Example sentences of "but we [modal v] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We found nothing very remarkable when we tested a similar product on an earlier occasion , but we 'll test Chemi-Zorb long term and report back . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'll not build it all at once , but we 'll allow space for it . |
| 3 | I think that 's probably covered by Mr 's point but we 'll seek clarification in a second . |
| 4 | Yes er , well I think we might , I 'll answer the second question but we 'll , we 'll , we 'll answer the first question but we 'll ask Michael , who 's right here to , to comment on entertainment . |
| 5 | Ah but we 'll have copies by May surely . |
| 6 | But we 'll have statement , but you know , do that practice bit . |
| 7 | There is considerable dispute over the precise definition of this term , but we shall use class to refer to a group sharing a similar position in a structure of objective material inequalities , produced by a particular system of economic relationships characteristic of a particular mode of production . |
| 8 | Mr Morris welcomed the principle of the Farm Assured Scotch Livestock initiative but added : ‘ The scheme guarantees consumers that stock have been produced according to welfare friendly standards but we would welcome steps to take it a stage further , particularly to embrace quality . |
| 9 | ‘ We have interviewed a number of people in connection with this incident , but we would like help from any other witnesses , ’ he said . |
| 10 | ‘ I think it may be , but we may get Place to tell us . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ No , but we may have news of them . |
| 12 | The markets have already largely discounted this result but we may see shares and the pound slipping a bit further . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't know whether or not it will involve us , but we must go flat out and hope Leiceser slip up . |
| 14 | ‘ We are not threatening anybody , but we must enforce UN resolutions . |
| 15 | ‘ But we must tell Cabochon ! ’ |
| 16 | The queen-dowager is naturally anxious for her sons — but we must have patience . |
| 17 | But we must discuss areas where we can cooperate and work together . |
| 18 | The trade unions should retain influence , but we must surrender control . ’ |
| 19 | But we must hurry north , pausing only to observe that the most dramatic survivor from the early Middle Ages , and perhaps the greatest of all the cities of Europe in the tenth and eleventh centuries , was Cordoba , then in its heyday under the caliphate and its first Indian summer . |
| 20 | ‘ In three years ' time we might have still been in very good shape but we must take steps to protect the UK as a manufacturing base . ’ |
| 21 | But we must drive inflation down so low that it no longer affects the decisions made by ordinary people , businesses and government . |
| 22 | ‘ True , we do n't , not all of it , but we can make things difficult for you — ’ |
| 23 | You see we can not always help who our brothers and sisters are but we can make alliances of people on issues of liberation and freedom that goes beyond that narrow family relationship and develops into a very solid alliance that helps to change situations . |
| 24 | We can not unilaterally break the law in the way that the hon. Gentleman suggests , but we can mobilise consumer opinion . |
| 25 | We ca n't give away Sue and Richard 's dream home , but we can offer BBC Gardeners ' World Magazine readers a taste of the good life . |
| 26 | We ca n't see the rays outside the narrow light band , but we can do calculations about them , and we can build instruments to detect them . |
| 27 | Our minds ca n't imagine a time span as short as a picosecond , but we can do calculations about picoseconds , and we can build computers that can complete calculations within picoseconds . |
| 28 | ‘ But we can procure Kaos without extraordinary demand . |
| 29 | Erm what I wanted to say is , erm , in response to the lady in the red , was that a lot of feminists have a lot to answer for because , in the sense , men erm can be discriminat , well not discriminated but we can say things about men which are generalizations , whereas if a , one man says one generalized thing about a woman , then he 's just , you know chauvinists is everything , and he 's got a really bad name to him , so I think it 's got to be looked at from both sides . |
| 30 | ‘ The fabrics are from top manufacturers such as Osborne & Little , but we can use others to make up sample boards for our customers if we prefer . ’ |