Example sentences of "but [verb] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | by no means all the composers were Protestants ; Senfl , Arnold von Bruck , Mahu , and Hellinck were not , although they may have had secret leanings to Protestantism ; but Rhaw also published Latin church music , while Catholics all over Europe enjoyed vernacular Calvinist psalms . |
| 2 | Resistance within Kuwait was initially sporadic but became increasingly organized during August . |
| 3 | Here he began a comprehensive study of Japanese volcanoes , but became increasingly absorbed by the subject of earthquakes ( having experienced one on the night of his arrival in Japan ) . |
| 4 | Such disparities predated the imposition of a rigid social hierarchy , but became more marked during the course of the Tokugawa period . |
| 5 | But land also brought new men into the duke 's orbit . |
| 6 | But land also brought new men into the duke 's orbit . |
| 7 | But Anselm never stopped trying to get an explicit recognition of Canterbury 's claim from the pope . |
| 8 | But Anselm still persisted , and the real test was bound to come when Archbishop Gerard died . |
| 9 | But manufacturing only accounted for 36% of business investment in the last fiscal year . |
| 10 | But matters soon changed , for he was to become one of the king 's leading and most active councillors and diplomats : on royal service in Paris in 1285 , with the king in Gascony in 1287–9 , presiding with Burnell and others over the trial of royal ministers following the return from Gascony , negotiating for peace in France and Rome in 1296–8 and in France in 1299 , back in Rome and Paris in 1300–1 , and Paris again in 1303 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Toxic-shock syndrome reached a peak in 1980 but has since declined to a stable level of about 25 a month . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 603 went to Philadelphia for the American Bi-Centennial celebrations in 1976 , but has since returned to San Francisco . |
| 22 | This figure gradually declined to a low of about 25,000 in 1979 but has since climbed again , to around 125,000 in 1986 . |
| 23 | Attitude Not easily measurable but has clearly improved as everyone sees a definite objective and a defined route to achieving it . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The boy is too young to be locked up , but has persistantly run away when granted bail . |
| 29 | Anthea has only just stepped into Yvette 's shoes but has already made pals with the other presenters and , course , Bonnie the dog . |
| 30 | 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 . |