Example sentences of "[noun pl] but it [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It wo n't cut your premiums but it may cut the risk of theft . |
| 2 | It 's a challenge for both companies but it must yield worthwhile benefits . ’ |
| 3 | In terms of product development , HDTV may not have profound implications but it may change some design factors . |
| 4 | Anyone who was born at the Elsie Inglis Hospital can take part and the story will depend on the participants but it will include half an hour of songs from the other two shows . |
| 5 | Erm both the Labour and the Liberal parties , erm think it 's extremely important that we maintain this provision for the curriculum pupils who might wish to have petition early and we will maintain in full so the current level of provision under section eleven will be May next year , which puts a large sum on the money into that , this is growth in expenditure , the making up of government cuts , increasing the money we 're spending , it 's not increasing service , it 's simply continuing the current current policies but it will continue as it is now . |
| 6 | They may not find it , they may not find it impossible to change contracts but it will become increasingly harder for them to do so . |
| 7 | Cypress has no plans to develop future Sparc products but it will continue to handle distribution during the transition . |
| 8 | Cypress has no plans to develop future Sparc products but it will continue to handle distribution during the transition . |
| 9 | Hardly a barrel of laughs but it might raise a few smiles . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ I can not recall the dates but it must have been in the very late twenties if I was still at school , because I left just as soon as I could when I made up fourteen . |
| 12 | Bad breath , or halitosis , is one of those ailments that often provokes ribald comments but it can cause intense embarrassment to the sufferer . |
| 13 | One can easily argue against its privatisation in emotive terms but it would have been more helpful if both your correspondents had taken the point that the UK economy is not exactly in robust good health . |
| 14 | As yet there is little agreement on haemostatic and platelet factors in such patients but it may offer a further method of risk stratification in the future . |
| 15 | Civil libertarians would be up in arms but it would mean fewer animals whose final romp is into a killing-room . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ There was no loss to the stores but it could have caused a few problems . ’ |
| 18 | Such a capacity would not explain the specific instances of human sociocultural arrangements in their immense variety — that could only be done by reference to local histories , local circumstances , and local causes but it could explain how such a range and history of variation was possible at all . |
| 19 | The portly Breton was standing in the town in yesterday 's parliamentary elections but it would appear that he does not see eye to eye with local activists . |
| 20 | They 're trying to get somewhere now with the police but it could have happened anywhere ! |
| 21 | Art means dollars but it may take Madison Avenue PR to persuade the Big Apple |
| 22 | Er er what the honourable gentleman , my honourable friend reads out is certainly my view er we will erm of course engage in any discussions on this subject that come up i in the council of ministers but it would take quite a lot of convincing I think to myself and my colleagues , that any other form of election would be an improvement on first past the post , erm and er the ar , no I wo n't give way cos I have about four minutes left and er I do want to make a couple of other points . |
| 23 | Chapter 8 can not claim to clear up the confusing array of approaches but it will offer some guidance , though with the definition of a national curriculum the role for the school in this is unclear . |
| 24 | Both Government and Commercial Divisions will require support services but it will take time to define just what is essential . |
| 25 | The distance is just over fifty miles but it can take him three hours to get there . |
| 26 | Mr Mulrine said more parking space could be found within the hospital grounds but it would involve ‘ laying tarmac next to the cenotaph ’ . |