Example sentences of "but [conj] [pron] must [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The client should be told that if he or she wishes to discuss the claim , this will generally be welcomed but that they must make an appointment first . |
| 2 | It is government 's intention that departmental reports need not follow a standardized format , or ‘ housestyle ’ , but that they must include certain common core components . |
| 3 | He poured himself more whisky , pressing Herr Nordern to have another , too , and saying that he was leading the Norderns into bad ways but that they must forgive him as it was n't very often they saw him , ha ! ha ! and Herr Nordern , while not prepared to accept that he was led by anyone except the leaders of his country , took the whisky , thinking , what the devil , he had worked like a dog all day , and it was true , Karl would not be with them much longer and they would probably never see him again and , he had to confess , he would n't mind if he never saw him again as long as either of them lived . |
| 4 | In A. G. v. Guardian Newspapers ( No. 2 ) ( H.L. , 1988 ) it was accepted that the Crown had a right to attempt to restrain disclosure of confidential information relating to the operation of the security services but that they must establish that the disclosure was in some way damaging to the public interest . |
| 5 | There seemed to be an unspoken acceptance by hon. Members that the present system was less than satisfactory , but that we must avoid at any cost anything as dangerous and revolutionary as suggesting a change . |
| 6 | Marx maintained that the human consciousness which could project this refracted religious self-image must be a ‘ false consciousness ’ , profoundly alienated from itself ; that it had been brought into this state by the development of divisions within human society between the different social and economic classes ; that religion served in that situation as an ‘ ideology ’ , a system of beliefs functioning to support the established order , and an ‘ opium ’ which would keep the proletariat passive in the face of their oppression and exploitation by diverting their attention and hopes to another world and its promised rewards ; that it was not enough for the philosopher to understand and diagnose this situation , but that he must go on to change it ; and that this involved moving back from Feuerbach 's ‘ critique of heaven ’ to a fresh ‘ critique of earth ’ , of economics , politics and society in general , with the aim of changing the structures of the established order and overcoming the forces of division and alienation which both produced religion and drew support from it . |
| 7 | Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze said that for Saddam Hussein it was no longer a matter of saving face but that he must save his country and the world by avoiding war ; if Iraq were to harm a single Soviet national , his government reserved the right to take appropriate action . |
| 8 | He replied that he had given it verbally to a police sergeant , but that he must have forgotten about it . |
| 9 | Epstein then insists that Brahe should ‘ tell ’ him about his work , but that he must use the right words , the words that he would use with his scientific colleagues . |
| 10 | But that I must try and look at it like this : that Mama had been her very special baby — and so had I. So that could never be the same again . |
| 11 | The argument postulated above is , however , dependent upon showing not just that this may happen , but that it must happen . |
| 12 | President Bush also came away from his talks with Mr Gorbachev in Malta convinced that the Soviet leader recognised that German reunification may turn out to be unavoidable , but that it must come as part of a wider European endeavour to end the post-war division of Europe . |
| 13 | President Bush also came away from his talks with Mr Gorbachev in Malta convinced that the Soviet leader recognised that German reunification may turn out to be unavoidable , but that it must come as part of a wider European endeavour to end the post-war division of Europe . |
| 14 | Jones is expressing three central and fundamentally related features of Idealist ethics : the idea of service ; the acceptance of one 's position in society and a willingness to perform allotted tasks to the best of one 's ability ; and the belief that morality can not be imposed by external forces , but that it must come from within the individual personality . |
| 15 | I want to assure him Crevecoeur is in no danger , but that SHe must return to Club Eleusis . ’ |
| 16 | But although we must operate throughout the world , we can not ignore the national differences in the marketplace . |
| 17 | I can not see that any of this speculation helps us to understand the poem ; but if we must guess , it seems more to the point to look for an eight-year-old girl . |
| 18 | But if we must have myths , the real facts about vampires could tell a different moral tale . |
| 19 | Black and ivory are the safest colours , but if you must buy red then go for a subtle ruby or deep claret . |
| 20 | But if you must know , Mrs. Jewkes was present . |
| 21 | ‘ I ca n't say I care for the idea of you two discussing me behind my back , but if you must know I was suffering from reaction , ’ said Leonora with dignity . |