Example sentences of "[vb pp] but [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't like having my teeth drilled but extractions were infinitely worse . |
| 2 | Beach charges are included but services can not be pre-booked ( see p.225 ) . |
| 3 | There is no frontage included but prices start at £145,000 for a two bed flat . |
| 4 | Most sections frozen but prospects good . |
| 5 | Much preparatory work had been done but volunteeers were needed and offers of help would be welcome . |
| 6 | Low Water Beck was ascended but conditions here ( unusually ) were never great . |
| 7 | My stomach turned but needs must . |
| 8 | Some of our assumptions are about how the brain is organized but others concern behaviour itself . |
| 9 | The point here is that techniques get evaluated and researched but programmes and policies do not , with the result that the ‘ social factors ’ which block policies tend to go unresearched too , or at best identified piecemeal , although lip-service to their importance is sometimes paid . |
| 10 | Profits need not necessarily be pooled but expenses could be shared and administration streamlined , the goodwill attaching to the firm-name being preserved . |
| 11 | Most are commissioned but proposals can be made in advance to the News and Views Editor . |
| 12 | Most are commissioned but suggestions are welcome in the form of a one-page synopsis addressed to the Reviews Coordinator . |
| 13 | Some are commissioned but suggestions can be made to the Commentary Editor in the form of one-page synopsis . |
| 14 | Most of the final parts of this story can not be independently verified but events appear to have run as follows . |
| 15 | T G I 's has now been persuaded but companies like these trying to deal with workplace stress are very much the exception . |
| 16 | From time to time other sections may be needed but lists can be made up as and when they are required for specific projects . |
| 17 | Those proposals have generally been well received but councillors are concerned over plans to part of the grounds for housing . |
| 18 | In some societies the practical importance of dreams as portents of the future and as phenomena with mysterious healing properties was not only recognized but institutions were set up to exploit the fact . |
| 19 | A US $/DFL; option is listed but volumes are disappointing , as might be expected with the Netherlands in the Exchange Rate Mechanism and liquid D-mark contracts available in Chicago and Philadelphia . |
| 20 | A warning was given but residents had only a few minutes to get out before the blast rocked their houses . |
| 21 | The men escaped but police found a quantity of cigarettes floating in the river and inside the car . |
| 22 | Thus , if only one or two dated skeletons are excavated , sex , age , disease and measurement may be noted but deductions as to the morphological affinities of these individuals with other peoples of the period could only be very tentative , if they are possible at all . |
| 23 | An ambulance was called but efforts made to revive her proved unsuccessful . |
| 24 | It was later recovered but valuables worth £250 were missing . |
| 25 | Not only have vital subsistence crops been burnt but civilians have been brutally murdered as part of a deliberate policy to create terror and clear the regions where the FMLN operate . |
| 26 | A committee decides how money is distributed but members can choose charities they want to support . |
| 27 | A spokeswoman said there was no apparent motive for the kidnapping nothing was stolen but detectives were ‘ conscious of current events elsewhere ’ . |
| 28 | But words came halting forth , wanting inventions 's stay ; Invention , nature 's child , fled step-dame study 's blows ; And others ' feet still seemed but strangers in my way . |
| 29 | If in a residential school staff tell me in interviews that the children are happy and well behaved but records show high levels of absconding and excessive punishment , I would be suspicious about the validity of the interview material . |
| 30 | In the past this aspect of training has been overemphasized but efforts are now made to strike a better balance . |