |
| 11 | I can fix your promotion but it will take time . ’ |
| 12 | The benefits to be derived from the best practice technique are not in doubt , but it will take time for the full bottom line effect to flow through . |
| 13 | But Fitzgerald added : ‘ I believe we have the nucleus of a good squad but it will take time to reach its full potential . ’ |
| 14 | All this will help , but it will take time . |
| 15 | But it will take time . |
| 16 | Both Government and Commercial Divisions will require support services but it will take time to define just what is essential . |
| 17 | It would be wrong to ’ harmonise down ’ , bringing standards in richer countries down to those in poorer ones ; but it will take time for Greece and Portugal to ’ harmonise up ’ to the stringent rules of Denmark or West Germany . |
| 18 | But it will take time . ’ |
| 19 | But it will take years , not months , to catch up on decades of neglect , brought about by a regime which year after year spent it 's money on barbed wire and secret police . |
| 20 | That could be a result of the QIP , but it will take years to appear . ’ |
| 21 | The project is primarily concerned with human psychology , but it will have implications towards the building of intelligent artificial systems and the improvement of man-machine interaction in the use of present day computer systems . |
| 22 | The consequences of ignoring their plight will not only weaken them , but it will strengthen employers as they take the opportunity to export jobs to wherever labour is cheapest and protection weakest . |
| 23 | Societies can already take up to 40 p.c. of their funds from such wholesale markets : lifting the limit to 50 p.c. seems sensible , but it will require legislation . |
| 24 | Not only is that unfair , but it will require checks by local authorities , and snooping to see how couples are living together to decide whether they are liable for each other 's bill . |
| 25 | It may be fun , and on the harder routes it will certainly be physically demanding ; but it will lack adventure and risk ; will remove the judgement and skill required in the placement of protection ; will emasculate climbing of its quintessence . |
| 26 | Thames is not saying exactly how much the system will save it , but it will cut electricity bills alone by about £5 million a year and reduce reservoir capacity requirements by a quarter . |
| 27 | This sounds as if they are joining the cartel , but it will cut world production by only 1/2% . |
| 28 | If he is consistently having to refer back for support this will not only weaken his standing with the contractor , but it will cause uncertainty and delay to the contract . |
| 29 | This might not need to be quite as comprehensive as the full mailing list , but it will save time . |
| 30 | The move will cost the Chancellor £100 million this year in lost revenue — but it will save buyers 5 per cent — an average £400 — on the price of a new car . |