Example sentences of "but have [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ardiles twice tried to capture the 28-year-old Northern Ireland international but has finally refused to meet County 's £200,000 valuation for the former Chelsea forward . |
| 2 | San Diego Zoo expressed interest in buying two pairs of hoolock gibbons from him — but has since reassured IPPL that the sale will go ahead only if the animals are genuinely captive-bred . |
| 3 | Toxic-shock syndrome reached a peak in 1980 but has since declined to a stable level of about 25 a month . |
| 4 | Microsoft Corp 's new Windows NT is not only a challenge to OS/2 — which Microsoft originally developed jointly with IBM Corp but has since abandoned — but also Unix , which is now installed on some 24m workstations . |
| 5 | Windows NT is not only a challenge to OS/2 — which Microsoft originally developed jointly with IBM Corp but has since abandoned — the but also Unix , which is now installed on some 24 million workstations . |
| 6 | So far the policy has succeeded : the stockmarket fell by 48% from peak to trough , but has since recovered about a third of its losses . |
| 7 | Recruitment has started and the group would like to hear from any woman under 35 who suffered from anorexia in the past but has since recovered . |
| 8 | Boris lost the vote despite the support of the High Priest of Ulric , but has since proved to be the most loyal and energetic of Karl Franz 's Counts . |
| 9 | Stuart ran for Britain in the 1988 Olympic Games and in the European Championships in Split two years ago but has since had ankle and Achilles problems , as well as her degree course , hampering her progress . |
| 10 | The former World No 1 — who astonishingly announced his retirement from the game during last season 's home international series in Scotland , but has since reversed that decision — is now bang on course to retain his singles title . |
| 11 | 603 went to Philadelphia for the American Bi-Centennial celebrations in 1976 , but has since returned to San Francisco . |
| 12 | This figure gradually declined to a low of about 25,000 in 1979 but has since climbed again , to around 125,000 in 1986 . |
| 13 | Attitude Not easily measurable but has clearly improved as everyone sees a definite objective and a defined route to achieving it . |
| 14 | But the surprising interlude — the lava , pouring at the rate of a million tons a day since December from Europe 's highest and most active volcano , has not stopped but has simply stopped here — provided a rare example of nature doing the protecting . |
| 15 | In this state it is not unusual for the subject to think that he has not been hypnotized at all , but has simply felt very relaxed for a short time . |
| 16 | Mr Prince made his mark ‘ re-photographing ’ snippets from magazine ads , but has lately advanced to painting monochrome canvases inscribed with the texts of mistold jokes . |
| 17 | Roger is now settled at Birmingham University , or rather at the ‘ University of Central England ’ and seems rather overcome by the amount of work expected of him , but has otherwise fallen on his feet . |
| 18 | The boy is too young to be locked up , but has persistantly run away when granted bail . |
| 19 | Anthea has only just stepped into Yvette 's shoes but has already made pals with the other presenters and , course , Bonnie the dog . |
| 20 | The court will decide next Wednesday on the High Court ruling that doctors can stop feeding Tony , 21 , but has already reached a preliminary finding , said Master of the Rolls Sir Thomas Bingham . |
| 21 | Caradon also refused to comment , but has already announced that it was involved in talks which could lead to a bid . |
| 22 | Still at school but has already played a few times in midfield for youth team . |
| 23 | Unlike its predecessor , the standing committee will continue working but has already felt able to recommend a small increase in the target number of places at medical schools . |
| 24 | The Left Coalition has so far ruled out linking up with the conservatives again — the improbable alliance of last June has been blamed for much of their drop in support — but has already hinted that it would be willing to support a national unity government as proposed by the New Democrat leader Mr Constantine Mitsotakis . |
| 25 | He got a hundred against Cambridge but has already discovered that sequels come hard . |
| 26 | St Helena Golf Club only opened in 1990 but has already staged county fixtures , a mark of its potential . |
| 27 | The dispersal of housing and employment growth from the cities to surrounding counties occurred in many different phases , but has increasingly raised major questions in land-use planning . |
| 28 | Brussels concedes that government pressure for payment might force CNP into receivership , but has nevertheless launched legal proceedings which may have the effect of forcing the government 's hand . |
| 29 | The general pattern seems to be , however , that ‘ second wave ’ change has achieved its first objective — the implementation of new structures — but has largely failed to achieve the ‘ cultural ’ sea-change : the involvement of clinicians and a new approach to consumers . |
| 30 | The modern practice of flailing the remaining hedges with crude machinery has not only destroyed the possibility of such views , but has also led to a considerable reduction of bird and animal life The landscape is much poorer both visually and in content than it was thirty years ago . |