Example sentences of "but it [modal v] [vb infin] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bogwood is semi-fossilised , and should not contain harmful substances , but it may stain the water dark brown . |
| 2 | This method of progression is unsettling enough to make some riders seasick , but it may hold the key to the beast 's endurance . |
| 3 | On a large number of matches the extra few fish that this may put in their net will not make any difference between winning or losing , but it may affect the deficit or margin by which they win or lose . |
| 4 | It wo n't cut your premiums but it may cut the risk of theft . |
| 5 | For those publications which use colour , transparencies can usually be accepted from 33mm upwards , but it may help the magazine if plate sizes are agreed before the pictures are taken . |
| 6 | In many ways 1993 marks the end of this pattern , but it may take the whole of the year to do so . |
| 7 | If you ca n't find the pattern you want in a vinyl , you can protect paper wallcoverings with a polyurethane varnish , but it may yellow the pattern slightly . |
| 8 | That would probably do little to bring so-called advances on royalties back to a more sensible level , but it might give the publisher some added stability , and therefore a greater incentive to put sustained effort into an author 's career . |
| 9 | The antihistamine would have little value , but it might slow the reaction marginally until her medical kit or the allergy kit arrived . |
| 10 | Maybe you do n't want to but it 'll keep the wind off you , and it keeps raining . |
| 11 | Well it must have been a tall , a long cat and a low door but it would lift the knocker and knock its way in |
| 12 | But it would prevent the press from publishing calumnies which can not be answered , as in the Beck case , sometimes until weeks or even months after the allegation is made in the public arena of a court . |
| 13 | It 'd add to the lengthiness of the business of cataloguing , but it would enrich the archive 's use , I think , increase its importance as a socio-historical source . |
| 14 | But it would leave the Government exposed to the full force of house-buyers ' fury , with no international excuse for forcing an increase in mortgage rates that would probably have occurred anyway . |
| 15 | The development of the law of peace along these lines would not be a return to the acceptance of the legality of armed conflict as an instrument of national policy , but it would involve the articulation of a theory of the just war , however dangerous this may seem . |
| 16 | The official killing iron was heavier than she was used to , but it would do the job . |
| 17 | But it would complicate the withdrawal , with three thousand men to get back across that ford , instead of one-third of that number . |
| 18 | It too , in a sense , is a potential person but it would seem the act of a fanatic to insist that it has a right to life . |
| 19 | The repair did n't look much , but it would keep the rain out . |
| 20 | But it would save the country money in not producing surplus cereals . |
| 21 | But it would increase the risk of undermining the pound and forcing a protective rise in interest rates . |
| 22 | But it would provide the breathing space necessary to organise orderly realignments , and permit the ERM to survive until EMU is in place . |
| 23 | Priority was to be given to walking , not only because it was felt that this would give disproportionate environmental benefits and would aid access to public transport , but it would recognise the dominance of local movement by foot transport . |
| 24 | But it would spoil the illusion if all the merrymakers were to think that their spending bonanza was for their own satisfaction . |
| 25 | No briefing session can deal with individual problems but it should advise the executive moving abroad to ensure that his tax position is handled properly to avoid making costly mistakes . |
| 26 | The acceptance of the proposals of the Franks Committee to reform the Official Secrets Act would not necessarily prevent civil servants in the future being faced with a clash of loyalties but it should make the problem less acute . |
| 27 | It may still be necessary to avoid certain food items or undergo other forms of treatment , but it should speed the body 's recovery , and make it possible to return to a more normal diet sooner . |
| 28 | This does not , of course , guarantee truthfulness , but it must improve the chance that the replies will be honest . |
| 29 | But … but it must cost the earth . |
| 30 | In our view this argument is valid : there is value in that generalised approach but it must include the study of language as well as languages . |