Example sentences of "but [det] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do not want to say that one kind of state causes the other kind , but neither does it make much sense to say that they are ‘ parallel ’ or ‘ identical ’ . |
| 2 | It does not make life easy for George Bush , but neither does it make it easier for Congress . |
| 3 | But neither does it depend on some higher authority or a social contract . |
| 4 | Erm it is n't necessarily dirtier than the average street , it does n't necessarily have more dog shit or more paper strewn around it but neither does it have a , any sense of activity within it . |
| 5 | But neither does it appear inferentially open like " creative " or " poetic " metaphor viewed pragmatically ( Black 1979 ; Sperber and Wilson 1986 ) . |
| 6 | It is true , as Sergei Solov'ev pointed out , that " Fate did not send [ Alexander II ] a Richelieu or a Bismarck " , but neither did it send him a Metternich . |
| 7 | Do you mind mate , I do n't mind what foul mouthed abuse you give me , but that pushing it a bit far . |
| 8 | The financial system was given more freedom than before , but that made it an even more ruthless broadcaster of economic frailties . |
| 9 | I tried to move away from him but that made it worse . |
| 10 | But that made it no less a dire experience for those who found their world gradually being pressurized , slowly becoming conditioned by a series of events beginning with the familiar friendly knock on the door — as dramatized in Thames Television 's play Not Waving But Drowning , produced and directed by Polly Bide , based on a real-life case history . |
| 11 | Anyway , there I was , going up this endless corridor , thinking what to do about the mother , who blamed herself — wi' reason mind you , she was one of those soft suckering witch-women , but that made it worse , not better — and there was th' trolley wi' the dead girl on it , sliding by me — sheet right over , porters in those soft theatre boots and floppy plastic bathcaps — and when they 'd got past me and were turning i n't door , the first one looked at me from under his plastic frills like , with my own face . |
| 12 | Even in her weakened state , she knew that her desperate need was irrational , but that made it no less important . |
| 13 | It was crowded inside , but that made it warmer . |
| 14 | McCallan said : ‘ I may not have been in the game a lot until I got my goal , but that made it up for it . ’ |
| 15 | Yeah but that says it , which large sea is the Aegean sea it 's not in India |
| 16 | This was their task but that sums it up too simply . |
| 17 | None of this advice is new , but that makes it no less worthy . |
| 18 | It is perhaps more of a shopping list than a Bible , but that makes it comprehensive and intimidating , with a refreshing freedom from jargon . |
| 19 | Most people have heard of madeira wine , but few know it . |
| 20 | The rhetoric of the Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere still talked of Japanese altruism , but few took it at face value . |
| 21 | The February 1974 election turned out to be close , but few thought it was going to be close at the time . |
| 22 | ‘ You could say that , but few saw it . |
| 23 | Only 40% thought that there will be a united Ireland one day but few expected it in the short term — 16% expected it to come about in 25 years , 13% in 50 years and 11% in 100 years . |
| 24 | Speakers may still make respectful remarks about the market , but few want it to be free . |
| 25 | Conservation International 's Mexican director , Martin Goebel , commented that : " many people know Mexico as a " mega-debtor " , but few realize it is also a " mega-diverse " country , with more plant and animal species than all but three nations " . |
| 26 | Once again , every branch in the country has FQS but some use it much more effectively . |
| 27 | But some fear it will cause chaos in the town centre and disrupt local trade . |
| 28 | Some people accept what they are taught by their culture , but some reject it . |
| 29 | But some think it does and have named it Saunders 's tern . |
| 30 | Balsa wood can also be smoked after it has been broken into little pieces , but some say it is even less rewarding than banana skins . |