Example sentences of "[to-vb] but [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasons for this are difficult to establish but it may well be that the university expansion coincided with an even greater expansion of candidates with A levels , with the result that competition for university places did not ease . |
| 2 | Clearly they have some way to go but they can still look back on 1989 with a glimmer of pride . |
| 3 | Aubrey 's keen to go but I 'll probably be bored . |
| 4 | I try to sleep but I can only doze , and I am frequently aware of a pulse , a rattle , a rustiness rippling through me . |
| 5 | In these circumstances to talk of the inner city may be to accept a vocabulary which we might prefer not to endorse but it might also use the only language in which we can be heard . |
| 6 | The dirty chipped name plate was difficult to read but he could just make out the word Nettles on it . |
| 7 | One can learn the techniques of counselling just as one can learn to sing or to run but one will still be in a different league from those who were born with these skills . |
| 8 | We draw up the perfect guest list , and then go about extending the invitations — we have n't yet resorted to blackmail but it can only be a matter of time . |
| 9 | It is a science that ordinary people feel powerless to influence but which will nevertheless have a bearing on every major site in the London area . |
| 10 | He might have an interesting tale to tell but it could probably be told in the space of thirty minutes and on later meetings hauled out and paraded again exactly as it was on the first occasion . |