Example sentences of "but [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope to start work soon , but am still waiting |
| 2 | But the confusing plethora of separate joint boards on the fire service , strategic planning , waste disposal and other matters which succeeded them suggests that abolition did not achieve those ends These boards are now under no direct electoral control , but are instead made up of nominees from often compulsorily participant councils . |
| 3 | These drums are quite extraordinary — from the colossal to the size of a cup , they make sounds and rhythms which are undoubtedly barbarous but are nevertheless compelling . |
| 4 | These do not meet the sentencing requirement but are nevertheless deemed to be arrestable offences . |
| 5 | Orcs and Goblins almost overwhelm the remaining Dwarf holds but are finally beaten back at the Battle of Black Water . |
| 6 | The visible stars appear spread all over the night sky , but are particularly concentrated in one band , which we call the Milky Way . |
| 7 | They can be expressed formally in several ways , making use of the resources and notations of different logical systems , but are perspicuously expressed in just the forms we have . |
| 8 | A lecture course is often a passive form of learning : you listen acutely and take notes but are generally discouraged from asking questions or raising points because the size of the group inhibits fruitful exchanges . |
| 9 | Synthetic studies are seldom carried out as Ph D research , but are generally published by experienced scientists , and may utilise the work of several post-graduate researchers . |
| 10 | The inscriptions were copied from texts on papyri and certainly date back to the New Kingdom but are probably based on much earlier writings , perhaps as early as the Third Dynasty . |
| 11 | The housing and the inner rotor can therefore rotate relative to each other , but are loosely coupled by the viscous fluid . |
| 12 | Chambers 4d and 4c are standard , mouldering guard rooms , but are wholly painted black , given them and bleak and depressing feel . |
| 13 | The lesions are not confined to the genitalia , although they are most often found there , but are also seen on the thighs , perineum , and buttocks . |
| 14 | The actions of the marriage ceremony not only serve for the accomplishment of the social act of wedding , that is joining in matrimony , but are also said to symbolize ‘ the mystical union twixt Christ and his Church ’ . |
| 15 | Consequently contradictory demands are placed on schools and colleges ; for example , girls are allowed to study physical science in school , but are also channelled into subjects such as home economics which instil in them their future role as wives and mothers . |
| 16 | Smaller , more specialist publishers such as Rhinegold who produce Classical Music and other similar arts titles are now not just creating all their pages with desktop publishing technology , Ventura in their case , but are also using 600dpi page printers instead of typesetting equipment . |
| 17 | Takeover offers are regulated primarily by the City Code but are also affected by the Yellow Book ( where the acquirer or the target company is listed on the London Stock Exchange ) the CA 1985 and the FSA . |
| 18 | The hot/cold opposition is also used to classify foods , plants , remedies and even pharmaceutical drugs which are not only widely available in most Central American street markets but are also used by some traditional healers and midwives . |
| 19 | Those interested in an authoritative and detailed account are referred to the books cited , but are also advised that the whole issue is one on which sides have been taken , and disinterested views are rare . |
| 20 | The nets are apparently being used to catch swordfish , but are also sweeping up many other marine creatures , including turtles and dolphins as well as fish which the Greek Ionian fleets had been accustomed to catch . |
| 21 | Other governments have viewed the spontaneous housing settlements as wretched areas , which not only house society 's drop-outs , but are also breeding grounds for crime and radical political activity The Brazilian government has tried to eradicate the squatter settlements for these reasons , which is especially the case in Rio de Janeiro , because of the added factor that it is an international tourist centre and the favelas are so visible on the steep hillsides behind the luxury hotels and beaches . |
| 22 | They can be attended individually but are also offered as a weekend course . |
| 23 | Downs claims that the needs and self-interests of officials develop into informal social structures in bureaucracies which are not solely the consequence of goal conflicts and resistance to official objectives but are also designed to ease the process of implementation ( Downs 1967 , pp. 63–5 ) . |
| 24 | This is a case of adding injury to insult — it was originally the cat 's job to kill the mice and the rodent-poisoners who usurped its role are not content merely with making it obsolete , but are also assaulting it physically in this underhand , prey-concealed way . |
| 25 | Further studies have shown that these effects are not restricted to omeprazole treatment , but are also found during treatment with other H + /K + -ATPase inhibitors and high dose H 2 receptor antagonists , suggesting that the effects are secondary to profound , long term acid inhibition . |
| 26 | In fact these difficulties are not restricted to the giving and receiving of care , but are also reflected more generally in phenomena of social contact and recognition between neighbours . |
| 27 | They are not particularly finely knotted , but are well made , using thick yarns of excellent quality wool , and are produced in a range of mainly modern designs which frequently reflect 20th-century abstract art . |
| 28 | If these cases are investigated it is nearly always found that the cats in question are not on leads but are simply following in their owners ' footsteps . |
| 29 | These are not meant to be comprehensive surveys of the literature , but are simply designed to illustrate the application of rational expectations to specific areas . |
| 30 | We do n't talk of tomorrow , but are both thinking of it . |