Example sentences of "[vb pp] but [pron] [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flaw in this disposition was that the advancing Germans were not only more numerous than the Allies had supposed but they were also moving in a more extended arc than had been expected . |
| 2 | Team sizes can be varied but they are always made up of an odd number of competitors . |
| 3 | I mean you buy it you 're not gon na , I mean alright you 're gon na have a bit more grown but you 're only gon na get a bit more muscly . |
| 4 | The value of T g depends on the way in which it is measured but it is also found to be a function of the polymer chain length . |
| 5 | Questionnaires and achievement scores may be used but they are rarely given high priority . |
| 6 | When lost-wax casting came in , tin-bronze was used but it was gradually replaced by zinc-brass . |
| 7 | The lines of the formerly integrated drainage systems can be traced but they are only used by present-day floods in their upper tracts , so forming a characteristically disintegrated pattern . |
| 8 | Back in the street the rain had eased but there was more to come . |
| 9 | The farm worker still remains socially and geographically isolated but he is also becoming less bound by custom and habit . |
| 10 | The police were called but nobody was ever charged . |
| 11 | Nepal 's climbing permits , for example , require an undertaking that rubbish will be adequately disposed but it is rarely enforced . |
| 12 | For example it is well known that asthma and eczema are linked but what is frequently overlooked is the way that a person 's asthma can be bad at a time when their eczema is quiet and their eczema can be its worst when the asthma is quiet . |
| 13 | We have been told that finances for health and safety will be found but we were never told from where that money would come from . |
| 14 | If we have recently lost sleep ( after a week of trying to sleep in the daytime , for example ) or have been awake for an unusually long time , then the amount of deep sleep is increased but it is still concentrated in the earlier part of sleep . |
| 15 | I 've tried , I 've tried but he 's always worn briefs . ’ |
| 16 | As water power became less important , the community declined but it is still preserved as an example of an early settlement . |