Example sentences of "but they [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They thought they were such big stars , but they just created tension . |
| 2 | Football was their chief interest but they also followed cricket . |
| 3 | They too are capable of mobilizing glucose , but they also suppress inflammation ( see p 318 ) and inhibit some immune functions . |
| 4 | But they also explore psychology 's boundaries : an important focus for a discipline so determined to define itself rigorously . |
| 5 | They represent a status group but they also represent class interests . |
| 6 | New parties partly reflect the breakdown of old loyalties but they also encourage volatility by offering a wider range of choice |
| 7 | Local authority social services departments , the principal providers of these services , are the main employers of social workers , but they also employ care assistants and home helps . |
| 8 | But they also retained Tutorial Classes as one of the types of course eligible for grant ; incidentally they also defined terms long familiar to the WEA — ‘ Sessional ’ ( ‘ courses lasting for one educational year comprising not less than twenty meetings ’ ) and ‘ Terminal ’ ( ‘ courses comprising not less than ten meetings ’ ) , to describe other courses . |
| 9 | Companies may have power in setting the terms of the employment relationship arising from a possible asymmetry in bargaining position , but they also possess power within the relationship . |
| 10 | In the tropics , plants receive enough light and heat all year round , but they also need water , and seasonal variations in rainfall affect their productivity . |
| 11 | They still want value for their money — but they also expect quality and style . |
| 12 | Steroids , which attack the root of asthma , are widely recommended by doctors but they also have side effects and take effect only after about a week . |
| 13 | Barcelona had already been refused a penalty , but they soon drew level through Julio Salinas , the deceptively inelegant striker who has taken Gary Lineker 's reluctant ill-fitted role on the right wing and , on Saturday , made such a good job of it that he might have had a hat-trick but for Francisco Buyo 's reflexes . |
| 14 | The efficient parts were not perceived as significant and powerful by the public but they nevertheless had power and " governed the many " . |
| 15 | Occasionally there are videos by Various , but they invariably feature crap bands miming to their songs . |
| 16 | Occasionally there are videos by Various , but they invariably feature crap bands miming to their songs . |
| 17 | Males may spar and even fight when confined in a small aquarium without sufficient territory being available to the individuals , but they rarely cause trouble with other species . |
| 18 | Shaun 's lyrics must seem doubly obscure to the French , but they surely recognise character when they see it . |
| 19 | Sulphur hexafluoride , which normally filled the tower as an insulator , should have been removed beforehand but they mistakenly began work before the tower had been properly vented . |
| 20 | But they always go market and they go against stipulation and buy when they want to . |
| 21 | The contradictions remain but they only become tension and conflict when we are under pressure to perform more than one role at a time . |
| 22 | Life is full of them , but they only make sense when you look back on them . |
| 23 | Mr Wilson said that last year the Executive had paid their own direct labour organisation to maintain open spaces ‘ but they never cut grass or pulled a single weed . ’ |
| 24 | Balanchine , Ashton , MacMillan and now Bintley break many conventions , but they never lose sight of its true qualities in those of their ballets which can be called classical . |
| 25 | He could think of two of his fellow students who might be suitable but they too had degree courses to finish and Adam was beginning to think very seriously of not returning to college . |
| 26 | Other Hong Kong businessmen may never have had quite the high-level political contacts of Mr Wu , but they too have cause for concern . |
| 27 | The results put into perspective the hefty pay rises recently secured by certain notorious chief executives ; but they still show boardroom salaries growing faster than middle management 's . |
| 28 | Everton v Chelsea Everton will be keen to get Sunday 's humiliation at Villa Park out of their systems , but they still have injury problems , with Watson out and Whiteside doubtful . |
| 29 | Payne is too wise to the lightning-like unpredictability of operatic disaster to be smug about these exciting prospects , but they certainly make Opera North look increasingly like a company entering its prime and not to be missed . |
| 30 | Pests and diseases are different forms of life , but they often go hand in hand . |