Example sentences of "but it [vb -s] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sound quality suffers without a sound card , but it turns up in the unlikeliest places . |
| 2 | This work is described as a personal celebration of the mountains and landscapes of Nepal , but it turns out to be a pictorial account of six treks and climbs in the more popular areas of the country . |
| 3 | But it turns out that snails parasitized by certain kinds of fluke ( flatworm ) have extra-thick shells . |
| 4 | I thought that they were cribbing up last night 's French homework but it turns out that they were playing a game called ‘ Ouija ’ . |
| 5 | The results of these studies are too numerous to detail here , but it turns out that the investigators concerned all reached fairly consistent conclusions about the personality traits that typified their subjects . |
| 6 | Nothing was mentioned at the PowerOpen event yesterday ( see front ) , but it turns out that some of the enabling technology for Apple Computer Inc 's Macintosh Application Services software for the PowerPC came from AT&T Co-backed start-up firm Echo Logic Inc ( CI No 1,926 ) . |
| 7 | It 's opening leads one to expect a knowing , ‘ insider ’ political novel , but it turns out to be the story of a destructive sexual passion , complete with purple passages , the saga of a successful man who becomes obsessed with his son 's mistress , who is only too willing to oblige . |
| 8 | But it turns out that I 'm doing most of the talking . |
| 9 | I , I have a quandary here cos I 'm not quite sure whether I should be asking a question or proposing something against the deliverance but I have attended and er listened to a number of debates arising out of this matter of er the baptism of children and time and again it 's struck me that it starts off about baptism but it turns out to be a discussion about the parents . |
| 10 | But it turns out that it can . |
| 11 | But it turns out that Bill Mishkin has had to change his plans , and go to New York instead to get a haircut . |
| 12 | Johnson , contradicting him , took him from the particular belief to the general likelihood : from the possibility of a singular holy place to the generic derivation from water : ‘ Had it been an accidental name , the similarity between it and Anaitis might have had something in it ; but it turns out to be a mere physiological name . ’ |
| 13 | But it turns out she was n't in . |
| 14 | He did not explain how he arrived at that figure , but it turns out — conveniently — to be £93 less than the £420 student loan that the Government are now making available . |
| 15 | But it turns out to be just courting couples . |
| 16 | The assistant recorder , David Barlett , told Burnett : ‘ Like a latter-day Francis Drake , you go off into the ocean , heading apparently for France , but it turns out actually in the direction of Canada . |
| 17 | and that was gon na be it , I wo n't need it any more , but it turns out that I will so I 'll , I 've got a car |
| 18 | and dashed out and fitted it , complete waste of bloody time mind you cos er we 've got the own software back in now , well actually the latest releases of it , we were going back a release because er we were having trouble , but it turns out it 's not our problem external problem so , put three dot seven back in . |
| 19 | Those are gon na be redirected in here erm as well but it turns out that erm those two types roughly equate to forty out of two thousand which is half a , half a percent ? |
| 20 | It shares with the Justice Model a retributivist approach and a preference for proportionate , ‘ just deserts ’ punishments , but it advocates more severe fixed-term sentences . |
| 21 | This is erm a warm current , small current , but nearby there is a big excursion of warm water wells up , and we 're not very sure why , but it extends out into the Pacific . |
| 22 | Lloyds runs a similar scheme but it involves just one institution . |
| 23 | And this one is a very interesting project because it 's being done under the director of , direction of Dr. Michael Eraut in the University , but it involves not merely the University but the East Sussex County Council . |
| 24 | I 'd hesitate to give much weight to her story in the normal run because she does seem to have a screw loose , but it ties in so well with Norman Pinder 's recollections , and they are totally independent witnesses . ’ |
| 25 | But it ties in with my earlier discussion of ethology and my original Cartesian Figure 3.1 , and with my assertion that we have a psychological need to perceive ourselves as normal and ell regulated . |
| 26 | She goes to a gym twice a week to do some weight training — ‘ I do n't enjoy it , but it perks up my bottom and lifts my breasts , so I hope it does me good . ’ |
| 27 | In spite of this lack of actual power , their influence can be significant but it varies greatly both between authorities and with the type of development concerned . |
| 28 | This is also due to the action of plaque but it takes longer and is harder to spot . |
| 29 | Well yeah but it takes longer on the bus , but er |
| 30 | It is n't a large place , but it takes up a lot of your time . ’ |