Example sentences of "but it [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The expectations hypothesis may be a good starting point , but it assumes that individuals who take unhedged positions in futures markets ( i.e. speculators ) expect on average to earn only the risk-free rate . |
| 2 | THE United States said yesterday that it was studying the possibility of parachuting relief supplies to civilians in Bosnia , but it emphasised that such an operation might not be successful in the rugged country . |
| 3 | The UN maintains that the SWAPO units had no ’ aggressive intent ’ but it concedes that they broke the agreements by moving south out of Angola . |
| 4 | But it admits that there are ‘ ideas men ’ on board . |
| 5 | But it seemed that he had sparked something off . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm sorry to hear that , ’ the young man could not be sure , but it seemed that the child 's eyes were glittering with unshed tears . |
| 7 | But it seemed that the Parents ' Association thought fifty pounds a week for merely one phase of the competition excessive . |
| 8 | ‘ This was the time when the group should have started to become a real group , but it seemed that everybody had an opinion on how the record should sound and we ended up becoming less of a group . |
| 9 | But it seemed that the longed-for reunion with his family was not to take place . |
| 10 | But it seemed that only the one sentence had impinged on the queen-dowager 's consciousness . |
| 11 | Once or twice she re-issued her invitation to the Carrows to visit them at Four Winds , but it seemed that there were always perfectly valid reasons why they could not accept . |
| 12 | But it seemed that I was really ‘ into ’ funerals in a big way . |
| 13 | Whether he was around that night or not we 'll never know , but it seemed that everything that could go amiss , did . |
| 14 | She taught geography , but it seemed that there was only one country in the world and that was Ireland . |
| 15 | But it seemed that Sister Benedicta must sin a lot because she always seemed to get the dirty jobs . |
| 16 | Now as England players we were not allowed to give interviews during a game , but it seemed that all the Aussie players had their own programmes . |
| 17 | The situation was only just controllable , but it seemed that we might get to bed before midnight without being beaten up . |
| 18 | She had n't planned for a witness , but it seemed that she had one ; the woman was over on the iron steps , watching her across the restaurant deck . |
| 19 | At first I thought it was imagination , but it seemed that the breathing was becoming less stertorous . |
| 20 | I could n't see it too clearly 'cos it was at the other end of the pitch , but it seemed that Jamie had the ball around the right hand edge of the box and curled it into the top left hand corner . |
| 21 | The US secretary of state , Warren Christopher , said in Geneva that the major powers had agreed on negotiations , but it seemed that Mr Christopher did not have a cast-iron Palestinian commitment on new talks . |
| 22 | Historically the industry has been better at peripherals than add-ins , but it contends that the elements are now in place for redressing the balance . |
| 23 | Handsome women are , of course , soon free to depart , but it happens that the uncomely sometimes have to wait several years … |
| 24 | Most natural minerals are brittle because they are more or less homogeneous but it happens that a few have cleavage planes of about the right strength . |
| 25 | But it said that Germany 's cellular subscriber base could soar to three million by the year 2000 , compared with 150,000 today . |
| 26 | But it said that to get at the root of the problem the Government had to tackle the whole issue of deprivation . |
| 27 | It may make us unhappy , but it insists that the mechanical and the material need n't be in charge . |
| 28 | This did not mean that the play itself was not exciting as drama , but it meant that for Eliot , intent on his search for a vital relation between ritual and art , this play would not suffice . |
| 29 | It could not prevent conflict and the outbreak of armed clashes between England and France , but it meant that considerable efforts were made , on both sides , to avert disputes or to seek a speedy reconciliation . |
| 30 | Being in with the gang did n't stop you getting hit but it meant that the Corporals might think for one second before lifting their fists Along with Mike the Rhodesian , Marius , Robert from Oberammergau and Chris , there was myself and a Frenchman called Tignet . |