Example sentences of "but [pers pn] are [adv] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But you are kinda running up a backlog in my favour account . ’ |
| 2 | Well , many , of course , will be from the traditional 18 year-old age group , but we are also thinking hard about widening access to our courses . |
| 3 | He says he is in Liverpool but we are also keeping up inquiries in Scotland . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Initial work has focused on infrastructure improvements to track and bridges , but we are already drawing up detailed specifications for the locomotives and coaching stock , which will be introduced on this flagship service in the next few years , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Whether Polaris is credible is a moot point , but we are now going ahead with the expenditure of £10,000 million on Trident . |
| 6 | Winter has come at last , and we have had some severe frosts , but we are still getting quite a lot of sun , in marked contrast to last year 's everlasting grey skies . |
| 7 | 1993 itself will undoubtedly be equally as difficult a year in many ways at 1992 but we are better equipped now that new foundations have been laid for building an effective and successful engineering and construction consultancy business for the nineties . |
| 8 | Like the normal printable characters ( Space to Delete — & 20 to & 7f ) they may be translated , but they are otherwise sent directly to the printer . |
| 9 | This is what your teachers will try to tell you is true but they are just sucking up to you . |
| 10 | Wordsworth did not comment much on these matters in the first edition of his Guide but they are clearly set out in the second edition ( 1820 ) . |
| 11 | We have tried numerous toddler catches but they are invariably pulled off by over-enthusiastic visitors who do not understand them . |
| 12 | But they are best followed up later ( when the heat is off ) with some discussion of what took place . |
| 13 | Corporations may be granted these devices , but they are normally permitted only to counties , cities and councils of standing ; and companies and institutions of an important national nature . |
| 14 | ( This also gives the texts of the statutes , but they are often broken up between different titles in rather an inconvenient way , which is one of the reasons why the text in Statutes in Force is preferable . ) |
| 15 | Team sizes can be varied but they are always made up of an odd number of competitors . |
| 16 | Whether or not a witness should remain in court during the hearing is at the discretion of the court ( Moore v Registrar of Lambeth County Court [ 1969 ] 1 All ER 782 ) but they are usually brought in and remain there unless some application is made . |
| 17 | The firm is well known for its painstaking research , which may mean that assignments are completed less quickly than by rival headhunters , but they are certainly carried out more thoroughly . |
| 18 | The young Aberdeen side were relegated from the first division of the indoor league , but they are better disciplined outdoors and with such a wealth of talent at their disposal they will take some shifting . |
| 19 | Lesbians and gays are expressing themselves differently from the way they were before the Clause , but they are still saying as openly and as proudly as ever that they want the boundaries changed . |
| 20 | All the fish are eating and growing and they look perfectly healthy — but they are still flicking just a much as before . |
| 21 | One of the consortium 's most experienced miners said : ‘ A lot of the lads are in a desperate situation , but they are still turning up and working every hour . |