Example sentences of "but would [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An established professor of French Literature might nowadays privately believe as much , but would probably think it unprofessional or damaging to argue the case publicly . |
| 2 | Otherwise he would not only have to wait till the young of a non-related male were reared but would probably have to protect them as well in order to prevent other males from supplanting him . |
| 3 | Bowran worked with Thorpe for a year , but would probably have stayed longer had Thorpe not moved into the direction of T.V. commercials . |
| 4 | Carrying a full size electrocardiogram ( ECG ) machine around with you would certainly push your heart rate up , but would probably give you a hernia at the same time . |
| 5 | A partly elasticated waistband might help eliminate this problem , but would probably spoil the overall neatness of the trousers . |
| 6 | ‘ Neither the inspections detailed in the approved maintenance schedule nor those recommended by the manufacturer were adequate to detect partial cracks [ which had existed for about 7100 flights ] in the horizontal stabiliser rear spar top chord but would probably have been adequate for the detection of a completely fractured top chord . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ A similar attempt to glamorise heroin or cocaine would be no more nor less obscene but would probably render the publisher liable to a criminal prosecution . ’ |
| 8 | Cost-based prices would prevent such entry , but would probably require a subsidy . |
| 9 | One of the people with the piano might have had a pencil between their teeth , but would probably have been annoyed if we had taken it to mean the pencil and said : |
| 10 | Thus a Representative from a Midwestern State will not want to serve on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee , but would probably covet a place on either the Agriculture Committee or the Appropriations Committee ( especially its Agriculture Subcommittee ) . |
| 11 | Electronic point of sale data , or credit/charge information , or banking data might be protected currently in the UK by copyright , but would probably not be elsewhere in Europe . |
| 12 | There are dresses for £2.99 , but some go up to £20 , but would probably have been two or three times that when new . |
| 13 | This would not affect the speed of look-up , but would again decrease the memory requirements . |
| 14 | Mr Jones was out but would most certainly be in touch when he came back , and yes , the police had phoned and Mr Jones would be given the message as soon as he came in . |
| 15 | In this case they would not both get off , but would most probably get less than 10 years each , possibly as little as five . |
| 16 | At this stage the wing A is still exaggerated , but would however be reduced provided the prevailing wind , X , was of sufficiently long duration . |
| 17 | The people interviewed would not be experts , but would simply be key participants with useful knowledge , whose interviews would yield far more useful information than a random survey of the community . |
| 18 | If they knew for certain that a vote of censure could not result in a general election , but would simply bring about a reshuffle in the Government , their conduct would become more robust . |
| 19 | Izaak Walton was therefore commissioned by Sheldon , the Archbishop of Canterbury , to write a Life of Hooker which would not only replace an inaccurate memoir in Gauden 's edition , but would generally discredit the later books . |
| 20 | Next morning she simply would not accept they were still trembling all over but would just nod and say , ‘ Oh yes , I can see you 're much better , luv . ’ |
| 21 | There must be some height , call it h , such that an animal would just break its neck if it fell from that height , but would just survive if it fell from a slightly lower height . |
| 22 | Richard Kersley of BZW , the Barclays Bank offshoot , said the Chancellor would not only have to increase interest rates but would also have to make other changes . |
| 23 | They would likely want to retain the use of airfields built during the war in the Caribbean , South America , Africa , the Middle and far East , and the Pacific , but would also likely agree to the four freedoms enunciated at the October 1943 Commonwealth conference . |
| 24 | The additional space thus provided would not only have allowed the reproduction of documents of a useful length , but would also have avoided anomalies such as the absence of any statements by the Third Marquis of Salisbury , Stanley Baldwin , Walter Elliot , Noel Skelton , the ‘ Mannheim Group ’ , and other leading Conservative politicians and publicists of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries . |
| 25 | We hope to compile a list of local Bed & Breakfast accommodation , but would also like to be able to offer hospitality in local members ' homes . |
| 26 | To the credit of both Hortense and Le Bas , it was agreed that Louis-Napoleon should be enrolled in the High School at Augsburg , a move which it was hoped would not only remove a tendency to idleness and day-dreaming but would also give him a chance to make friends with other boys of his own age . |
| 27 | As a result of this conscious decision the Court of the Second Empire was conceived of as a public spectacle which would not only shine in the eyes of the French people but would also become the envy of other peoples less fortunate than they . |
| 28 | This would not only establish the dynasty but would also offer hope for its continuity , a factor of no little importance , given the instability of regimes in France since 1815 . |
| 29 | The network would be national , seeking to assist collaboration between the regions , but would also bring academics to work closely alongside the clinicians ‘ at the coalface ’ — where , he believes , many of the best ideas originate . |
| 30 | Involvement of the public would not only affirm the fact that these are issues for all of us , but would also educate people as to the range and limitations of existing therapies , and involve them in the decisions to be made in the light of this . |