Example sentences of "but [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a distinction is not accepted by all commentators , as we shall show , but where evaluating the intended curriculum is accepted , there are clearly a variety of ways of analysing it . |
| 2 | There may also be more room for professional bodies to discipline those whose conduct has not come up to expected standards but where proving dishonesty in a court would be hard . |
| 3 | If formed from viscous magma they are normally limited in lateral extent but where composed of basic rocks they may extend for thousands of square kilometres . |
| 4 | In April 1992 the invest-igation revealed that 26 assaults had occurred — involving at least 70 male officers either directly or as bystanders — but that identifying the culprits had proved extremely difficult because of the " closing of ranks and obfuscation " . |
| 5 | I know what I said about possessions being like leeches , but that do n't mean I 'll surrender them to a pair of punks . |
| 6 | It did n't have documents inside , but that do n't mean nothing . |
| 7 | I know that , she knows that , but that do n't mean it did n't hurt her . |
| 8 | But nor does it matter ; ‘ our club ’ will have been seething with talk for days , and ‘ I ’ am bound to have heard about Stavrogin 's escapade . |
| 9 | To his great credit he comes up with no easy answers , but nor does he give in to glib despair . |
| 10 | A middle peasant is somebody who is more or less entirely self sufficient , he does n't hire any labour but nor does he have to work for anybody else , his plot is big enough for him to be able to support himself and his family . |
| 11 | The unconscious blackmail threat levelled at his parents — he would marry Sien unless they accepted him as he was — had n't resulted in his expulsion , but nor had it improved matters . |
| 12 | But nor had she been allowed to use the telephone or leave the office , except for one visit to the toilet down the corridor accompanied by a sour-faced secretary who weighed at least twelve stone and insisted she leave the door ajar . |
| 13 | She was not frigid , but nor had she ever been a slave to purely carnal temptations ; because she had always placed a higher value on mental and emotional stimulation than on physical . |
| 14 | But nor do I think that you should somehow try to cosset the position of the leader of the party . |
| 15 | But nor did I want to go out to work . |
| 16 | At this stage I could n't expect him to be on the bit , but nor did I want him slopping along . |
| 17 | In general the West Midlands advisers who responded to the survey did not blame managers for the lack of funds , but nor did they appear optimistic that more money would materialise . |
| 18 | Briggs and Nebes ( 1976 ) found no effect of familial handedness but nor did they find any effect of handedness per se . |
| 19 | But nor did it seem natural . |
| 20 | But although voting behaviour in national elections has received most attention , many other forms of political activity have also become more locally differentiated . |
| 21 | But although connected , these two concepts are not identical . |
| 22 | He promoted county petitions supporting the vote of no addresses and the trial of Charles I. But although named to the high court of justice in January 1649 , he stayed away and returned to Parliament only after the king 's execution . |
| 23 | But although recycling and reuse are extremely important and something we can all support , the real solution to the waste problem is to try not to produce any in the first place ! |
| 24 | AFM Michael Ferguson played the Dalek claw seen at the end of episode four , but although convincing to the audience , this claw was nothing more elaborate than a joke shop gorilla hand covered in grease . |
| 25 | But although upset by the discrepancy between what voters told them and the way they actually behaved , the pollsters do not admit defeat . |
| 26 | But and fail to point out that the region of retroviral envelope glycoproteins ( including HIV-1 ) most commonly found to have immunosuppressive effects in vitro is located in the ectodomain of gp41 ( ref. 14 ) , and is therefore present in MicroGeneSys gp 160 but absent from gp120 . |
| 27 | I have visited the house that my mother stayed at , er called the North House Aye , it was just a pretty bit of a But and beam |
| 28 | It is usually held flat against the underside of the body , but if disturbed , the springtail flicks it backwards , projecting the animal into the air and out of harm 's way . |
| 29 | They will not attack , but if disturbed or cornered they will defend themselves . |
| 30 | But if elected on June 8th , he plans to pay for it by leasing the city 's international airport for 30 years to a private-sector manager . |