Example sentences of "but [subord] [adv] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A great formula has been known to appear to a scientist ready-made in a dream as though he were a Siberian shaman , but unlike the shaman he accepts it not on the authority of the dream but because afterwards it satisfies his most stringent tests . |
| 2 | But as yet it has not worked . |
| 3 | Some MOX fuel has been made — the lack of an economic rationale has never stopped the nuclear industry trying things — but as yet it has used up only 12.5 tonnes of plutonium . |
| 4 | But as yet it has not approved a timetable or set aside funds for construction . |
| 5 | She had left the ceiling fan on all night , but as ever it did little more than sluggishly push the warm air around . |