Example sentences of "[noun pl] but it has " in BNC.

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1 Aye , but I 've been chewing them buggers this last six months but it has n't worked for me
2 There have been problems with one or two areas but it has n't been a a a general problem .
3 Angola has its problems but it has no ex-colonial links with this country .
4 This year , for instance , the council asked for permission to spend £25m on tackling the town 's housing problems but it has been allocated only £3.8m one third of which is earmarked for improvement grants to private homes and the rest to ongoing council schemes .
5 Such a road would be a scenic delight and give an alternative road to the Isles but it has not yet happened and , it is to be hoped , never will .
6 This represents a large increase in productivity compared with pre-1970 levels but it has been achieved at great cost in terms of environmental degradation and human health .
7 This kind of access to recording facilities is not of course practicable in many language teaching situations but it has considerable potential on intensive courses where students have many contact hours .
8 Well the atmosphere is very bad indeed in Belfast because er we had this before of course twenty years ago we had various bad situations but it has n't been so bad in recent years , but this last fortnight , er we 've had U V F killings , then we had this terrible bomb by the I R A killing the protestants in the Shankhill Road .
9 Allelic losses , insertions , and point mutations have been detected on many other chromosomes but it has still to be established whether such changes function simply as markers for colorectal cancer , or as potential prognostic indicators .
10 The Government has taken steps to improve court procedures but it has steadfastly refused to introduce a legal right to interest .
11 It is crammed with incidents involving Rangers and Celtic players but it has no great love for either club .
12 It is not the custom in English cities to name streets by numbers but it has happened .
13 Nuts have been put out by bird lovers but it has resulted in several greenfinches being poisoned .
14 It may be the last word in consumer issues but it has never been available on news stands .
15 This scheme has already been operating in some London boroughs but it has prompted criticism from anti-poll tax campaigners who have branded the technique as ‘ harassment ’ .
16 This scheme has already been operating in some London boroughs but it has prompted criticism from anti-poll tax campaigners who have branded the technique as ‘ harassment ’ .
17 Judges have occasionally commented on her melanomas but it has never affected her placing in the show ring .
18 Part of the reason for this lies with the decentralised nature of the party membership records but it has also been conventional political wisdom that Conservative party members play an insignificant role in the determination of the party 's policies .
19 Newcastle manager Keegan admitted : ‘ We created a lot of chances but it has to be said that it was a dubious penalty that gave us a goal .
20 It is difficult to assess the effects of the first true humans in rain forests but it has been argued that the Australian aborigines may have been responsible for the removal of some of the Araucaria forest of tropical Queensland , leading to the advance of Eucalyptus there , as well as locally exterminating much of the megafauna .
21 Not alone can it bring down careers but it has started Revolutions .
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