Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adv] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | they say that ad , it pays to advertise I mean , to me advertising has never done anything for me well I do n't think it has anyway but if it pays to advertise and look at the number of people that read the Express |
| 2 | However , this must be weighed against the possibility that the island is a false peak , i.e. it scores well but is in fact incorrect . |
| 3 | There can be no doubt , then , that the loose nature of party discipline , the small electorates , the relative security of the private MP against the executive , all gave the House not merely much greater power than it enjoys nowadays but powers which altered its entire role and position in the system of government . |
| 4 | It flowers early but continues on through the summer . |
| 5 | The system , with formal judicial intervention , has worked successfully in the US ; it operates informally but without full judicial approval in England and Wales ; but at the present time it obtains not at all in Scotland . |