Example sentences of "[noun sg] but it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yvonne Harper-Wake , who puts scores of women through her Tums & Bums exercise classes , replied : ‘ Most people phoned hoping for a magic remedy but it does n't exist . |
| 2 | Now correlation , in a similar way , measures something similar to association but it gives you a bit more detail . |
| 3 | A poor attendance rate can signal condoned truancy but it needs to be used with other measures of attendance , and on a regular basis , to help schools to improve pupils ' attendance . |
| 4 | Paul was saying that I mean , they 're a hundred percent nomination housing the people who need the housing most are are n't the ones who who 'll be able to er , to use the and there 's no housing strategy on on er o o on the equity part , the the there might be , only a tiny bit , on on on the rent side but it does n't homes fo for the people who really need it , even if they 've got a hundred percent nomination flats ! |
| 5 | on that side but it 's got a little bit of black on it , do you reckon that 's anything to do with it ? |
| 6 | This is also due to the action of plaque but it takes longer and is harder to spot . |
| 7 | It may be that this relexicalized version has not been actually attested and , may never occur in the future but it acquires normality because it is relatively easy to conceive of a context for it . |
| 8 | We could turn up the movie but it does n't help . |
| 9 | It could do good but it does more bad |
| 10 | Shaw said : ‘ It 's difficult to work out his programme but it seems that he analysed his subjects and classified their attributes , their doings , and the major events in their lives by coded numbers . |
| 11 | Jim Pike of the solar flair team says it 's very hot and bumpy in the car but it manages to keep on the road even with the road trains flying past solar cars are simple machines … the cells on top soak up the sun and the energy drives an electric motor … |
| 12 | This does not necessarily ensure wide application of the research but it does provide various ‘ models ’ of development in different environments which increase the likelihood that , by identifying with one or another model , other schools adopt and adapt the work to suit their particular needs . |
| 13 | God knows , the threat of a changed will is a hoary old chestnut as a motive for murder but it remains a perfectly good one . |
| 14 | Sorry about stopping the tape but it keeps on cutting out cos your microphone is absolutely shit . |
| 15 | It has been changed by the influence of sociology and anthropology but it has not surrendered its distinctiveness to them . |
| 16 | It has the same written compass as the standard instrument but it sounds a minor third higher . |
| 17 | This unruffled progression fits perfectly the sort of chain of correlations of consequences which we disentangled at the start of this chapter but it does not seem to offer the prospect of the decisive determination of a particular result . |
| 18 | The Pro Q really gives some interesting tonal variations to the sounds generated by the preamp but it does smack of overkill . |
| 19 | The kind of limitations imposed by restrictions of full-time caring are not normal to someone in midlife but it takes courage to change the pattern once the need to be restricted has passed . |
| 20 | The bulk of coil production is for the building industry but it has a wide range of other applications , from washing machines to venetian blinds . |
| 21 | Michelle 's starring role opposite Jack Nicholson , Cher and Susan Sarandon in The Witches Of Eastwick is the one that first brought her to the attention of British audiences , however This month we 'll see her as saucy , sexy restaurant manageress Jo Ann Vallenari alongside Mel Gibson in Tequila Sunrise , and in Dangerous Liaisons- But it has been her straight lead role in the comedy Married To The Mob that has ignited the American critics ' praise . |
| 22 | Am I right in saying that Susan 's with us for a full year every Wednesday and John is supposed to be with us for a term but it 's been extended has n't it |
| 23 | Montrose House would of course not be the only cost-effective alternative but it does give some idea of the scandalous waste of resources which is still going on in the semi-State sector . |
| 24 | It sometimes happens that a business is well disposed to the idea of partnership but it feels it has little to offer ; just to offer time may be very helpful and can bring dividends for both the partners . |
| 25 | A legal system must take steps to control the use of force but it does not have to be totally successful in order to remain a legal system . |
| 26 | There are of course endless problems for the analyst who wishes to use the concept of the collective consciousness but it does at least involve an attempt to locate the basis of meaning in a social context . |
| 27 | Presumably he had been a football fan but it has not been possible to discover whether he supported Liverpool or Everton . |
| 28 | It does n't restore your loss but it does remove your fear . |
| 29 | Er , now the the point I really want to refer to is erm just what role an auditor ought to play er in the er insurance and financial service industry in looking at particular firms , erm I have several interests which the honourable member for Edinburgh central knows about , er the one that I think is relevant er to tonight is that I am an elected member of the insurance brokers registration council and the way that erm the way that we regulate insurance brokers erm is laid down by statute but it does actually demonstrate the advantage , the benefit of erm of having a statutory requirement for audit and for er a proper oversight of what then follows in terms of the way that the regulator reacts to what the auditor may say . |
| 30 | Here 's a lovely winter scene but it contains ten deliberate mistakes . |