Example sentences of "but it [modal v] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of this story will necessarily be unfamiliar to them but it may offer some understanding of how the work of God here has developed and of what there is that is worthwhile in the legacy of the past . |
| 2 | In terms of product development , HDTV may not have profound implications but it may change some design factors . |
| 3 | It is widely known that the new repository will run on AIX and OS/2 , but it may surprise many that the thing is also up under OS/400 as well as on Ultrix , HP-UX and Solaris and that IBM has funded development work internally for it to appear on these non-IBM versions . |
| 4 | But it might suit some people . |
| 5 | If this were all that Goody claimed he was saying there would still be problems of definition but it might provide some insight into the specific nature of classical Greece and the specific forms of literacy developed there . |
| 6 | Xerox Corp , figures , page five , says it expects the European economy to remain weak for the rest of the year , but Xerox forecasts ‘ some encouraging signs of recovery ’ in Japan for the remainder of 1993 ; the plan to leave the financial services business remains on track but it might take several years . |
| 7 | He had been told from the start that recovery would happen , but it might take some years , so he felt their hopes were realistic . |
| 8 | But it might take half a minute to combine this range from this relatively large file . |
| 9 | He probably is n't the only man in London with a cut on his face , but it 'll feel that way to him . |
| 10 | do n't need files , but it 'll do those . |
| 11 | But it 'll take more than a few bruises to soften him up . |
| 12 | I was not earning nearly enough for a piano , however modestly priced , but it would cost less than I could raise from one of the famille rose vases I had brought from the house in Park Terrace . |
| 13 | There are stories of that event also , but it would make this too lengthy . |
| 14 | Civil libertarians would be up in arms but it would mean fewer animals whose final romp is into a killing-room . |
| 15 | This would solve many of the party 's difficulties inherited from the past , but it would do little to settle the pressing problems of the present and future . |
| 16 | But it would have much more difficulty in applying those new rules retrospectively . |
| 17 | She did n't mind but it would put more pressure on her schedule . |
| 18 | Grandmothers are remembered twice as often as grandfathers — principally because they survived longer ; but it would seem that physical survival coincides here with salience in the memory . |
| 19 | Kinetics is still a young science but it would seem that human ability to exert conscious control over body language is less easy than with verbal communication and most people , at times , are aware of sending contradictory messages . |
| 20 | can not be denied , but it would seem that man 's instinctive awareness of his mastery of his own destiny , is influenced by an equally instinctive awareness that he can not peacefully and successfully control that destiny unless he can locate , or himself create some supreme form of guiding influence which is recognised by all . |
| 21 | But it would take many years before Nordhausen became a green town , many years before it could even start to ease back on the pollution it coughed on to its inhabitants and the surrounds in which they existed . |
| 22 | I 'm quite happy to go into that , we have all the information here , we can do it but it would take some time I suspect . |
| 23 | Digital Equipment Corp buried a little zinger in its ‘ Unified Unix ’ briefing papers last month : ‘ Given the recent plans for Novell Inc to acquire Unix System Laboratories Inc , ’ it writes , ‘ Digital believes OSF/1 is the only true open Unix technology in existence ’ — well , but it would say that , would n't it . |
| 24 | An effective platform for history should not shy away from the argument about increased employability , but it should place this argument within the twin contexts of specific skills and general skills and abilities . |
| 25 | In cases where it 's due to er under performance in the case of insolvency for example or other situations , we can see the argument for having a smaller proportion , but it should cover both . |
| 26 | ‘ But it must work both ways . ’ |
| 27 | He 's created the media thing , rightly or wrongly , but it must put more pressure on him . |
| 28 | His son , seeking to staunch the outflow of money on the Scottish war , quickly arranged a truce , but it could offer few hopes of long-term disengagement . |
| 29 | Shadow Cabinet ministers yesterday appeared united behind the leadership 's strategy , but it could involve some tough choices . |
| 30 | The lord president tried to attract support by embarking on a reform of the council , particularly by a reduction in its fees ; but it could make little progress against the obstructionism of Secretary Ingram , who had the backing at court of the lord treasurer , Lionel Cranfield ( later Earl of Middlesex , q.v . ) . |