Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [vb -s] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who 's got brown eyes but has got a mum or dad with blue eyes ? |
| 2 | Manager Ray Hankin has no injury worries but has delayed a final choice . |
| 3 | Dyson-Hudson ( 1984 ) has also commented that since c. 1970 the equivalent of $US600 million has been given as development funds to Africa 's rangelands but has brought few rewards as far as more efficient and productive pastoralism is concerned . |
| 4 | Britain 's participation rate is lower than in equivalent countries but has grown dramatically during 1989-91 . |
| 5 | At the peak of its popularity in 1990 , ARCO accommodated nearly 220 dealers but has sold or reserved only 133 booths for this year 's fair ( 12–17 February ) . |
| 6 | Dennis McNamee has resigned as secretary after three years but has accepted the post of president . |
| 7 | For example , if a business has been making integrated circuits by a special process for several years but has failed to apply for a patent , another business , wishing to do the same type of work , will be refused a patent on the grounds that the invention is not new . |
| 8 | The company was orginally involved in textiles but has diversifed into refrigeration and electrical activities . |
| 9 | Chancellor Helmut Kohl is said by aides to favour stronger backing for the allies but feels constrained by empty coffers and by a constitutional provision which arguably bans the use of German forces outside the NATO area . |
| 10 | Palestinians find it almost impossible to recall their final departure from Palestine without considerable emotion , for it was not only a tragedy for individual families but has become a critical moment in modern Palestinian history . |
| 11 | In return , Mr Kuchma , a hard-headed former factory director who has promised reforms but has had difficulty implementing them , promised to free prices , close factories and privatise small businesses — all this with ‘ sweat and tears ’ . |
| 12 | Dan Jones ( 64 ) has no formal qualifications but has had long experience in the distribution and sale of beers , wines and spirits as Marketing Manager for Palatine . |
| 13 | The Court of Appeal has struggled to reconcile the two decisions but has come in for criticism . |
| 14 | when it was envisaged as a form of national salvation ? it was conceived in compassion but has been born and bred in authoritarianism , profligacy and frustration , it aimed to liberate people from the slums but has come to represent an even worse form of bondage , it aspired to beautify the urban environment , but has been transmogrified into the epitome of ugliness . |
| 15 | He still holds my hands but has become younger and dark-haired . |
| 16 | He said he is still available to play for Australia in domestic tests but has asked to be judged on his form with Sydney club Randwick . |
| 17 | Here the Athenian artist ( the face is directly in the tradition of the calf-bearer ) has learnt from beyond the Aegean to realise the body under the clothes but has rejected the elaborate schema . |
| 18 | In the rural areas , lack of access to land , drought ( which has not only destroyed crops but has meant that impoverished people have had to sell their livestock and have even been forced off the land by hardship ) , and rising prices have further marginalized poor rural dwellers . |