Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] but [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of ancient suture zones representing previous plate collisions have been recognized but only a few of these , such as the Urals and the Appalachians formed 300 to 250 MaBP , are major relief features at the present day , most having been extensively eroded and covered by later sediments . |
| 2 | A woman of 40 came with digestive disturbance which had been around for twenty years and which had been ameliorated but not cured by previous homœopathic treatment . |
| 3 | What is now required is a large scale , well co-ordinated research programme on the products from all known kilns , many of which have been excavated but never published . |
| 4 | This contrasted with the more expansionary programmes of France , West Germany and Italy ; programmes which have been modified but not extinguished by the economic recession and the concern with state expenditure . |
| 5 | On returning a day or two later to pay for them , he saw in the yard a Scania tractor which had been included but not sold at the auction which he had attended . |
| 6 | Like malaria , tuberculosis has been contained but not eliminated . |
| 7 | The ceiling reminded him about the church , the roof had been mended but really it was little more than a pig sty . |
| 8 | The question whether the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher applies in all its strictness to local authorities has been considered but not decided . |
| 9 | Proposals to replace this path with a motor road have been considered but happily pigeon-holed . |
| 10 | The Clogau St. David 's and Gwynffynydd mines have recently been further evaluated and some development has been pursued but both are now on care and maintenance . |
| 11 | Yeah , the erm the alternator or distributor it had n't been wired properly , it had been rewired but not done properly . |
| 12 | Billions of dollars in World Bank loans have been committed but not yet paid out . |
| 13 | Stable Fe(II)-oxygen complexes have been claimed but only in non-aqueous solvents like benzene or pyridine and only at sub-zero temperatures ( haemoglobin works most efficiently at body temperatures and in an aqueous environment ) . |
| 14 | In some jurisdictions , the immunity has been curtailed but not abolished . |
| 15 | I say real progress has been made but today I am asking you to think about the next step a step that I am sure we all feel is at the heart of the matter a transforming step perhaps the critical step that will guarantee ultimate success in fulfilling god 's loving will for his church . |
| 16 | ( 4 ) ) , and the continuing of the validity of a licence where an application for a renewal has been made but not determined by the licensing board ( subs . |
| 17 | By the time De Lorean closed , more than 18,000 cars had been made but only 9,000 were sold , mainly to collectors . |
| 18 | Some mention of accidents has already been made but further , more specific comment is relevant . |
| 19 | The breakthrough had been made but now was the time to confirm her arrival as a major talent . |
| 20 | The man and wife arrested with him have been bailed but probably face further questioning about suspected harbouring of an escaped prisoner . |
| 21 | Because Miguel , in the same incident , has been bitten but not seriously injured , Sarah tries to save him by cutting off his infected arm with a machete — an effect that failed to work with the first model , until an assistant of Savini 's used a spare rubber arm with the cut prefilled with wax . |
| 22 | We will never know how that would develop because community charge has been abolished but anyway You will note of course as well that last year in nineteen ninety one , the Conservative Party managers looked at the local election result and decided not to go in June ninety one , cos they figured they would get beaten . |
| 23 | In his adult life all these painful thoughts had been buried but still caused a great deal of unhappiness . |
| 24 | The car had been washed but not valeted and its general condition suggested that the 58,160 mileage was genuine — something that the decidedly patchy service history was unable to confirm ( the vehicle arrived at Ritchie Motors without a service book ) . |
| 25 | ‘ I have papers that prove the books have been forged but now I need someone to help me . |
| 26 | Cars have been accommodated but not welcomed and through traffic has been discouraged . |
| 27 | On July 16 the new Housing Minister Benyamin Ben-Eliezer announced that all building contracts for Israel and the occupied territories which had been approved but not signed would be frozen pending a review of housing needs . |
| 28 | The lights had been rigged but not yet tested , and cabling still lay everywhere . |
| 29 | They said goodbye and she felt she had let him down , that her unresponsiveness had been noted but not commented upon . |
| 30 | Sometimes people have um a whole variety of symptoms in later life and perhaps as a consequence of some sort of therapy , some sort of consciousness raising exercise , something like that erm they are not necessarily aware at the start that they 've been abused but sometimes they feel y'know a very compelling sense of memories flooding back . |