Example sentences of "but it [vb past] [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it did not follow that we could now relax , least of all in Britain . |
| 2 | Economists were afraid that the country was over-populated and believed that the problems of poverty and unemployment would be reduced if the surplus hands and mouths would go overseas , but it did not follow that the government was going to pay for them to go . |
| 3 | Certainly , it justified the rebellion as a military duty , necessary to save the Fatherland from anarchy ; but it did not say that the objective was the overthrow of the Republic . |
| 4 | But it did not accept that schools for the less able should be poorer in buildings , quality of teaching , or any other respect . |
| 5 | It did , however , provide that the Agency , through investigation , could help to ensure that employers promoted equality of opportunity in employment but it did not provide that employers had a duty themselves to promote equality of opportunity in employment . |
| 6 | He had had nothing to eat that day at all and had been up quite a lot of the night and now felt a bit dozy , but it did n't mean that he was ill . |