Example sentences of "[verb] but it [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Cabinet had agreed on March 20 that Decree No. 42 should be discarded but it was understood that some members of the Cabinet favoured new press legislation to replace the decree , while others thought that the existing criminal code was enough to ensure a responsible press . |
| 2 | Not only were the funds difficult to find but it was becoming increasingly difficult to justify such expenditure on newspapers . |
| 3 | A number of options were considered but it was decided that continuity and experience were important and the services provided by Westminster Strategy were highly regarded and ought to continue . |
| 4 | ‘ Greatly simplified calculations were done but it was realised that they left out many important factors and were therefore quite unreliable . |
| 5 | In 1741–7 a new church was built but it was destroyed by earthquake in 1748 . |
| 6 | No proposals were actually adopted but it was agreed to examine them further in working groups and at the fourth ASEAN summit due to be held in Singapore on Jan. 27-28 , 1992 . |
| 7 | The home that Abigail Pilmay built in 1682 has now been demolished but it was remembered in the 1920s as having the name Pot House . |
| 8 | I bid around £2 million for him shortly after I arrived but it was turned down . |
| 9 | A quote has been received but it was felt that something on a less extensive scale would be sufficient . |
| 10 | A quote has been received but it was felt that something on a less extensive scale would be sufficient . |
| 11 | Oh since this firm took over , well it was not B M K you know but it was taken over by the |
| 12 | The inventor of the German action is not known but it was used in a square piano signed ‘ Gottfried Silbermann , fevr. 1749 ’ This piano is more likely to have been made by Johann Gottfried Silbermann ( 1722–63 ) rather than by his more famous uncle , Gottfried ( 1683–1753 ) . |
| 13 | The origin of platelet activating factor released by the pancreas stimulated with caerulein is not known but it was shown earlier that caerulein and cholecystokinin are capable of increasing the incorporation of labelled acetate into platelet activating factor in the isolated pancreatic lobules and to increase the synthesis of this phospholipid . |
| 14 | This was not actually what I meant but it was reported as a sort of ‘ leadership whinge ’ and general complaint . |
| 15 | Transport planner Andy Hyams told members the introduction of an ‘ access only ’ order to cover the whole area was investigated but it was felt it would be widely abused and difficult to enforce . |
| 16 | He had argued that the prints were not improperly taken but it was said that his possession must have originated in breach of trust , confidence or contract and , therefore , an injunction was granted preventing the exhibition . |
| 17 | Well it was a system that er was n't liked but it was operated because , in my opinion anyway , because the employers er had seen it as a way of getting more work out of you . |
| 18 | A male dancer volunteered for the partnering but it was thought tactful to omit his solo . |