Example sentences of "but [pron] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nothing can make up for the fact that any improvements in prescribing practice are too late to save Lexie . |
| 2 | But nothing can alter the fact that all propositions about experiences can in principle be paraphrased into propositions about certain neuro-physiological events — if not without any sacrifice of meaning , then certainly without any loss of truth . |
| 3 | I 've cut down on all the exercise I felt necessary to do and always have fourth helpings but nothing can bring back my third chin , I do n't know what to do , ’ said the man . |
| 4 | People try to beat that misery with barbiturates , but nothing can cure it because you 've taken away from yourself all chance of feeling pleasure . |
| 5 | Nowadays , it is rather more garish , a popular halt for coaches , but nothing can detract from the superb views over the rocky coast and lovely sands , the road serving as a promenade . |
| 6 | Other things may play their part in helping us to understand , but nothing can take its place . |
| 7 | But nothing can take away the pleasure that I derived from looking at what I took to be a photograph . |
| 8 | Things can go in , but nothing can get out . |
| 9 | Ian was later murdered by a terrorist bomb but nothing can destroy the memory of a unique politician and man . |
| 10 | After Titania 's quatrains — the most artificial verse-form in drama , presupposing as it does that the speaker has four lines already prepared , with rhymes , confident of not being interrupted — Bottom 's prose truly belongs to the world of unromantic everyday appetites : Bottom may have been ‘ translated ’ in shape , but nothing can elevate him to verse and romance — apart , ironically enough , from his role as Pyramus , out of whose Pistol-like doggerel he is ever ready to step in order to explain the play : ‘ She is to enter now , and I am to spy her through the wall . |
| 11 | The caffeine gives her numbed brain cells a temporary boost but nothing can increase the speed with which the body disposes of alcohol , and the coffee does n't make her any more sober . |
| 12 | It is rumoured to contain many answers but no-one can open it . ’ |
| 13 | But no-one can offer any hope of a proper home for Heidi . |
| 14 | But no-one can doubt his steel . |
| 15 | We try to talk about what we like as erotica , but no-one can agree , one person 's erotica being another 's porn . |
| 16 | But no-one can predict how new joints will last . |
| 17 | ‘ Sometimes this is not popular with fans , but no-one can argue with our progress over the past two years and our present position . ’ |
| 18 | Erm , maybe not , but everyone can hit a cross-court volley in Pro Tennis Tour . |
| 19 | ‘ Not every hotelier can plant trees but everyone can ask questions about their food . |
| 20 | But I can reassure members that I 've spoken to the department , and they are committed to attempt to encourage disabled applicants for jobs and taking them on . |
| 21 | ‘ It may sound a crackpot idea to transfer the Northern Ireland Milk Cup to Jersey , but I can confirm that a serious approach has been made and it will be respected as such when we meet to discuss it , ’ said spokesman Jim Sandford . |
| 22 | But I can talk to Erdle . ’ |
| 23 | But I can talk better face to face . |
| 24 | It 's probably one that picks up conversations in the room as well as just on the phone but I can show it to the boys at — ’ |
| 25 | But I can show you , I can show you the eighth floor and show you where the gang where is the eighth floor ? |
| 26 | I have n't got any cider , but I can offer you plenty of whisky . ’ |
| 27 | But I can offer three pieces of rather different evidence which seem to me to be highly convincing . |
| 28 | He smiled a harsh smile and held her eyes as he told her , ‘ You may be able to offer Kirsty a comfortable single-parent home in London , but I can offer her a great deal more than that … ’ |
| 29 | ‘ The precise scale you ca n't quantify , but I can give you the parameters . |
| 30 | But I can give you some idea of general trends in your life . |