Example sentences of "but they have [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robin Fox ( 1971 , 1972 ) and Lional Tiger ( 1969 ) in influential books have perhaps pushed this approach to an extreme , but they have thereby generated an important renewal of interest in biology among anthropologists . |
| 2 | Most of their sales were originally through traditional bookshop outlets but they have increasingly developed distribution through department stores and leisure electronics stores . |
| 3 | But they have increasingly had to cede ground to government and to ‘ administrators ’ over issues of policy and resource allocation . |
| 4 | Changes have occurred but they have generally done so gradually over much longer intervals than changes of government — in part as a result of changes in official thinking , in larger part through alterations in the complex relationships between economic ideas , political ideology and the force of economic circumstance . |
| 5 | Many studies have examined the diagnostic potential of immunohistochemistry , but they have generally failed to show the clear definitions found with prostate specific antigen or thyroglobulin . |
| 6 | But they have signally failed so far to build an intellectual constituency in wider circles of the kind that gave Thatcherism — which had little intellectual depth of its own — the basis on which to construct a new kind of politics . |
| 7 | Not only are beer taxes still with us , but they have just gone through their biggest shake-up for many years . |
| 8 | My ancestors brought such sophisticated culture to India — but they have just let it disintegrate . |
| 9 | In applying this test the courts have upheld fairly broad conditions , but they have also struck down a number by using concepts which are open to debate . |
| 10 | Many child abuse inquiries have identified poor management and lack of resources as contributing factors , but they have also highlighted , at times incomprehensible failures in practice . |
| 11 | Most of their work to date has been with blue-chip companies , but they have also handled assignments from leading merchant banks and fashion retail houses . |
| 12 | But they have also rallied to a call to save their privileged world — as women they must protect their children , their families , their religion and , above all , their enormous wealth . |
| 13 | They have created genuinely new trading opportunities , but they have also diverted trade from established patterns with Europe and the United States . |
| 14 | But they have also beaten the Redskins 8–4 and 9–6 at Riverside and Chelmsford are the fancied side , so long as their imports play well and the youngsters give their all . |
| 15 | But they have also staged their own protests . |
| 16 | These changes have made congress more democratic , but they have also added immeasurably to the difficulties that presidents face in trying to obtain congressional cooperation . |
| 17 | These avenues have not only taken up a lot of the time and energy of the present generation of activists but they have also reduced the reliance on the politics of the street demonstration by presenting alternative means of expression and action . |
| 18 | Mass killings of indigenous peoples may have reduced in scale over the past 500 years , but they have never stopped . |
| 19 | A report by the human rights organization Amnesty International , released to coincide with the anniversary and cataloguing a history of discrimination , violence and injustice , stated that " the mass killings of indigenous peoples may have reduced over the past 500 years but they have never stopped " . |
| 20 | I 've bought Smiths records but they have never altered my way of thinking . |
| 21 | They have pointed things out to us , how decision will affect record sales , but they have never got heavy , ’ says Gedge . |
| 22 | Bangor have proved they have what it takes to challenge for the major honours but they have never won the league or the cup . |
| 23 | But they have never married and even maintain separate homes on opposite sides of New York 's Central Park . |
| 24 | Mr and Mrs Jones would like Olwyn in bed by 8pm but they have never managed to achieve this and have given up trying because , when they did try , Olwyn flew in a violent temper and then ran away . |
| 25 | We half expected them to come back a few days later , but they have never returned to the barn we prepared so painstakingly for them , although they are still sometimes seen in the vicinity . |
| 26 | They have made interesting and occasionally convincing criticisms , but they have totally failed to suggest an alternative future for this country . |
| 27 | Managers have known for a long time that demographics matter , but they have always believed that population statistics change slowly . |
| 28 | ‘ No one is ever forced to be in our films , but they have always queued up to appear , ’ he says . |
| 29 | ‘ But they have always said that the Queen has remained very friendly and helpful to Diana through her illness and her marriage problems . |
| 30 | We have had a few meetings about the rule but they have always brought in extra bodies to out-vote us . |