Example sentences of "but [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to see what this talk of the linguistic expression ‘ replacing ’ the natural expression really means we must consider , in order to reject , the prevalent notion that if someone says ‘ It hurts ’ or ‘ I 'm afraid ’ , and they are not lying , then what they say must be justified by some observation . |
| 2 | The new does not cause us to discard the old , but to see its contemporary worth . |
| 3 | Ants can be kept in large glass jars filled with soil or in a wormery ( Chapter 6 ) , but to see them best you should keep them in a special kind of housing . |
| 4 | Do not use the opportunity to throw your weight about but to enable your own group to handle whatever task or problem they have been allotted in the most efficient manner . |
| 5 | One of the officers whispered to the CO who nodded abruptly but asked his next question with less obvious sarcasm . |
| 6 | Jack dropped a couple of shots with poor putts but got them both back with a superb eagle at the sixteenth — an uphill par five with a difficult green , long and narrow and well protected with bunkers . |
| 7 | Historically the word may come from one of several sources , but given its apparent near-restriction to the Welsh border counties , its origin lies perhaps in the Old Welsh Cai , the Middle Welsh Kei , and the Latin Caius , a common praenomen among the Romans . |
| 8 | That claim may have been sheer bravado , but given his long association with US intelligence , the general undoubtedly has enough mud to splatter many of his erstwhile US friends . |
| 9 | But given your slobbering sentiment towards SexKylie ( sic ) — Stuart Bailie , respect to you , excepting — I should be so lucky . |
| 10 | GaAs ( known as a III-V material because of its group classification in the Periodic Table ) has the same electronic structure as silicon , but displays its own unique semiconductive properties . |
| 11 | Rainbow would prefer right now this minute , but plays it cool . |
| 12 | There had been others lacking in imagination , who stuck to the basic facts but lent them theatrical weight . |
| 13 | Otherwise no-one troubled him and he saw no one but shared his strange corner of the forest with the beasts of the forest . |
| 14 | The law ensured the " autonomy " of the armed forces but expanded their existing responsibilities for sovereignty and national territorial integrity to involve them in civil defence and the restoration of internal order at the request of the head of the Senate . |
| 15 | But resurrection to a Messianic Kingdom is surely implied in the words of the mother of the Seven Martyrs in II Maccabees : " Fear not this executioner , but proving thyself worthy of thy brethren , accept thy death that in the mercy of God I may receive thee again with thy brethren . " |
| 16 | I think she was crying , but adjudged it vulgar to peer . |
| 17 | He had been in charge of the Recorder Club ; he had taken boys sailing at Toddbrook and Salcome ; he taught so-called " dead " languages but made them live : quieter and gentler pursuits than many , no doubt , but performed with enthusiasm and commitment . |
| 18 | Philips kept their ownership of the buildings and equipment used in the preparation and serving of the food , but made them available to ISS without charge ( while undertaking to maintain them in good order ) and Philips even paid for the electricity , water and telephone costs involved in the canteen operation and for the removal of waste . |
| 19 | Tom Sutcliffe 's wife not only acted as his Secretary and personal interpreter , but made her own contribution to the cause for which he worked as a teacher of sign language and an outstanding interpreter particularly in the educational field . |
| 20 | She was snapped up as one of the youngest ever Page Three girls but made her last topless appearance on her 21st birthday . |
| 21 | Having kept many spiny eels , I only undid the bag a little to inject water in slowly , but made my next mistake in not tying the bag up again . |
| 22 | She is ranked sufficiently highly to have gone straight into the main draw , but made it clear that the Games were inconvenient for her schedule this years , as she had a lot of points to defend in tournaments . |
| 23 | The Native people acknowledged the apology , but made it clear that cultural oppression still prevails in many parts of North America . |
| 24 | He decided in favour of Balliol , but made it clear that this was only the appointment of a figurehead : he himself was the true monarch . |
| 25 | Than Tun continued to call for a national government but made it clear that armed struggle was , for the present , not envisaged . |
| 26 | India , which had removed the final contingent of Indian Peace-Keeping Force ( IPKF ) troops from Sri Lanka in March 1990 [ see p. 37316 ] , expressed concern for the plight of Tamil civilians but made it clear that it would not permit its territory to be used to support militant activity . |
| 27 | The President approved this measure , but made it clear that he would not sign further legislation to keep government going unless a satisfactory agreement was reached on the budget . |
| 28 | In London , UK ministers called for those responsible for the November killings to be brought to justice but made it clear to Alatas that the UK , the second-largest arms supplier to Indonesia after the USA , would not cut off aid or arms sales . |
| 29 | Reynolds held talks with leading politicians on Feb. 19 , in an attempt to find cross-party agreement on the case , but made it clear that a referendum to dilute the constitutional clause on abortion would be avoided if possible . |
| 30 | Dos Santos welcomed the move , but made it clear on Dec. 27 that before he met Savimbi UNITA would have to accept the September election results , withdraw from all areas occupied following the elections , and enable government administration to be extended throughout Angola . |