Example sentences of "but they [modal v] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The French hate London , but they would also object to Bonn , Rome , Brussels … you name it . |
| 2 | Because you 're seen in public and you do sing in public , there 's a lot of people that sing but as you say it 's sometimes just in their own homes or they used to but they would never sing in public , they used to sing in the choir . |
| 3 | But they would still want to , he concludes , and their wish should outweigh their ignorance . |
| 4 | Rises in extracellular neurotransmitter concentration may indicate increased synaptic release but they may also depend on non-synaptic release or diminished or ‘ reversed ’ uptake . |
| 5 | You may work on a surgical unit which is entirely devoted to dealing with these problems but they may also occur in general surgical wards . |
| 6 | The most well-defined divergent boundaries are associated with mid-oceanic ridges , but they may also occur in an incipient form within continents as rift valleys comprising linear systems of faults associated with tension in the crust . |
| 7 | These policies might be concerned to promote trade-union conditions , health and safety policies , or equal opportunities for women or black workers ; but they might also stray into areas far removed from the purpose of the contract . |
| 8 | Both have their pedagogic uses but they will logically refer to different criteria for the selection of texts and the design of tasks . |
| 9 | But these are dogs in training : they come to heel ; they do not attack indiscriminately ; but they can barely wait for the big bite . |
| 10 | Differences do not , as we have seen with Fig. 8.4 , necessarily mean conflict , but they can easily lead to this if a spirit of possessiveness is also present ( as discussed in Chapter 3 , p. 34 ) . |
| 11 | Large companies in particular , have received extensive support when markets were expanding but they can also rely on financial support in less prosperous years . |
| 12 | Usually these situations arise from running out of height on the circuit , but they can also arise from arriving back far too high and by badly planned manoeuvring in an attempt to correct that kind of position . |
| 13 | The container 's transparent sides will give you a fascinating view , but they can also let in the sun and as overheating will kill caterpillars very quickly it is important to keep the tank in a shady spot . |
| 14 | Most treat the position as purely ceremonial , but they can actively preside over their courts ' proceedings if they choose , and in recent years a few have done so . |
| 15 | It is true that no figures are mentioned in such summings-up , but they can certainly point towards the minimal or astronomical . |
| 16 | Yeah they have to be deep littered all winter but they could perhaps do with a clean though that 's not bad in there . |
| 17 | Their wares were still admired , but they could never compete on bulk production or price . |
| 18 | But they could still depend on their hold over many of the British chieftains and their families . |
| 19 | I shall be happy to receive them in any form in which the hon. Gentleman cares to send them — but they should probably go to the independent regulator , as he well knows . |
| 20 | There was no year on the letters , but they must necessarily come after the publication of Ash 's dramatic poems , Gods , Men and Heroes , which had appeared in 1856 and had not , contrary to Ash 's hopes and perhaps expectations , found favour with the reviewers , who had declared his verses obscure , his tastes perverse and his people extravagant and improbable . |
| 21 | But they must still rely on the banks satisfying that demand by lending more — and the banks may not oblige . |
| 22 | But they would n't take that trouble , but they 'd always speak to the uniform policemen , if or if they heard anyone smashing glass , but they would n't go out of their way . |
| 23 | Then there are batteries for when we 're stopped , but they 'd only last for forty-five minutes , eh ? , if we were n't plugged into the ground supply at a station . |