Example sentences of "but giving " in BNC.
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| 1 | While agreeing broadly with the England manager 's summing-up of the present Brazilian team , the thought did occur that in another footballing era he could have been describing an Italian side — brilliant in breakaways but giving nothing away at the back . |
| 2 | Open to all the influences of Nature and man , but giving little : running like a senseless stream … |
| 3 | Under his direction , the Ulster Constitution Defence Committee maintained its traditional line that O'Neill was not responding to the legitimate demands of a disadvantaged section of the population , but giving in to the demands of rebels who would never be satisfied with anything less than the destruction of Northern Ireland . |
| 4 | When the ‘ Wolf ’ catches her he may obey the laws of the game and avoid physically hurting her , but giving her a momentary fright is a legitimate part of the game . |
| 5 | But giving thanks to God , even in suffering , can be inspired by a radiance of hope that sees all things in the light of eternity . |
| 6 | We may clear away the smoke that suffocates and remove the saturated fats that clog by making certain reasonably simple decisions , but giving the right directions , was a very different — and in my case — a far harder problem . |
| 7 | But giving up will immediately reduce the risk of heart disease , and circulation problems can improve within just weeks . |
| 8 | The British Isles became , in 1941–43 , a giant aircraft-carrier punished by German raids but giving more than was received as the air war was intensified by 1943 . |
| 9 | But giving £10,000 credit for one month can be less risky than giving £5000 of credit for six months . |
| 10 | He was a tall youth with very broad shoulders and deep chest , a trifle plump like most North American boys , but giving an impression of great physical strength . |
| 11 | He was outstanding in charity and compassion , paying for the release of prisoners who were detained for debts and succouring families in time of need , but giving strict charge that they should not acknowledge the source of this help . |
| 12 | I 'm very sorry about your cat , about Melusina , I know how fond you were of her , but giving you compensation is out of the question . |
| 13 | Covered in dirt , Chris came quickly back into the car , showing no pride in his achievement , but giving Damon a glare of contempt . |
| 14 | an order for delivery of the goods , but giving the defendant the alternative of paying damages by reference to the value of the goods , together in either alternative with payment of any consequential damages , or |
| 15 | With this information , the second colour mock-ups were produced , still lacking fine details but giving a good idea of the overall appearance of the final charts and the position of each species . |
| 16 | These eight characteristics of Chemical Dependency are not absolute indications but giving positive answers to at least four questions can be used as a rough indicator of whether a particular individual requires further assessment . |
| 17 | Edward Lear , drawing parrots and toucans in the zoo , got them very lifelike but left his backgrounds very sketchy , letting the bird stand out brilliantly but giving very little clue about its habitat . |
| 18 | There was a fitted wardrobe , with a row of suits hanging in it , and drawers containing shirts , pyjamas , socks , handkerchiefs and underclothes — everything clean and ready , but giving a curious impression of not being in use . |
| 19 | A and we tended to not bother going back to the client , but giving what we thought he needed , that was the culture of the regional civil engineer , |
| 20 | The headmaster gestured towards the window , still uncurtained , but giving out on to pitch blackness . |
| 21 | But giving up performing also helped them develop personally in other directions : John Lennon acted in a film called How I Won The War ( of best-forgotten quality ) ; George Harrison travelled to India to study the sitar and encounter Eastern religion ; Ringo Starr concentrated on his expanding home and family ; and Paul McCartney wrote some film music and travelled in Africa , though he also felt rather lost ( he tried to think about God , he said , but nothing came ) . |
| 22 | That is not standards or objectivity , but giving in to the usual pressures from the National Union of Teachers and NALGO , to which Labour Members always give in . |
| 23 | The need for stability was also stressed by the NATO Secretary-General , Manfred Worner , in The Times of Nov. 28 , when he suggested that the Warsaw Pact , if it reformed itself , could , like NATO , form " … part of an overall security structure , not preventing political change but giving political change military stability " . |
| 24 | The preservation of the principle of ‘ insurance ’ was a clear throw-back to the days of Lloyd George and , as he explained in a radio broadcast , his ‘ Plan for Britain' was ‘ based on the contributory principle of giving not free allowances to all from the State , but giving benefits as of right in virtue of contributions made by the insured persons themselves ’ . |
| 25 | Further , it can be checked against other contemporary annals , whether produced in Charles 's kingdom but giving a perspective very different from the AB 's ( the brief Annals of the monastery of Fontanelle , or St-Wandrille , near modern Le Havre , for instance , have their own house-based story to tell ) , or written in another Carolingian kingdom , like the East Frankish Annals of Fulda which are just as slanted as the AB , but in a different direction . |
| 26 | One way in which he does that he thinks is by plural voting , that you give the educated more than one vote , he says we have to make sure the educated do n't form their own class with their own class interests , but , but giving the educated a bigger say will lead us to make better decisions he thinks . |
| 27 | The three riders came on , but giving the feeling that they were holding back some , not anxious to ride right up until they made sure everything was keno . |
| 28 | It was not a question of implying a term but giving the proper construction to the relevant word . |
| 29 | But giving it a good clean out and getting |