Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modern broadcasting systems , carrying all these arts but carrying also news , discussion , transmitted non-artistic events and ‘ factual programmes ’ , have quite different problems , mainly solved , at an initial level , by conscious internal titling and description . |
| 2 | This does not in itself involve companies undertaking insurance risks but acknowledges that the skills required for the operation of the life insurance business are similar to those needed to run pension funds . |
| 3 | It has switched to the ‘ cost reimbursable form ’ , whereby the client bears the brunt of risks but has more say in how things are done . |
| 4 | Obviously , I am aware of the health risks but believe the choice to smoke is mine , and mine alone . |
| 5 | The consumer , being used to smooth thick conventional yoghurt , may reject Busses yoghurt because of those unfamiliar characteristics but Busses yoghurt continues to sell well despite this and it is encouraging to know that many consumers do recognise the quality of the product . |
| 6 | He said he was impressed by the range of stands but wished he was ten years younger because he thought the help on offer was best for younger people . |
| 7 | This required the break-up of the multinational empires of East and Central Europe which not only controlled their own peoples but intervened throughout Europe to protect the ancien régime . |
| 8 | Rolfehedges in the Sussex Weald ‘ hath no demesnes but consisteth onely of a fewe copiholdes ’ — in fact four , containing 91 acres and paying a total of 15s. 8d. annually ; tenure was hereditary and fines limited . |
| 9 | She put back her ears but did not move . |
| 10 | As anticipated , London W1-based software systems and consultancy Logica Plc avoided heavy losses but failed to ‘ bounce back ’ in a big way during the first half mainly because of its patchy performance . |
| 11 | Companies do the latter not to avoid losses but to spread the impact to match their income , Mr Gluckstern reckoned . |
| 12 | The Institute of Personnel Management says there would be job losses but puts the figure at 100,000 . |
| 13 | Milan : Shares rebounded from Friday 's losses but ended below the day 's highs , with the MIB 0.43 per cent higher at 1,169 . |
| 14 | The men drew to a halt , removed their hats and caps but stood regarding him in silence . |
| 15 | But these are also weaknesses in the original , which wo n't worry Lodge fans but tend to agitate the unconverted . |
| 16 | Among such part-timers were a few public-school boys playing at being football fans but failing really to understand what it was all about . |
| 17 | The prejudices had built up over centuries but had become more accentuated since independence in 1948 . |
| 18 | Blake closed his eyes but kept being kicked by the Doctor , attempting to escape from his bonds . |
| 19 | a standard Anglepoise lamp er which it 's been going for a number of years , you can get it in about six different colours to match different designs of , er put colour into your room , now if somebody was spending a lot of time sitting knitting and has to look at the knitting or has to look at the pattern then er a good strong light which wo n't get in their eyes but goes straight on to what , whatever they 're doing , is by far the best thing for them , er but they say oh I do n't like it , it 's a bit angular is n't it , erm , modern sort of thing , er but because it 's angular it does n't mean to say it 's not gon na fit into the room it 's the right thing for it , er for the person doing that work . |
| 20 | A change of appearance was like hanging a net over a mirror , she had the same eyes but consoled herself by looking at herself differently . |
| 21 | I saw Benjamin 's anxious eyes but ignored his warning look . |
| 22 | Bobo was watching Donaldson , not attempting to meet his eyes but reading his body and his posture instead . |
| 23 | She was used to her old mistress 's pallor , to the skeleton thinness , to the heavy , bruised-looking eyes but walking into her bedroom on the beautiful summer 's morning and looking towards the bed she was stopped in her progress and forced to control the exclamation of horror that rose to her lips . |
| 24 | He followed her eyes but found she was only staring at a door . |
| 25 | Who 's got brown eyes but has got a mum or dad with blue eyes ? |
| 26 | The pony was rolling its eyes but stood motionless because a young boy relentlessly twisted its ear . |
| 27 | Engineers often introduce into factories new electronic machinery not because it is better than the old methods but to give management the upper hand over the workers |
| 28 | The term New Historicism has come in for considerable hostile criticism both from those who claim that there is nothing particularly new about it and among those who admire new historical methods but feel the term incorrectly suggests a unified theoretical field and subsequent critical practice within a body of critical writing in which much contending diversity exists . |
| 29 | The hon. Gentleman supports high spending and progressive teaching methods but seems indifferent to the results , which he does not want to give the public in any comprehensible form . |
| 30 | Uzbekistan cuts back on pesticides but maintains yields |