Example sentences of "but [verb] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | A third round of direct talks between UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali , the President of Cyprus Georgios Vassiliou , and the President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Rauf Denktash , began in New York on Oct. 28 but became deadlocked on Nov. 11 and was adjourned until March 1993 . |
| 2 | They pipped last year 's IBOA League winners , the ‘ Random Strikers ’ from AIB Bank 10/11 O'Connell St. , Dublin , who played exceptionally well but failed to capitalise on some sensational strikes at the closing stages . |
| 3 | Neither has the polarity between Male and Female which we so take for granted ever been based on rock-solid foundations , but has depended on a variety of shifting meanings . |
| 4 | Mr Kaifu has agreed to reshaping his cabinet , but has insisted on keeping it clean . |
| 5 | ( Aspen Pittman made a slip of the tongue , but has appeared on record many times as saying what he really meant to say to me . |
| 6 | She did slim down a couple of years ago but has piled on the pounds again . |
| 7 | Our partnership has never been aimed at a resourcing of the school in a material sense , but has focused on the educational experiences of students and their provision at the highest quality possible . |
| 8 | But United embarked on what Mr Ferguson dubbed ‘ kamikaze football ’ against City and ended up hanging on desperately for a point . |
| 9 | They had wanted to begin with a bushplane tailor-made to the unique requirements of their own rugged country , but advised to start on a simpler trainer , their first design was the DHC–1 Chipmunk . |
| 10 | When I leave at the end of the year , I plan to continue in pastoral work but hope to return on occasions to be with the Middlesbrough Diocesan Family . |
| 11 | Software house Logica Plc , London W and software and services company Finsiel SpA , have set up a new joint venture company in Italy called Logicasiel SpA , following Finsiel 's acquisition of the controlling shares in Data Management , Logica 's original joint venture partner in Italy : Logica owns 40% of Logicasiel , while Finsiel , via Data Management , owns 60% ; Logicasiel is made up of Logica General Systems , the original Logica-Data Management joint venture set up in 1985 , and GSO Informatica , which is now wholly owned by the new company ; Logicasiel has 240 staff and turnover of approximately £15m ; it operates in finance , local government and industry , but intends to focus on developing further trade links with the European Commission and pan-European organisations . |
| 12 | In a depression sheltered from the snow-laden winds , but open to attack on three sides , it was a good place to rest , but a poor place to fight . |
| 13 | Indeed , the penalty would be in sacrificing the potential benefits by selecting something that almost did the job but happened to run on a PC . |
| 14 | Gooch , now 38 , has dropped hints in recent months that he might be approaching the twilight of his playing career but declined to speculate on his future beyond this summer . |
| 15 | Mrs Snelling , who was engaged in a power struggle with school governors over the control of her opted-out school , received her OBE , but declined to comment on her award . |
| 16 | It is formed by the light that just fails to get away from the black hole but stays hovering on the edge . |
| 17 | This monolithic structure of Hamilton 's makes a powerful impression but seems to depend on the innate sense of tonality of the listener , to complete the part of the puzzle that 's missing . |
| 18 | William , 10 , and eight-year-old Harry were given airline packs of colouring books and puzzles but chose to concentrate on a new computer game . |
| 19 | But try sitting on them and they will end up flattened with four feet splayed out to all points of the compass . |
| 20 | ‘ merely of an office managed by the undertaking 's own staff or by a person who is independent but authorised to act on a permanent basis for the undertaking , as would be the case with an agency . |
| 21 | The list is not comprehensive or detailed but tries to focus on the most salient points . |
| 22 | He was appointed in 1946 and officially retired in 1979 , but continued to teach on a part-time voluntary basis right up until his death on 8 October 1991 . |
| 23 | This vision of a featureless future was not only dreadful in itself , but appeared to mock the efforts of those who , like Job , tried to do God 's will , but had fallen on evil days . |
| 24 | They had not even let her keep her own loneliness but had intruded on it . |
| 25 | He had never been close to his son , Mark 's father , but had doted on his grandson and had often talked to him of the old Russia . |
| 26 | He was a little shaken by the strain of the near accident but hoped concentrating on his new plan would help to calm him down . |
| 27 | The Royal Bank 's own coat-of-arms , granted in 1960 , is not often seen in the Age of the Logo , but does appear on our banknotes and , more recently , made a welcome appearance on the Highline card . |
| 28 | He shook hands and chatted briefly with some of the several dozen supporters gathered outside in the cold , but refused to comment on the national picture . |
| 29 | There were quite a few battles before Pearce got British Aerospace on the road to privatisation , particularly with civil servants and ‘ officials who were not really responsible , but tended to sit on the sidelines criticising and always coming up with a reason why you could n't do anything . ’ |
| 30 | The activities of both large transnational and national companies as well as small-farmer settlers on the northern frontiers of settlement have often been disastrous to the long-term productivity of the land , but have gone on unchecked ( Barbira-Scazzocchio 1980 ) . |