Example sentences of "[noun] but it has [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This latest leak might have been designed to expose the Chancellor but it has instead exposed the extremely lax security of Britain 's banks and credit card companies . |
| 2 | This has not removed the danger of war but it has certainly perverted the concept of defence — there are few defence systems which are not actually war machines . |
| 3 | ‘ The county council has to make up the remainder but it has already limited the amount it intends to spend . ’ |
| 4 | The ozone pollution problem may have had a long association with southern California but it has now become a very serious problem in the Texas Gulf coast , the north-east corridor , and other heavily populated regions ( figure 8.11 ) . |
| 5 | The Government has taken steps to improve court procedures but it has steadfastly refused to introduce a legal right to interest . |
| 6 | Iraq has launched a rocket into space but it has never put a satellite into orbit . |
| 7 | The pernicious notion that we can believe whatever we feel like believing may not be unique to the twentieth century but it has certainly found great popularity in it . |
| 8 | Judges have occasionally commented on her melanomas but it has never affected her placing in the show ring . |
| 9 | Formerly this time was known as " Supply Days " and was used to discuss the grant of supply to the Crown but it has long ceased to be confined to discussion of government spending and is instead used to criticise all aspects of government policy . |