Example sentences of "[noun prp] but it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only did the WEA have providing rights and responsibilities in negotiations with the Board of Education and LEAs but it enhanced its position and status in seeking funds from philanthropic bodies to support pioneering , experimental schemes for the provision of adult education , particularly in rural areas . |
| 2 | Derek Cook went close with a looping shot on 70 minutes , then blasted over from eight yards a minute later ; those misses might have demoralised Coleraine but it had the opposite effect . |
| 3 | Eight years ago , the council gave Burton Property Trust permission to build a multi-storey car park as part of the Cornmill but it has not taken up the option . |
| 4 | The club wanted Macari in place for Wednesday 's UEFA Cup tie against Sporting Lisbon but it seems only a resignation letter from the Stoke City manager will pave the way for a speedy conclusion to what 's becoming a long drawn out affair . |
| 5 | We started calling them Ronnie but it got a bit confusing . |
| 6 | and it were n't bad Friday but it 's come on again now |
| 7 | I admit to having been a bit sceptical beforehand about this year 's family holiday to Florida but it turned out to be a huge success , not least on account of the terrific food and service we encountered everywhere . |
| 8 | Gooch 's 133 failed to save England but it proved he is back to top form just like Wasim , who said : ‘ I am playing well , enjoying my cricket and giving 100 per cent for Lancashire . |
| 9 | Rumours of transatlantic bids persistently hover over Burmah but it seemed to be the suspected presence of SHV , the big Dutch group , that fuelled the price . |
| 10 | Now we have plants in India , Brazil erm we now have one in China , we were about to open one in Russia but it burned down . |
| 11 | Not only was it their first victory since early December but it moved them above their vanquished opponents at the foot of the table . |
| 12 | And er J and W in Kirkwall started to bale hay in Orkney but it did n't pay for you to take to Kirkwall everyday to go to since the war . |
| 13 | I mean , she could have been er in love with Rochester but it looks to me like a beginning of an idea , you know , that er there are circumstances in which she er |
| 14 | This statement is not quite the same as the official DHSS objectives for RMI but it represents a reasonable paraphrasing . |
| 15 | v. Woods but it has since been remarked that a ‘ trade union can not turn a dispute which in reality has no connection with terms and conditions of employment into a dispute connected with terms and conditions of employment by insisting that the employer inserts appropriate terms into the contracts of employment into which he enters . ’ |
| 16 | The occasion of the most recent serious attempt was in 1968 when a Bill designed to further limit the power of the Lords received a second reading in the House of Commons but it foundered . |
| 17 | ’ Perhaps it was the estrangement of Washington perhaps that he had n't expected Agnes at the Smithsonian but it had been a surprising thrill to see the familiar smile in the crowd . |
| 18 | This bias was particularly strong during our Pre-Campaign Wave in March when Prime Minister Thatcher visited Moscow but it continued at a reduced level throughout the final campaign . |
| 19 | nice try Gary but it did n't work |
| 20 | Warner lost Terry Brooks but it has found someone who may well outsell him . |
| 21 | A better example is on a small sherd from Colchester but it includes only a single head , in full face view with tentacles like a radiate crown , supported on a thin writhing neck ( fig. 14.32 ) . |
| 22 | of the largest of the continent must be Africa but it does n't fit . |
| 23 | For example , although France objects to the use of the postal channel , an exception exists in favour of documents emanating from Luxembourg but it has to be admitted that as this arrangement is the subject of a bilateral convention it is actually saved by provisions in the General Clauses of the 1965 Convention , and does not attract Article 11 . |
| 24 | It is not Venice but it has warmth , colour , and views such as could stretch the most infertile imagination . |
| 25 | I thought it would make a difference being a Mrs but it did n't . |
| 26 | Wyvis Hall , logically , should have looked smaller to Adam but it did not , it looked much larger . |
| 27 | THERE is another festival of sport this Sunday but it requires some channel switching . |
| 28 | ‘ We spent a lot of money evaluating Wheal Concord but it did n't fit into our scene , ’ says Brian Calver , Wheal Jane 's managing director . |
| 29 | The idea that the Pargeters had been specially chosen because of their similarity to the Ketterings had in no way been confirmed by Fosdyke but it grew in her mind steadily . |
| 30 | Its origins were Queen Anne but it had been remodelled several times , most radically at the turn of the century when it had become the holiday home of a London architect . |