Example sentences of "[det] be [adv] [verb] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some are well known but new technology brings new problems . |
| 2 | This is rarely done but consistency in outcome is important for dealing with social casualties who may need services at any time . |
| 3 | Our local representative will make every effort possible to allocate separate beds when this is particularly requested but it may on occasion be impossible . |
| 4 | The importance of this is often underestimated but it is essential that not only do you get applicants but applicants who genuinely fulfil your requirements . |
| 5 | This was well received but no one actually moved . |
| 6 | This was already happening but he felt neighbourhood help scheme could build on this current goodwill . |
| 7 | Sometimes these are clearly stated but more often than not they are implicit in attitudes and actions . |
| 8 | These were hardly mentioned but underneath were not trivial . |
| 9 | Consequently one 's own pleas and the sufferer 's promises may all be well meant but nonetheless all equally ineffective in controlling the longer term progression of addictive disease . |
| 10 | I do n't know whether that is widely understood but I think it 's quite and important feature of our proposals . |
| 11 | That 's still going but er |
| 12 | I mean the one fear surely is that this is n't something which is happening on a , I was going to say a small local area , that 's perhaps exaggerating but it is in a at the moment in a confined locality , we know where it is , it 's not actually here and |
| 13 | Both were hard ridden but neither flinched , and throughout the final hundred yards Commanche Run kept just ahead of his persistent challenger to prevail by a neck . |
| 14 | Both were sumptuously decorated but the Hindenburg was the most luxurious . |