Example sentences of "but [vb -s] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was the public humiliation of being dropped from the side ; the autocratic style of managers , who were themselves as afraid and insecure as their players ; the refusal to let good players use their natural talent to play , forcing them through repetitive training ‘ systems ’ and naïve ‘ game plans ’ ; the petty jealousies of the players , their hierarchies , and childish pranks ; the fear of the new signing , who has to be included at the expense of an old friend ; the view of a match from ‘ the inside ’ when you know a team-mate does not want the ball but wants it to look as if you will not give it to him . |
| 2 | But has it made Greenlanders happier ? |
| 3 | ‘ But has it occurred to you that you are totally off-target ? ’ |
| 4 | All this community policing stuff is all very well , but has it worked ? |
| 5 | Tanya Lake has just passed PE2 , first time as with all her exams , but says it came as no surprise to her when her audit partner at Chantrey Vellacott told her that her contract would not be renewed . |
| 6 | Sun currently offers Insignia Solutions Inc 's SoftPC emulator , but says it has ‘ had demand for accelerated versions of that . ’ |
| 7 | Sun Microsystems Inc , which takes 70% of Cypress ' current generation of Sparc 2 products for its existing workstations and servers , was at the roll-out to endorse HyperSparc , but says it has no plans , as yet , to use the 64-bit technology . |
| 8 | In its second report on the BCCI affair , the select committee makes no recommendations on compensation but says it believes the report of the inquiry held by Sir Thomas Bingham demonstrates conclusively that the Bank of England failed to discharge its supervisory duties in respect of BCCI . |
| 9 | DEC says this did n't allow it sufficient time to evaluate the proposals but says it supports all such unified Unix efforts and promises to make its position clear this week . |
| 10 | Delyn was going to spend £1.25m in 1993–94 , but finds it has more than £2.5m unspent capital which it can carry over from last year 's budget . |
| 11 | Catt accepts that it was only a minor detail in her boyfriend 's sacking but feels it has a relevance . |
| 12 | Sheldrake does not totally discount the role of the DNA in genetic programming , but feels it works in conjunction with the fields to guide cell growth and direction . |
| 13 | Sarah , 27 , was attempting her first marathon , but admits it has given her the ‘ bug ’ . |
| 14 | But does it matter as when you think that she may not have made a will , because then everything will go to her er next of kin as one says , intestacy rules . |
| 15 | I do n't know the truth , but does it matter ? |
| 16 | But does it go far enough ? |
| 17 | The funds made available through the Farm and Horticultural Development Scheme will be a sound national investment but does it make sense to embark on a programme with a possibility that perhaps after six years the land might be allocated to forestry ? |
| 18 | But does it exist anywhere outside coiled up rolls of decaying celluloid of pre-war films ? |
| 19 | Publishers would sell their grannies for a bite at Nelson Mandela 's autobiography , but does it exist ? |
| 20 | Yes , but does it mean anything ? |
| 21 | As we have seen , Gandhi recognizes that no single religion can embody the whole truth , and that all particular religions contain errors since they are human constructs or formulations , but does it follow necessarily that when he speaks of Religion underlying all human constructs , or at the heart of all religions , he is referring to an ‘ essence ’ of an ‘ entity ’ or a ‘ primordial form ’ of religion after the fashion of Schleiermacher ? |
| 22 | I like it , I like it alright , but does it like me , that 's the trouble ! |
| 23 | But does it live self-consciously , or blithely as it did when I was a child ? |
| 24 | Festering hatred , nurtured and cultivated like a precious plant for half a lifetime , is good stuff for the novelist , but does it happen ? |
| 25 | Policy props up parental wishes and desires , but does it acknowledge the effect on the deaf child ? |
| 26 | It sounds like a very violent attack , but does it take us any further ? ’ |
| 27 | And the problem is that most of the time you know what you want to say , but does it correspond to what people want to hear , or read , or listen to ? |
| 28 | Well after the break , you can buy them , this is one of them , for as little as twenty five pounds , Elton John 's been wearing something altogether more expensive at the High Court this week but does it look much better ? |
| 29 | But does it come up to scratch for educational value ? |
| 30 | But does it apply to the case of the housewife ? |