Example sentences of "[noun] but [adv] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Systematic evaluation and forecasting can minimize risks but never eliminate them . |
| 2 | It seems that the evolution of his remedy preparation was fuelled by the desire to create , not only , a highly dynamised remedy but also to give it in the smallest dose ( quantity ) possible to effect a curative response . |
| 3 | We are not only leading the horse but also giving it mental stimulation . |
| 4 | This versatile multi-function card not only combines all the benefits of a cheque guarantee card and Cashline card but also allows you to pay for goods and services quickly and easily without writing a cheque at retailers displaying the Switch sign . |
| 5 | Since the war , every spell of Anfield success has been set or kept in motion by the signing of a top-class ‘ striker-cum-provider ’ a player who not only scored goals but also made them for his colleagues . |
| 6 | In the spadefoot , the intense competition among males for females means that some over-anxious males do not wait for the females to get into the pond but instead waylay them on the way to the breeding ground ; the pair then arrive at the pond already in amplexus . |
| 7 | She used to frequent fashion parties but now says she ‘ ca n't be dealing with it ’ . |
| 8 | She allowed the idea of falling in love with him dance across her mind but soon dismissed it with a smile . |
| 9 | They were heading for the besieged Bosnian town of Travnik but never reached it . |
| 10 | She , the German , does an interesting physiotherapy job to earn money as her doctor father pays her rent but then expects her to fend for herself , which she does with poise , professionalism and purposefulness . |
| 11 | This belief not only increases the beneficial effects of the specific therapy but also helps him to become more confident in general as well as in his ability to change anything about himself or his life that he does not like . |
| 12 | She 'd had a 24-hour labour but often said she did n't know what all the fuss was about these days . |
| 13 | Lord Dawson of Penn , that specialist in the industrial diseases of politicians , joined in the general chorus of congratulation but also told him , speaking medically and not politically : ‘ You will pay for this . ’ |
| 14 | Bayezid II was won over by Mueyyedzade 's arguments and not only appointed Kemalpasazade to the Taslik medrese but also charged him with writing a history of the Ottoman dynasty in Turkish to serve as a companion piece to that being written in Persian by Idris Bitlisi |
| 15 | Cook for 1 hour 43 minutes and you have Death Becomes Her , a frothy souffle whose first bite melts deliciously in the mouth but soon leaves you champing for some meat . |
| 16 | Emily felt angry words rise to her lips but quickly suppressed them , this was neither the time nor the place to argue Craig 's innocence . |
| 17 | ICAS welcomed the review but also said it was a timely reminder of archaic and unnecessary burdens in the UK tax system and urged an independent examination by a working party of all interested bodies to tackle problems close to home . |
| 18 | They have been equally disparaging about low blood pressure as a cause , among other things , of tiredness , fainting and dizziness , although their colleagues in Germany , France and several Mediterranean countries not only recognise the condition but actually treat it . |
| 19 | They lay together in the gathering darkness , holding each other , neither making any attempt to speak their hurt and their loss but both knowing it was there , buried deep within them . |
| 20 | Like Mr Kravchuk , Khmelnytsky won independence for Ukraine but then lost it by making a fatal alliance with Russia . |
| 21 | The young teacher who enjoys his work but also sees it as an attractive life style . |
| 22 | simple , good-natured plasterer , living in Bleeding Heart Yard , always seeking work but seldom finding it . |
| 23 | Its purpose is not simply to help suffers to leave behind their negative destructive addictions but also to help them to become enthusiastic about positive aspects of a healthy physical , emotional and spiritual life . |
| 24 | Last month , following Johnson 's admissions at the inquiry that he had taken drugs and not failed drug tests , the IAAF decided to strip him of his world records retrospectively and enacted legislation which would punish any athlete who passed a drug test but subsequently admitted he was an offender . |
| 25 | While cutting rebates and slots , two problems occurred on the curved members , firstly the glazing rebate because of the weight and length of curved members and the limited table size of my router , I decided to take the router to the wood and not the wood to the router but then realised I would be machining away the surface I wanted to guide the router on i.e the inside face which is the true radius . |
| 26 | Wishart had considered Edward of England but then dismissed him . |
| 27 | It 's like trying to turn beef steak rawk into a New Age lentilburger , not by changing the ingredients but simply enveloping it all in a laser-fried wholemeal bun and hoping that nobody will notice the difference . |
| 28 | They build idealised models but then carry them over into real usage as though they really existed , forgetting that they had initially involved ‘ bracketing ’ certain assumptions . |
| 29 | Indeed , it was a precocious interest in Wealden fossils that led to the assembly of a large and valuable collection that was donated in 1884 to the newly opened Natural History Museum in South Kensington , and which gained him not only the title of honorary collector for the museum but also brought him the coveted fellowship of the London Geological Society at the age of twenty-one . |
| 30 | Approached by American conspirators , such as Aaron Burr , who sought British aid in their plots of disunion , Merry listened to the plotters but never abetted them . |