Example sentences of "but [verb] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 There is a wish to see a move from residential care to home care and , and home help and community based care , but to see that it 's done in an orderly fashion which does n't destabilize the market that 's out there , and does n't put at risk the care of elderly people who are already using those existing homes .
2 The main aim of the present book is to discuss the theory of psychoanalysis as such ; not to sociologize about it , but to see if it has a contribution to make to sociology itself .
3 This scepticism apart , most bass amp manufacturers would opt for a similar system if they thought the market would stand it , but realising that it places significant extra financial strain on the consumer , most do n't .
4 Regulations provide that if local planning authorities are minded to approve a proposal , but judge that it involves a material departure from the provisions of the development plan , they are required to refer the matter to the Secretary of State for him to decide whether he thinks it fit to call in the matter for his own decision .
5 He tried a grin , but winced as it hurt him .
6 Kaye enjoyed helping the group but found that it eroded her own identity .
7 She tried to push the thought from her mind but found that it persisted .
8 Baronworth Investment Services ( 081–518 1218 ) , which prints a weekly update of best buys , runs a special deal with accountants who can not act as direct agents for bond issuers , and splits any commission 50/50 , but emphasises that it does also recommend bonds that pay no commission .
9 Prime would neither confirm nor deny the report but noted that it had long indicated in Securities & Exchange Commission filings that it was ‘ exploring financial activities , including capital market transactions . ’
10 The idea was considered but rejected because it did not meet the Government 's timetable .
11 Manager Barry Forshaw said that the ground floor of the shop was ‘ wrecked ’ , but added that it looked as if no structural damage had been done : ‘ it looks worse than it really is ’ .
12 ARGENTINA last night reaffirmed its claim to the Falklands , but added that it intended to recover the islands peacefully .
13 For a moment I felt an instinctive resentment , but remembering that it contained things ‘ for me ’ , I picked it up .
14 Althusser faces this question , but warns that it has to be carefully formulated if it is to illuminate the process of the production of knowledges .
15 Or the courts could call the application of a statutory term a question of law , but accept that it does not have to have only one meaning .
16 A Sotheby 's New York spokeswoman declined to say how much the company had already spent on the treasure over the last two years but acknowledged that it had been ‘ very , very expensive ’ .
17 The Swiss company Acher Partners admitted its involvement , but claimed that it had simply arranged the contract on behalf of Progresso of Italy , while the latter denied any involvement in illegal activities .
18 The scientist who proposes new interpretations or principles is rather like the fictional detective ( they may exist in reality too ) who is faced with the same evidence as the reader and the police , but sees that it forms a different pattern when seen from the right angle .
19 Japan , Thailand 's principal foreign investor , expressed surprise at the coup , but stated that it had no plans to sever aid .
20 Its colour was of brilliant red on the left hand side , but dispersing as it went to the right ending up a pale green colour .
21 Sociologists influenced by a more Marxist approach accept the importance of this work , but maintain that it does not go far enough .
22 As a result of this acceptance that some of the facts were incorrect , the board of Lautro , on 26 March 1991 , reconsidered the question whether intervention remained justified , but decided that it remained necessary and desirable in the interests of investors .
23 Brothers Max ( the mechanic ) and Edwin ( the engine tuner ) both raced themselves ( bikes and car rallies respectively ) but quit when it became obvious that Bradl was destined for the big time .
24 Reformers knew that the peasant commune stood in the way of economic diversification in the countryside , but felt that it had to be retained because it served to protect the interests of peasants against those of outsiders .
25 I know it 's not his car 's number plate , or not the car he usually travels in , but ask if it fits his birthday in any way , or his phone number , or anything at all they can think of .
26 He could not see its full extent from where he stood , but knew that it filled the Ch'ang Chiang basin , eight hundred li south to the mountains , a thousand li east to west .
27 In biology , Richard Owen — who had led the conservative assault on Lamarckism in the 1830s — now accepted evolution , but insisted that it worked by a preordained process of ‘ derivation ’ .
28 The Forestry Commission expressed the hope that the study would generate wide debate but stressed that it had no competence to formulate overall forestry policy , which was a matter for the government .
29 He read it through , a touch uneasy that its jocularity might displease Newton but knowing that it told Newton what he wanted to know .
30 For instance , there is a shared student common room , shared toilet facilities for all students ( there is one adapted toilet/bathroom ) , and equal access to facilities such as the juke box ( donated by the Students ' Union , but removed when it failed to show a profit ! ) and the vending machines .
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