Example sentences of "but the [noun] [adv] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people would say that even the possibility of a link would justify action , but the ITC already has detailed restrictions and before jerking one 's knee it 's necessary to know the nature of the material that may be subject to cuts . |
| 2 | But the thread now has great stretchability . |
| 3 | Of course , as I now know , that does n't apply , but the rest still stands . |
| 4 | But the Committee then goes on to assert : ‘ Sexual intercourse is an intimate act between man and woman , and a man is expected to have regard to the question whether the woman is consenting to the act or not . ’ |
| 5 | Other events are at the planning stage but the committee always welcomes any suggestions from staff or offers of help . |
| 6 | Everyone knows about lemon meringue pie and duck with orange sauce — but the range also includes soups , salads and pasta dishes as well as tangy sauces , chutneys and marinades . |
| 7 | But the intensity still exists in Schmeichel 's pre-match preparations . |
| 8 | There is also a particular difficulty with care for the unemployed ; not only is the research team unable to use return to work as an end point , but the patient also does not have it as an objective and he has therefore nothing to aim at . |
| 9 | Indigo-dyed blue jumpers are stonewashed to give a worn look , but the stonewashing also creates an interesting highlight effect on the raised knitted details . |
| 10 | But the computer also facilitates one particular type of study of texts : the study of their quantifiable features by statistical methods . |
| 11 | But the chairman still has to meet star centre Graeme Hallas , who is on the transfer list at £180,000 and talking to three other clubs . |
| 12 | Antares in the Scorpion is also the centre of a line of three , but the colour-difference alone means that there can be no confusion ; Antares is fiery red . |
| 13 | one can have a use that does not come within any of the specified classes but the activity either comes within the use specified or it does not and there is no scope for the management of the problem in terms of facts and degree . |
| 14 | Obviously this action-after-the-event does not compensate you for your lost holiday , but the hotel ultimately decides whose bookings it will honour in such situations , and sometimes it seeks to maximise its profit rather than honour contractual obligations . |
| 15 | Students provide their own linen , but the Hall presumably maintains a stock of blankets , etc . |
| 16 | But the unit also negotiates with offenders to try to encourage them to compensate their victims . |
| 17 | But the aggressor never takes advantage of this ; he always stops his thrust before his teeth have touched the skin of his adversary ’ . |
| 18 | But the gas also causes them to grow extra arms and legs ( at a rate for the average adult male Vascar of one limb every two months , slightly longer for women and children ) . ’ |
| 19 | But the animal also lives in an external environment and we have here a fundamental new set of ethical values being developed by the ecologists and ‘ green ’ people . |
| 20 | ‘ Nobody buys tickets for Box 5 , but the ghost always comes to it on opera nights . ’ |
| 21 | But the convention only covers pollution at sea , whereas most coastal pollution arises inland , from industrial discharges , untreated sewage , fertiliser run-off and erosion . |
| 22 | Here the incoherence has been identified as probably resolvable by a metaphoric reading , but the respondent obviously feels it is too invisible for her to be able , as yet , to resolve it successfully . |
| 23 | Thus , we have : Average labour cost = Dividing the numerator and denominator by the number of people employed , we can write : Average labour cost = But the numerator now represents ‘ average wage earnings ’ and the denominator the ‘ average productivity of labour ’ . |
| 24 | But the Board now asks the general assembly to look again at this part of our remit and to form a judgment about where this work should be most effectively done in future . |
| 25 | This local pit has now closed but the choir still flourishes . |
| 26 | But the boss still wants his money . |
| 27 | Happily , I was able to acquire the latter 's autograph myself shortly afterwards , but the disillusionment still lingers to this day ! |
| 28 | There had been suggestions that Senna 's car may have lost downforce when running behind the Williams but the video clearly shows that he was n't close enough . |
| 29 | But the relief only applies while the dependant is actually inhabiting the property . |
| 30 | But the past too has to be claimed . |