Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adj] but [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These trends are perhaps not surprising but it should be noted that the result will be for schools in disadvantaged areas to lose pupils and to increase their unit costs per pupil . |
| 2 | Lord Cross accepted that the " significant proportion " test was the standard which the justices were required to apply , but stressed that " a significant proportion of a class means a part which is not numerically negligible but which may be much less than half . " |
| 3 | If we choose to use our resources in the most efficient place at the moment we may avoid those areas which are not so efficient but which will be more valuable in the future . |
| 4 | Erm he was buggered silly to put it er very crudely erm and not only that but they used to wire each-other up to the mains and and stick er snooker cues up each-other 's backsides and a whole range of activities used to go on . |
| 5 | Shift-work hours are not merely inconvenient but they can be disturbing to the functioning of the whole family . |
| 6 | So you would you well you would have to carry on your life not as normal but you 'd have to eat would n't you ? |
| 7 | At £12,260 the Aura TD is not particularly cheap but it would certainly be near the top of my shopping list if I was looking for a medium-sized diesel hatchback . |
| 8 | Well it 's not very big but you could blow it up |
| 9 | They are not very fast but they can fly very high for two to four hours — sometimes more . |
| 10 | Our situation is not very happy but I can tolerate it . |
| 11 | I do n't perhaps not that bad but I would have definitely braked and not just eased off on the accelerator . |
| 12 | I mean she 's not not that bad but I would n't like to I mean |
| 13 | In a general sense this is probably always true but it need not be true in a detailed sense . |
| 14 | no , I dro , I drove that and it 's really quite nice but I might |
| 15 | ‘ It is unlikely that the store could be operational before around 1990 but it should be available in time to provide flexibility to the timing of the reprocessing plants that will be needed in succession to THORP . ’ |
| 16 | This set of criteria is really very broad but it could be even broader . |
| 17 | It was n't entirely true but it could very well have been and he showed no surprise . |
| 18 | I wish it was quite so simple but it would certainly be a boost for us . ’ |
| 19 | Whether " a manner of living which demands rigorous honesty " is all that is required is quite possibly true but there may be any number of blocks in the road towards that manner of living . |
| 20 | again very queer but I 'll go on looking |
| 21 | Catchphrase : ‘ I 'm actually really talented but I ca n't be bothered to do anything better . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It is certainly very strange but we will have to wait for the outcome of an investigation . ’ |