Example sentences of "but is [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is often the case , especially in religious matters , that wherever controversial premises are stubbornly adhered to , and crystal-clear reasoning and all human intelligence cries aloud in protest but is ruthlessly suppressed and ignored , then an endless supply of written matter is assured for evermore . |
| 2 | Everett Fahy is fine while on the trail of the Velasquez , but is eventually discredited due to his second thoughts about the deaccessioning of an important Henri Rousseau . |
| 3 | On the Intel side , the PCE-5S Pentium machine will be shown : it is currently running at 50MHz , but is eventually intended to be a 66MHz machine — all being well at Intel Corp . |
| 4 | The following year brought The Miner 's Daughter in which the heroine deserts her working-man husband for the new mine-owner and his lavish apartment ; in time she becomes unhappy but is eventually reclaimed by her husband who storms into a smart reception and virtually throttles the mine-owner . |
| 5 | Another member of the Pocket family , Sarah , ‘ a little dry brown corrugated old woman , with a small face that might have been made of walnut shells , and a large mouth like a cat 's without the whiskers ’ , toadies to Miss Havisham in the hope of a legacy , but is eventually left , according to Joe Gargery , only ‘ twenty-five pound per annium for to buy pills , on account of being bilious ’ . |
| 6 | What we have done is we have erm been able to utilise some A C T capacity or generate some A C T capacity within one of the subsidiaries within the group um the reason for highlighting it highlighting it is not particularly to make a song and dance about it but is particularly to say that on the cash flow statement there is this in-flood and it is a one off in-flood we 're not going to be seeing that being brought forward every year , but basically what it is is we have profits in previous elements of the group which enabled us to generate A C T capacity enabled us to off set this A C T which we paid on dividends and bringing forward earlier than we would otherwise have done . |
| 7 | Miss Riley served the Booksellers Association in many ways but is particularly remembered for her painstaking work on the Education Committee . |
| 8 | John Kirwan , the wing who has scored 25 tries in 30 Tests , missed training with an inflamed Achilles tendon but is firmly expected to play . |
| 9 | From this point of view the state is not seen as a threat to freedom , but is rather regarded as a vehicle for securing broad community and individual rights against the power . |
| 10 | A similar banality in 2010 is unrelieved by Kubrick 's wicked irony , but is partly concealed by the excellent acting of Scheider , Mirren , Balaban , Lithgow , Baskin , and , of course , Douglas Rain again as the voice of HAL — he alone had escaped from Kubrick 's anti — acting regime in 2001 , to become the only character that anyone cares about or indeed remembers . |
| 11 | , Richard ( fl. 1572–1596 ) , navigator and privateer , claimed to have been born at Buckhurst , Essex , but is generally referred to as ‘ of Weymouth ’ . |
| 12 | They were vague about dates of departure , and only shrugged and said bad bokra , a phrase which literally means " the day after tomorrow " but is generally understood to imply something rather more indefinite . |
| 13 | Artistic interest in the making of meaning does not end when the music is made , the record released , the performance over , but is equally invested in the way in which it takes on its public meanings , via the media of television , radio , advertisement , the star system , Fleet Street gossip columns , poster magazines and so forth . |
| 14 | Likewise , in that same world , where financial probity may not be widespread in general but is strictly enforced within the sport , Copersucar 's interminable financial difficulties , its frequently delayed payments , its general insecurity and inability to meet its commitments , took their toll of most people 's tolerance . |
| 15 | The reader is referred back to that section on this point but is again reminded that phasor and complex algebraic methods of linear circuit analysis are inapplicable to situations where an effective nonlinearity exists . |
| 16 | Suppose the economy is not one large , unified entity but is instead divided into a large number of islands . |
| 17 | Under these circumstances also , the nucleosome is never forced to leave the DNA completely , but is instead shifted perhaps as much as 100 bases backwards from its original position . |
| 18 | This particular paragraph is written by one who realises its frequent , unprecedented beauty , but is somehow repelled by the bodilessness of it . |
| 19 | Dr Barham is a polymer scientist in the Department of Physics but is fast becoming more famous for his public lecture on The Physics of a Black Forest Gateau . |
| 20 | Despite his wound Ahn still fights like a tiger , but is badly beaten and reeling . |
| 21 | The documentation is straightforward enough , but is badly laid out and awkward to read . |
| 22 | A third principle may be regarded as an application of the second but is best stated on its own . |
| 23 | His infant son 's personal companion , Sir David Lindsay , was made Lyon King of Arms and carried out major diplomatic missions , but is best remembered today for his wry attacks on the corrupt and greedy nobles in Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estates . |
| 24 | This is one of the big three timber importers in the UK , but is best known to the public for its 191 Jewson outlets catering to the small jobbing builder . |
| 25 | It can be used when studying specific paddle strokes such as the low brace , forward paddling and bow rudder but is best used as an average overall measure of the paddlers style . |
| 26 | The two pole dome originated on the continent but is best used in protected valley pitches . |
| 27 | The subject is fully discussed in the review article Arridge & Barham ( 1982 ) cited earlier , but is briefly summarized here . |
| 28 | The Endomorph is n't necessarily large framed but is sturdily built with a large rib cage , waist and hips . |
| 29 | As the government and many local authorities are striving to make the operation of the system quick , simple for the lay user and an encouragement to development when it is employment-related , so the public is not only taking a greater interest in its immediate environment , historic buildings and countryside and conservation generally , but is increasingly using the planning system to try to achieve its aims . |
| 30 | This is rarely under the control of the producer country , even less the actual direct producer , the farmer , but is increasingly coming under the control of the TNC conglomerates that manage the global food system . |