Example sentences of "[to-vb] but [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is appreciated that these recommendations may be difficult to accept but the ravages of addictive disease can be so severe that it must be sensible for those specifically at risk to be advised to do everything in their power to avoid awakening their potential . |
| 2 | Object-oriented Cobol can be used to write as small an object as you care to write but the price paid for its necessarily verbose clarity is reduced performance . |
| 3 | Buckingham Palace declined to comment but the honour is likely to be shared between Hardy Amies , who has already designed outfits for her , and Victor Edelstein , who specialises in glamorous evening wear . |
| 4 | Reliable comparative statistics are hard to find but the European Commission has published some figures showing the relative purchasing power of pensions in each of the member states . |
| 5 | She wanted to scream but no sound came from her throat . |
| 6 | He tried to get his battery razor to work but the batteries had leaked and gone all green . |
| 7 | We want to get back to work but the attacks on the conditions of the Timex workers make the Hoover negotiations look like a love-in . |
| 8 | Very recent figures on the precise extent of subcontracting are difficult to obtain but the Fifth Basic Survey of Industry ( 1979 ) showed that over 60 per cent of small and medium-sized firms ( i.e. up to 300 employees ) were dependent on orders from other firms . |
| 9 | So , and she knew about the office , and I knew about the office and knew everything they were wanting me to know but a man got it from outside so |
| 10 | I have done my best to point out the difficulties and pitfalls associated with learning to hover but the truth is that , from here on , you are entirely on your own . |
| 11 | She turned at the door to wave but the car was already in gear and accelerating down the drive . |
| 12 | The essential driving force is always difficult to define but the one thing that has struck me about is his intolerance of injustice wherever it presents itself . |
| 13 | It was not possible to confirmthat the immunoreactive signal in serum was due to APGPR but the immunoreactive signal in urine coeluted with synthetic APGPR . |
| 14 | This sort of imagery is amusing to elaborate but the argument derived from it can be dangerously simplistic . |
| 15 | I explained how I 'd attempted to fire at the Corporal as Kaptan lay on the ground and how the gun had malfunctioned ; it would be more accurate to say I 'd been first to aim but the Corporal had got his shots off first . |
| 16 | I know we as a nation are not renowned for our ability to serve but the general level of indifference , apathy and downright rudeness I encountered made even me , a cynical bastard at the best of times , wince . |
| 17 | Always save your file before you sort it and be careful to include in the Data Range all the rows and columns that you want to sort but no others . |
| 18 | I 've not had time to celebrate but the champagne corks will be popping on Sunday night if we beat Leigh . |
| 19 | The goal was becoming more difficult to reach but the ‘ tide ’ continued . |
| 20 | Stuart tried hard to reach but the shelf was just too high . |
| 21 | We tried to escape but every time they caught us and beat us . |
| 22 | It was Ruth 's chance to escape but the bill needed to be paid . |
| 23 | A visitor to the city wrote any woman , if her credit will serve to borrow a pan , and to buy but a measure of mault in the market , setts up brewing . |
| 24 | You know , parking here in Newark , there are plenty of parking spaces and all the shops are open and we 're all ready to bustle but no one to bustle to . |
| 25 | Nothing to see but the palmtrees one way And the sea the other way , Nothing to hear but the sound of the surf . |
| 26 | ‘ I know you are only trying to help but the sooner we get this over with the better . |
| 27 | She wanted to thank him for his kindness , to tell him how grateful she was that he had offered to help but the words would not come . |
| 28 | In practice , these provisions will be very difficult to apply but the preamble to the EC Directive may give some assistance as it talks about the European Community being fully committed to the promotion of international standardization . |
| 29 | In 1960 , Arnold Palmer birdied the hole to win but the following year took a duffer 's six to lose ; Hubert Green missed a putt of three feet to tie in 1978 ; Ed Sneed wilted in 1979 , taking a bogey five when a par would have won ; Greg Norman needed a par to tie with Nicklaus in 1986 but succumbed to a blocked second shot ; Larry Mize birdied the hole in 1987 to force a play-off with Severiano Ballesteros and Norman , which Mize won . |
| 30 | They have in some cases a weekly or monthly schedule of orders to win but the long-term relationship with their customer is also of great importance and the weight to be put on the two factors at any one time calls for the exercise of judgement . |