Example sentences of "but [conj] [pron] does [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is not just that buckminsterfullerene forms , but that it does so with such efficiency . |
| 2 | I do not know if elegans shares the interesting ‘ primitive ’ features of livingstonii — it is certainly quite similar in appearance — but if it does then perhaps we have here a group of fish descended from ancestors which stopped off on the way to the rocks , and which did not need to evolve the specialisations needed in the more-densely populated and competitive atmosphere of the rocky zones . |
| 3 | Thirdly , the Act clearly adopts as the test of danger either ‘ the greater risk of harm ’ or ‘ the risk of greater harm ’ : an elephant may not in fact be very likely to get out of control and do damage , but if it does so , its bulk gives it a great capacity for harm . |
| 4 | But while it does so McEnroe is in the process of repeating last year 's slaughter . |
| 5 | But when he does eventually ‘ learn ’ the concept , they concede that ‘ Even now it still seems as if his sense of identity is quite different from ours ’ ( 17 ) . |