Example sentences of "[noun pl] but it [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The study not only describes changes in central-local relationships but it also attempts to explain them . |
| 2 | This allows more scope for using softer materials and complicated designs but it also means that the outer fabric can get wet , though you stay dry inside . |
| 3 | That was by that was by normal recruits but it still happens it , actually the the bullying goes down the line . |
| 4 | Now there are occasionally criticisms from members that there is too much concentration on the elite end of sport in the Sports Federation in this instance the R Y A but what is important about the is an effort to produce a very high standard as a finished product so to speak to go to the Olympics but it also helps to concentrate minds on the bit that is missing before and help to recycle everybody 's concentration into the training area and Rod has just been talking about the year of youth and of course it follows on very naturally in a post- olympic year to launch that year of youth . |
| 5 | The content varied according to the imagined circumstances but it invariably contained the information that he was a magistrate , an exponent of the martial arts , or someone who had recently been diagnosed as HIV positive and would have no hesitation in biting if attacked . |
| 6 | My order to attack undoubtedly saved a lot of other innocent lives but it still does n't give me peace of mind . |
| 7 | It was supposed to look like they were wearing epaulettes but it never did . |
| 8 | This may have held great promise in its early years but it soon became divided and then fragmented , due largely , if not wholly to the same age-old misconception whereby the basis of the religion is the assumption of the existence of a completely undefined ‘ god ’ , in this case the ancient ‘ god ’ of the Jews . |
| 9 | Not only was Marx willing to accept that historical development might have followed several different lines in different places but it also shows that he was always revising his ideas . |
| 10 | It 's tempting to be manly and brutal at times but it often pays to be more cautions with your responses that are selected using a multiple choice system . |
| 11 | All this may be done for the best of reasons but it only ensures that children bottle up their feelings as well as their tears , which , as we have seen in previous chapters , can have far-reaching effects . |
| 12 | Not only does this protect the target 's shareholders but it also ensures that the target is not subjected to the disruption caused by frivolous bids or , for example , announcements designed to fuel an increase in the target 's share price through the expectation of an offer merely so that the potential offeror can sell its stake in the target at a profit . |
| 13 | Some staff added other minor errors or disagreements but it soon emerged that some departments did not think that the report was fair and they criticized the general conclusion relating to their department . |
| 14 | That if you work in the big city you might only have seven miles between calls but it still takes you three quarters of an hour . |
| 15 | This is not only quicker than casting stitches off in small groups but it also gives a neat edge without the stepped edge that usually occurs . |
| 16 | to cast off in small groups but it also gives a neat edge without the stepped edge that usually occurs . |
| 17 | As Shalev ( 1981 ) points out , comparative analysis not only raises substantively interesting and important questions but it also offers a natural and fruitful avenue for the advance of the discipline as a whole . |
| 18 | Dave Simpson 's crushingly honest expos of the bust , buttock and bathing costume business may not answer all the questions but it certainly poses a few important ones . |
| 19 | The ‘ independent sector ’ includes voluntary agencies but it also implies private market provision of luncheon clubs , meals-on-wheels , home helps , care attendants , community nurses and day centres . |
| 20 | So the Bank of England is in the situation that it usually wishes to sell government securities ; it invariably wishes to sustain long-run demand for such securities but it periodically has to take action which inflicts losses on the holders of such securities . |
| 21 | Many a time I had the hand-brush and so did my brothers and sisters but it never did us any harm . |
| 22 | We landed and changed the plugs but it still ran rough — too rough for the Timor Sea ! |
| 23 | Ireland 's defeat of England may have come too late to influence the marginal selections but it certainly highlighted the shortcomings of some of the English players who were subsequently selected . |
| 24 | This is partly the result of government cutbacks but it also reflects the closure of business activities which were judged not to be viable plus the contracting out of many non-technical services and a continuing quest to achieve greater efficiency in all aspects of the business . |
| 25 | For many people there is an aura of mystery about dealing on the money markets but it just involves picking up a telephone , ringing two or three numbers , asking the price of something ( the interest or discount rate ) , and buying from the cheapest source . |
| 26 | The growing plant partly relies on the host tree for nutrients but it also makes its own by the usual photosynthesis . |
| 27 | Not only does this increase costs and emphasise differences between richer and poorer children but it also contributes to a very inflexible and inefficient distribution of learning materials , since under this system ‘ shared ’ material is never bought — only class texts — and it is by no means uncommon to find that as a result a class may end up with only two or three books at its disposal , all in multiple copies . |
| 28 | The book predates the 1986 Act and concentrates explicitly on management issues but it still contains much useful and relevant advice . |
| 29 | Michael Feist Countryside special sites could be in open countryside away from Government policies concerning sustainability , I wonder how Professor Lock would see the situation emerging whereby a local authority has allocated a certain amount of land in its local plan for development for industrial or commercial purposes , it 's tried to erm identify a broad range of criteria but it also identified special sites erm which will only be released in exceptional circumstances , that happened to be an open countryside and had the advantages that it may be a little close to the A one or somewhere similar . |
| 30 | Lee Marvin 's song ‘ Wand'rin' Star ’ would be unacceptable to most bullfrogs but it still got to number one . |