Example sentences of "but it [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Compared to the influence of personal partisan prejudice the influence of the media on economic perceptions was small but it also increased towards the end of the campaign , especially amongst Labour readers of right-wing papers . |
| 2 | This important six-part television series was shown for the first time in June 1988 , and in itself was an indication that freedom of intellectual debate had indeed been extended , but it also forewarned of the type of strong criticism to be expected from the conservatives in the party . |
| 3 | Genoa boasted a powerful ancient landed nobility whose surplus wealth helped to give it the capital for its commercial enterprises ; but it also needed to import food and raw materials from elsewhere , and enjoyed a powerful economic motive for becoming a centre of commerce . |
| 4 | The use of the severe cane and chain treatment on one of the above demonstration horses produced a splendid performance in the show ring ; but it also reduced a friendly , confident , and willing filly into a permanently sulky , anxious , and distrustful horse . |
| 5 | This meant that the population in general was increasingly spared an irritating and resented burden ; but it also meant yet another hardening of the distinction between the soldier and those he defended . |
| 6 | A , the judge did not explain the use of seven as a multiplier but it not suggested that such a calculation could be done with complete accuracy and using a five percent table , the judge was faced with choosing between seven and eight . |
| 7 | That sounds humane enough in theory , and no doubt it saved many hundreds of families from starvation during the years of the French wars ; but it positively encouraged employers to keep wages at rock-bottom levels , while anyone who wanted to do an honest day 's work for an honest day 's pay was subject , instead , to the ignominy of accepting supplementary alms in order to live . |
| 8 | Much of its picturesque quaintness had gone , but it still had a deep attraction for him . |
| 9 | I had no idea what it was , but it certainly tasted good , all being washed down with a very good red wine . |
| 10 | ‘ But it only looked as if it did n't go in , ’ said Uncle Albert . |
| 11 | Oh the windows were , but it never felt damp ! |
| 12 | Their trust in the Tsar himself remained unshaken : but it never entailed acceptance of their subordination to officialdom , the army , or the nobility . |
| 13 | The Great Western pioneered the idea but it never caught on in the rest of the country . |