Example sentences of "[vb pp] but [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No sum is disclosed but bankruptcy proceedings can only be brought if at least £750 is owed . |
| 2 | It was only a club game … sadly no league points to be won but victory over a side like Cardiff can only bring good to Gloucester … they went into the lead with two penalties from martin roberts … |
| 3 | The bones of the arm had for the most part fused but fusion had not yet taken place between the radius and ulna , which would be expected to have occurred by the age of twenty-one . |
| 4 | Family and old friends are not necessarily forgotten but distance will naturally make frequent contact less likely and the newly formed unit will take precedence , particularly when the young adults become parents themselves and the whole process begins all over again . |
| 5 | The movie was quickly forgotten but director Martin Scorsese remembered Pesci and hired him to play Joey La Motta in Raging Bull , for which he was nominated for an Oscar . |
| 6 | And so he drifts towards vanishing point : ‘ One may argue about everything endlessly , but from me nothing has come but negation , with no magnanimity and no force . |
| 7 | Result : carnage averted but father left in state of deep physical and nervous distress . |
| 8 | A few extremely minor matters were resolved but conflict arose because of American failure to send rice supplies to north Korea . |
| 9 | Most people are keen for their children to be educated but despair at the kind of education they receive . |
| 10 | The black , finely grained granite stone is generally recommended but stealite and marble are agreeable , especially in the northern regions of the country . |
| 11 | Acute interstitial nephritis and nephrotic syndrome have been reported but evidence of chronic nephropathy is lacking . |
| 12 | The association with pancreatitis has been reported but prognosis usually depends on the hepatic failure . |
| 13 | This is rarely done but consistency in outcome is important for dealing with social casualties who may need services at any time . |
| 14 | A sigmoidoscopy should be done but biopsy in search of microscopic colitis in the absence of continuous diarrhoea is unnecessary . |
| 15 | No one was injured but factory inspectors say there could easily have been casualities . |
| 16 | Enquiries into the loss will still have to be made but care must be taken not to ask questions where the answers might incriminate the policyholder . |
| 17 | Enquiries into the loss will still have to be made but care must be taken not to ask questions where the answers might incriminate the Policyholder . |
| 18 | In some of these areas , progress had been made but agreement was believed to be conditional on the outcome of the dispute over agricultural trade . |
| 19 | By 1950 the dividing line between East and West in Europe was clearly drawn but war on the Continent was unlikely . |
| 20 | A decision was at first postponed but permission was granted later in the year . |
| 21 | Whether it is just looked at or heard , acted out or painted , a symbol arouses not only thought but delight , fear , awe , horror and the rest |
| 22 | After all , what else have we got but life unless one 's religious ? |
| 23 | Mum snatched it up to see what we had got but Dad forestalled the outburst he knew was coming . |
| 24 | ‘ I asked if you also were to be told but mama said nay — you are younger than myself , she said , and are unlikely to wed for some time . |
| 25 | To achieve this the Troll field must be developed but Troll gas will of course be in competition with Soviet gas , so , much will depend on price and also perhaps on the influence of strategic considerations . |
| 26 | This last aspect has yet to be fully developed but training agencies have been short-listed for courses scheduled for later this year . |
| 27 | More social history is being taught but examination syllabuses still focus on political and economic history which conventionally excludes women . |
| 28 | The references in their works were guarded but controversy was stimulated from 1823 by the distribution by Francis Place of handbills explaining in detail methods of contraception — sponge , sheath , withdrawal . |
| 29 | ‘ Foreign ’ words can be heard but meaning can not be attached to them ; they can not be interpreted . |
| 30 | Everyday English — This section focuses on areas where meaning is internationally understood but pronunciation is often faulty . |