Example sentences of "but this [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wonder if I could have belonged to revolutionary movements , even if they were as just as — I find the panthers ' movement and the Palestinians ' movement to be very just — but this belonging , this sympathizing with them is at the same time dictated by the erotic charge which the Arab world in its totality or the black American world represents to me , to my sexuality . |
| 2 | Perhaps not every chord was quite in place , but this remains orchestrally an exciting performance ; occasional poor balance between voice and stage emanates , I think , from the acoustic properties of the set . |
| 3 | But this remains a deeply spiritual place , in the crisp , sober Lutheran mode . |
| 4 | But this remains an erratic market . |
| 5 | It is assumed that different pattern-controlling genes are switched on in forelimb and hindlimb , but this remains speculation . |
| 6 | The Community has also established Sedoc ( Regulation 68/1612 ) , a European system of employment information exchange , but this remains inadequate and little used , with only 1000 job applications processed annually . |
| 7 | But this neglects the force of Althusser 's emphasis on Marxism as itself a theoretical practice with its own history of epistemological self-correction , a possibility derived from the work of the mathematician Jean Cavaillès , who stressed the degree to which the history of mathematics , particularly set theory , could be accounted for by the dialectical development of the concept . |
| 8 | Gorbachev reportedly insisted that the independence declaration should be at least suspended before negotiations could begin , but this represented a departure from his previous position that the declaration should be completely rescinded . |
| 9 | But this represented an increase in the stock of gold held as reserves of only 17 per cent . |
| 10 | There was indeed a trend towards higher eradication rates in the triple therapy group ( 84.2 v 78.9% ) , but this lacked statistical significance because of the rather small sample size . |
| 11 | This was blamed by many on the factory system and the alleged promiscuity it bred in women , but this ignored the fact that the highest percentage of young people who married between the ages of 15 and 20 was in Durham , where women did not work . |
| 12 | But this relied on the use of the old open-reel machines . |
| 13 | Of course you can make a preliminary selection using c.v.s compiled by the applicants themselves , but this allows candidates to present information in a way which suits them . |
| 14 | In the third movement March his speed is less hectic than that of Pletnev or Jansons , but this allows him to bring out the rhythms with more of a swagger . |
| 15 | The notes are pertinent to the exhibition , but left me slightly disquieted : the style of writing is , appropriately , neither fact not fiction , but this allows her to make shifts through sleights of words which in more academic circumstances would beg fuller exposition . |
| 16 | Relations were more adversarial in the other district but this reflected longer-term problems . |
| 17 | The members of the Royal Agricultural Society of England ( founded 1838 ) were invited to submit diseased animals to the College , but this met with an almost complete lack of response . |
| 18 | Spending can be limited by controlling the speed of promotions but this discourages those contemplating going into the profession . |
| 19 | Aronson sees Sartre 's turn to the cause of resisting colonial oppression as an act of ‘ self-flagellation ’ and a product of politico-theoretical despair , but this passes over the historical and political context in which Sartre , and Les Temps modernes , played a leading role in the opposition to the Algerian war . |
| 20 | To start with , there are more energy levels : for a d 3 system , for instance , the ground free ion term is usually 4 F , but this splits in an octahedral field into three levels — 4 A 2g , 4 T 2g and 4 T 1g , just as the f orbitals split into a 2u , t 2u and t 1u sets in an octahedral field . |
| 21 | In the mid 1970s there was an abortive attempt to develop a new way of managing the industry in the Territories Plan ( which would have given a structure very similar to that developed in Germany in much earlier years and still in use both on DB and DR ) , but this failed largely on account of union opposition . |
| 22 | He also noted that sales in the first two months of the year are ahead of company budgets , but this failed to help the shares , which closed 30p lower at 143p , having been down 38p at one stage . |
| 23 | On April 9 , 1964 the rethought , turboprop , DHC-5 Buffalo first flew , but this failed to be built in the numbers of its predecessor . |
| 24 | The patients also tended to have lower median proximal oesophageal amplitudes than controls but this failed to reach statistical significance ( 36 v 42 mm Hg ; p=0.1 ) . |
| 25 | So , people tried to set up unions to improve living & working conditions , but this failed , because the workers had n't the money , knowledge or power . |
| 26 | Students may find themselves performing in final productions over two full terms , which means they have the opportunity to play twice as many parts , but this depends on the school 's policy and how they think you have progressed . |
| 27 | The preference is to end with an official caution or the less serious warning , but this depends upon ‘ whether it is a first-time offender ; the seriousness of the crime involved ; the attitudes of both parents and juvenile ; has reparation been made ? |
| 28 | But this depends very much on your personality . |
| 29 | It can be assessed only by its appropriateness , but this depends entirely on what the pupil is writing about and for what purpose ( and so has a cross-curricular dimension ) . |
| 30 | You may not get to attend client meetings , but this depends on whether you were employed as an experienced but young professional or are a new entrant who is just beginning . |