Example sentences of "[noun] but [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously , I am aware of the health risks but believe the choice to smoke is mine , and mine alone . |
| 2 | Corbett hurriedly dressed , refused the kind offer of a horse but accepted the services of a guide to take him through Edinburgh to the castle . |
| 3 | Companies do the latter not to avoid losses but to spread the impact to match their income , Mr Gluckstern reckoned . |
| 4 | The Institute of Personnel Management says there would be job losses but puts the figure at 100,000 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | That it was the wrong remedy was discovered later when he was given a higher potency which helped the eczema but made the asthma worse . |
| 7 | McKibbin , in particular , acknowledges the strengths and weaknesses of the new constituency and party organizations but stresses the overall general improvements which were achieved . |
| 8 | Replacing the shoebox but leaving the tell-tale sea of marbles , he stood on Vic 's bed and tried , without success , to jump and pull himself up to the small opening . |
| 9 | One further dimension to such a system is the possibility of " networking " a number of micros This involves the interconnecting of micros which retain their full power as independent computers but gain the additional ability of communicating with other computers in the network and having access to common files The result is analogous to a minicomputer with a number of terminals but with the big difference that each of the micros has its own processing power instead of sharing that of the mini . |
| 10 | It has been designed to be used by the professionals themselves who do not , said Moore Stephens , have the time or inclination to learn about computers but appreciate the efficiency benefits which technology brings to administration . |
| 11 | So general is this norm that the value of not being ‘ prejudiced ’ is even shared by the fascist writer who is at pains to deny his own prejudice but to pin the label upon liberal opponents . |
| 12 | The poet mocks the people for being taken in by the priest but lays the blame on the shoulders of the priest and ultimately on the church for failing to do its duty . |
| 13 | Do this until 1 lift is performed at 90–95% of your maximum and then decrease the weight but increase the reps until you are back to 5 reps at 75% again . |
| 14 | Start with 5 reps at 75% of your maximum lift , then increase the weight but decrease the reps to 4 . |
| 15 | He pleads not guilty to murder but opening the prosecution at Liverpool Crown Court , Rodney Klevan QC said : ‘ Paula was found hanging by the neck from a rope . |
| 16 | Thirdly , continuing to use oil fuelled internal combustion engines to drive cars but making the engines more efficient . |
| 17 | Joshua removed his jacket , lay on the bed , turned on the telly but cut the sound . |
| 18 | Actually he did n't call it a third round , since he did n't solicit new entries but used the same 63 as for Round 2 . |
| 19 | For example , when Dostoevsky abandons the ‘ At Tikhon 's ’ chapter but retains the brief exchange in which Shatov urges Stavrogin to go to Bishop Tikhon , and Stavrogin replies ‘ Thank you , I will ’ , let nobody persuade us the novelist has made a mistake . |
| 20 | After Shaw hit her unfortunate pinnacle ( ‘ Puppet On A String ’ ) , she decided not to grow into desperate pantomime but discover the importance of real life as far away from the music business as possible . |
| 21 | On ‘ Give My Love To Kevin ’ , he typifies the questioning tone of the rejected boyfriend , desperate to know all about his girlfriend 's new lover but recognising the futility of his inquisitiveness . |
| 22 | In this case , her thought processes were negative , seeking before all else to draw suspicion away from Barney but lacking the vital scene-of-crime evidence which , if Harris 's attitude was anything to go by , pointed strongly at his guilt . |
| 23 | Or we could comply with the 30 October 1993 rule but amend the accounting reference date within the first nine months of incorporation , as we may , and draw up accounts to 31 October 1993 , which is within the seven day period allowed by s 223(2) . |
| 24 | Try moisturising cheeks and neck but avoid the naturally oily T-zone ( ie forehead , nose and chin ) . |
| 25 | Dry bone , on the other hand breaks with an uneven although still slightly jagged break but lacking the spiral element of fresh bone . |
| 26 | In France and Spain , and to a lesser extent in Britain , it was widely believed that the most important function of a fleet was not to seek out and destroy that of the enemy but to protect the colonies and seaborne trade of the State to which it belonged and capture or harass those of its opponents . |
| 27 | These aforementioned studies were in non-diabetic hypertensive subjects but raised the possibility that similar effects might occur in diabetics . |
| 28 | Of course , one has to be careful in this context to recognise that many of the infractions I 'm referring to are not necessarily offences AGAINST others — but represent errors of performance , imperfections which reflect badly on the offender — so that one undertakes remedial work , NOT for the purpose of making amends but to re-draw the picture of oneself so that it corresponds more closely to the one which one would like to project to the world at large . |
| 29 | With his well-practised sardonic glee , Joyce looked forward not only to the destruction of Jewry but denounced the ‘ dribbling old prelates , verminous Bloomsburgians , myopic printers ’ hacks , and every sort of meddlesome old woman , male and otherwise . ’ |
| 30 | A distinguishing feature of Company Programmes is the team of client directors who not only have a wide experience in industry but represent the main functions of the business . |