Example sentences of "[verb] but [adv] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reviews were mixed but largely went the way of those who saw it as a one-and-a-half-hour commercial for LSD . |
| 2 | ‘ One could pity but not censure a being totally deprived of all capacity for recognizing goodness and doing what is right . ’ |
| 3 | These figures not only lead to partisan squabbles and gerrymandering but also affect the amount of money that states and local jurisdictions receive from the federal government . |
| 4 | In a seminar limited to 40 participants , not everyone 's favourites can be included ; however , Harold Pinter , whom Mr Torode surprisingly regards as Ms Weldon 's ally , was invited , not only to participate but also to chair a session . |
| 5 | In Britain the railways not only transported but considerably stimulated the making of bricks . |
| 6 | The verbs seem and appear deliberately withhold applicability ( thus permitting but not demanding the inference that it is inappropriate ) , as does the verb act where it can be taken that the property does not apply . |
| 7 | On the third point : a member may want to help but not get the chance to sound out if his or her help is needed . |
| 8 | We soon learn how to cope but still relieve the tension by shouting obscenities that ca n't be heard over the sounds of the engines . |
| 9 | This will lower but not eliminate the risk of infection . |
| 10 | The machinist on the shop floor could detect but not correct the error . |
| 11 | The reasons for these declines in late-age mortality are not well understood but probably reflect a variety of factors including better health care and improvements in nutrition and other aspects of living conditions as well as improvements in the availability and quality of medical care . |
| 12 | He does not supplement but instead denies the view of causation to which we have come . |
| 13 | The doctrine of ultra vires was used not simply to control the scope of the power being exercised but also to control the way the power was used . |
| 14 | Then the man would go to bed for the day , and Boy would stay up , dozing but mostly watching the television . |
| 15 | Dhalia produced some effective , speedy long range punching but also incurred the wrath of referee Ron Hackett for frequent clinching . |
| 16 | Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so . |
| 17 | It seemed in the end there was little else to do but actually to raise the matter again with Mr Farraday . |
| 18 | A mild recession will correct but not eliminate the deficit , which is bound to remain high , and may even rise again as another pre-election consumer spree gathers pace . |
| 19 | The " ontological " version , as we saw , involves an assumption that existential propositions , in the final analysis , can be reproduced in terms of propositions that do not explicitly assert but rather presuppose the existence of certain ontological objects . |
| 20 | The same constitutional medicine can be used for both palliative and curative purposes simultaneously , because deep acting remedies can be repeated frequently , without risk of aggravation , if correctly selected they may not only palliate but also cure the patient , even in apparently hopeless cases , because of the gentleness of the fifty millesimal scale . |
| 21 | Vast benefactions brought these men knighthoods or baronetcies or honorary degrees from universities they had endowed but not had the chance to attend . |
| 22 | When modules have been formatted but not verified the entry in the Location file is marked with an asterisk ( * ) . |
| 23 | They are the nursing staff , who not only comfort but also empty the bed pans , wash bed sores , clean up the vomiting , often for an NHS wage which would n't keep Her Royal Highness in French blue mascara . |
| 24 | Tell Tony 's gon na leave but actually has a go at me as well . |
| 25 | A national tax structure not only embodies the principle of ability to pay but also embodies the principle of progressivity in relation to ability to pay . |
| 26 | Inadvertently , Miliutin not only impeded but positively retarded the coming of local representative institutions , since the Commission on the Reorganization of Provincial and District Institutions proposed the introduction of " peace arbitrators " . |
| 27 | The implication must be that a lot of bids are being planned but never see the light of day . |
| 28 | which not only ignored but almost denied the existence of women and therefore the importance of love and sex between men and women in human life . |
| 29 | As section 170 creates two offences , if the defendant fails to stop but later reports the accident , or stops but refuses to give any particulars , an offence is committed per North v Cerish ( 1959 ) 123 JP 313 . |
| 30 | Words like " explain " , " justify " and " assess " are used to focus your attention on causation and evidence ; you should not only describe what you have read but also offer an analysis of why you take the view of it you do . |