Example sentences of "[noun] be [adv] [verb] [adv] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coal and nuclear programmes are currently performing unimpressively but this could change . |
| 2 | Most of the signals are only noted subconsciously but , with a little effort , it is quite easy to become more aware of them so that , should a warning bell ring at the back of your head , you will know it is time to be careful . |
| 3 | Overseas visitors are still coming here but they 're staying for shorter periods and spending less money . |
| 4 | The crews were still rowing well but as Cambridge 's bend began to end , Oxford drew level again . |
| 5 | Much to his surprise , he found Burn was already staying there but ‘ laid up with a severe illness ’ , so he arranged to meet him on the following Monday . |
| 6 | Once a boy was almost carted away but the Headmaster changed his mind at the last moment . |
| 7 | This particular investigation is rarely performed nowadays but can still be useful in cases of treatment-resistant urethritis . |
| 8 | Unionists are also taken aback but Fermanagh-South Tyrone MP Ken Maginnis said : ‘ It has not been my personal experience that the RUC Special Branch gambles with the lives of potential IRA victims . |
| 9 | The personal-impersonal nature of Gandhi 's descriptions of God is clearly illustrated here but the point already made earlier can be reiterated , namely , that it is not important to him whether God is conceived of in personal or impersonal terms since neither superiority nor inferiority of expression is implied in either case . |
| 10 | The method is perfectly structured internally but has no necessary connection to anything outside itself ; there is no analytical purchase on it from without . |
| 11 | The gang were eventually rounded up but Leatherslade Farm went down in history . |
| 12 | In other words , syntactic analysis is always carried out but it may not be used in the interpretation of any particular sentence . |
| 13 | In the discussion about the exercise of governors ' powers , the headteacher was usually brought in but other teachers left out . |
| 14 | Her rolled-up handkerchief was already soaked through but she went on twisting it round and round in her fingers and dabbing at her wet face . |
| 15 | One sees that the fluctuations are now occurring throughout but with a trend towards less regularity . |
| 16 | The old structure is still working well but now something is diverting some of the energy and effort . |