Example sentences of "but [conj] it [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole thing seemed faithfully in the past , where we could regard it with intense interest , and surround it with historical debate , but where it could do us , and our generation , no harm . |
| 2 | Occasionally linen , holland or cerecloth would have been specially bought in for this purpose rather than sacrificing a useful item of domestic furnishing in an age when linen of any appreciable width was a luxury and worthy of bequest ( 'There are 4 very fine smocks in your father 's little linen trunk and one of my four breadth Holland sheets for your own girl Peg … and I desire your father that he will not let any of my household linen be sold , but that it may go to you and your eldest son and I hope to his son too , only some of my broderies of my own making give to your sister . ' ) . |
| 3 | Who knows but that it may look very different to bigger , different beings ? |
| 4 | It is likely , in general , that advertising can build on the strengths , but that it may need improvements to the physical product to eliminate the weaknesses . |
| 5 | The Dorset TEC said that it was struggling to manage but that it might manage ’ with the provisos that the average length of stay on the scheme remains one year ’ . |
| 6 | He said they were fine , but that it might take a few weeks for the lenses to settle in my eyes . |
| 7 | One view holds it might be worth preserving only information derived from the telecommunications record , but that it would make little sense to keep it all . |
| 8 | The problem with capitalism was not that it would fall , but that it would continue its remarkable success in raising real output and real consumption per capita , which in turn would have the effects of undermining those very social institutions on which its success depended , and creating a civilisation hostile to its continued existence . |
| 9 | Why do so many thousands of other commuters go through such daily torture without concluding , not only that another bridge is not the answer , but that it would increase traffic flows into Edinburgh ? |
| 10 | There is no question but that it would have involved tough chairmanship and I am convinced that the Minister — whom I should have expected to chair the conference — would have had to hit a few heads together . |
| 11 | The report stated that the EFF loan could provide India with US$5,000-US$7,000 million over three years , but that it would take a year to negotiate . |
| 12 | My guess is that the German authority is waiting to be forced by outside opinion to reimpose some form of genuine , serious ban ; but that it will do so only at a price — that of an assurance from other major national authorities that they will actively target specific drug-suspects under their own jurisdiction , proceeding upon information they may already possess but have chosen not to ‘ activate ’ . |
| 13 | The party has to emphasise that , in contrast to the Tories , it believes public spending should rise in line with growth in output , but that it will pursue responsible fiscal policies . |
| 14 | That means not only that the BA could save money , but that it could make a bob or two by catering for the assembled hacks . |
| 15 | If we had a rational energy policy , we could ensure not only that coal had a role to play now , but that it could continue to play an important role in the future . |
| 16 | The appeal was not very successful and was condemned by many prominent townspeople , but that it could have been launched at all goes to show that old traditions die hard in the West Country ! |
| 17 | The report suggested that all the powers relevant to school government should be formally vested in the LEA , but that it should delegate these as far as possible to the governing body of each school , who should in turn allow as much discretion as possible to the head . |
| 18 | It seems that the children have been too easily persuaded to sell their land and houses , for what matters in a drama like this is not that the children should act out what actually happened in real life , but that it should open up and help them understand the dilemmas of industrialisation . |
| 19 | Secondly , it was recognised that existing services were often vital but that they were unable to meet all the needs of this special group of elderly people and that different types of service might be required ; it was never intended that the project should deprive people of existing services and substitute others for them , but that it should bridge gaps between those already available , whether statutory , voluntary or private . |
| 20 | The point of all this is not that the entire women 's liberation movement should support the Wages for Housework demand ( as at present formulated ) — a pretty remote possibility — but that it should recognise — as WfH does — the importance of feminism 's attitude to housewives . |
| 21 | The thrust of the recommendations made by Greenbaum et al ( 1977 ) is that NAEP ‘ is not a short-term research or decision-making tool ’ , but that it should become ‘ a useful long-term census ’ . |
| 22 | In theory he had been prepared for it all along , but that it should happen now , right now … |
| 23 | ‘ But that it should happen to me ! |
| 24 | The argument postulated above is , however , dependent upon showing not just that this may happen , but that it must happen . |
| 25 | President Bush also came away from his talks with Mr Gorbachev in Malta convinced that the Soviet leader recognised that German reunification may turn out to be unavoidable , but that it must come as part of a wider European endeavour to end the post-war division of Europe . |
| 26 | President Bush also came away from his talks with Mr Gorbachev in Malta convinced that the Soviet leader recognised that German reunification may turn out to be unavoidable , but that it must come as part of a wider European endeavour to end the post-war division of Europe . |
| 27 | Jones is expressing three central and fundamentally related features of Idealist ethics : the idea of service ; the acceptance of one 's position in society and a willingness to perform allotted tasks to the best of one 's ability ; and the belief that morality can not be imposed by external forces , but that it must come from within the individual personality . |
| 28 | The only way out of this conundrum would be to argue , not only that the contents of the bracket are for the tribunal , but that it can alter these at will , and put any other contents in their place at any time . |
| 29 | Careful instruction on its use is necessary : the user needs to understand that it is not a miracle cure but that it can provide real if limited help . |
| 30 | I 'm not saying that people would have never changed their ideas but if it would have been done in the manner that it would have been done in in the first place and if people would have been told about their future lives and if people had been , would 've accepted what was going on in light of all the decisions that have been taken previously regarding the merger issue . |