Example sentences of "but [vb -s] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A central feature of this book is to show how global capitalism produces the material conditions for socialism , but closes down the political and cultural-ideological space for it . |
| 2 | The small study of children developing reading reported by Kyle ( 1981b ) confirms the general view , but shows up the gap between vocabulary development , where progress is made throughout schooling , and sentence comprehension , where deaf children frequently reach a plateau at about the 8-year-old level . |
| 3 | If that person has no real exposure as a concomitant of trading activity but takes on the risk as a means of generating income , he is referred to as a " speculator " . |
| 4 | The balance sheet does not relate to a period but sets out the book values of the assets , liabilities and capital as at a particular point in time . |
| 5 | Ironically , better than actors and playwrights , they understand Johnson 's words , written at the conclusion of a prologue to a play by Garrick at Drury Lane : The stage but echoes back the public voice/The drama 's laws the drama 's patrons give/For we that live to please must please to live . |
| 6 | ( Bantam , £3.99 ) agrees , but narrows down the problem to unstated , unacknowledged and unexpressed anger and a fear of intimacy . |
| 7 | OUTLOOK takes the format of a style magazine but leaves out the hype and trivia . |