Example sentences of "but this [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some popes of a militant disposition , such as the great German reformer Pope Leo IX , tried to lead their own armies to war , but this nearly always ended in disaster . |
| 2 | But this no longer disturbed the even tenor of life . |
| 3 | But this no more implies a conscious awareness of the distinctions between past , present , and future than the use of language necessitates an explicit knowledge of grammar . |
| 4 | It is true that the existence of the Cabinet is now acknowledged in parliamentary legislation — the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 , for example , creates a privilege for Cabinet papers in connection with proceedings before the ‘ ombudsman ’ — but this no more puts the Cabinet on a statutory , legal , basis than does the dogs Act create dogs . |
| 5 | For example , if only 10 per cent of crime is recorded in the statistics , but this nevertheless accurately reflects the full range of crime and criminals , then the statistics would provide a representative sample . |
| 6 | They were alleged to have ordered for 28 PC-5s overseas , but this probably never materialised . |