Example sentences of "but [vb base] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But lineage pure and simple was not the only consideration . |
| 2 | The long term effects have not been established , but sit two metres away from the TV screen to be safe . |
| 3 | For the ground about him , with its padding of last year 's thick leaf-fall sodden and trodden into soft pulp , showed no disturbance , but lay moist , dark and flat , unmarked by any convulsions of his feet or arms , or any trampling of an assailant round him . |
| 4 | The blue grey mud banks glittered where wet from the tide , but lay dry and cracked like acres of crazy paving above the high water mark . |
| 5 | The courts , together with a wooden pavilion of historic interest , were built around 1910 but lay derelict for many years until the Club revived them with a grant from the Village Association . |
| 6 | Well what about those people who are morally worthy , I take it when he says low class , he does n't mean low moral class , but mean low social class as well he probably means both things actually . |
| 7 | The serum triglyceride concentrations of the three groups were similar , all falling within the normal range , but mean total cholesterol , LDL cholesterol , and HDL cholesterol values were significantly lower in the cancer patient group . |
| 8 | Yes my Lord but postulate this situation . |
| 9 | ‘ What a funny old election this is , at which the political parties argue about taxation and legislation but declare all the time that they intend the electors of this country to have no further control over the very questions that are being put to them . ’ |
| 10 | IN THE following pages we reveal full details of the complex but tax efficient transactions on the JMOB/Telecom site in Ballsbridge which have resulted in tax-free profits of approximately £5 million to certain secret investors . |
| 11 | They lost one-nil at Swansea last night , but qualify three-one on aggregate . |
| 12 | R Coronæ Borealis stars remain at maximum for most of the time , but suffer sudden , unpredictable drops to minimum , apparently because carbon particles — in other words , soot — accumulate in their atmospheres , and dim the light before being blown away . |
| 13 | Computer system users can not control risk management decisions , but suffer big losses when inadequate protection fails to avert catastrophe . |
| 14 | Rats are normally very good at remembering where they have received reinforcement but lose this ability after hippocampal damage . |
| 15 | Quiet trading on currency markets saw sterling gain more than three quarters of a pfennig to 2.3565 deutschmarks but lose 25 points against the dollar to close at 1.4410 . |
| 16 | They look all right but taste bland and the filling turns to runny brown jam once warmed up . |
| 17 | Several Test players have told Mirror Sport they want to publicly get behind their gutsy team-mate , but fear Big Brother is watching closely and ready to get tough if anyone steps out of line . |
| 18 | Chicago-based Ameritech Corp reports that its Ameritech International unit and Singapore Telecom have received approval from the Norwegian government to acquire a 49.9% stake in Norwegian cellular communications firm Netcom GSM A/S : specific terms were not disclosed , but Ameritech International and Singapore Telecom will provide expertise in the construction and operation of cellular communications systems to Netcom , and the three companies will jointly construct and operate the digital cellular phone system for Norway . |
| 19 | It is not possible , therefore , for there to be beings who behave just as we do but lack mental states such as pain . |
| 20 | ‘ Sackholders ’ which look like dustbins but lack proper handles which can be grasped are INADEQUATE for loose refuse and MUST NOT be used except to hold tied plastic sacks . |
| 21 | Other members of the class , because of their upbringing , may accept intellectually the beliefs of their own religious community , but lack any confirmation from their experience . |
| 22 | Indeed , the Soviet press supported a query by the Indian Foreign Minister , N. Rao , in May 1981 about whether to permit Pakistan to remain in the Non-Aligned Movement with the assertion that ‘ Islamabad 's policy of all possible military rapprochement with Washington and the huge shipments of American arms that have been promised can not help but raise legitimate doubts among many member countries of the Non-Aligned Movement as to whether Pakistan is legally entitled to remain in their ranks ’ . |
| 23 | Some Leeds players are sorry to see Cantona go , but remain confident of doing well without him . |
| 24 | The benefits to the firm of debt forgiveness are now taxable if it happens privately , but remain tax-free if it happens under chapter 11 . |
| 25 | Such a change would cause the budget line to shift but remain parallel to the original one , as shown by line R'Z' in Fig. 6 , for an increase in wealth . |
| 26 | In such towns as Marlborough and Thame — and many others — the market places were never built upon , but remain wide and open to this day . |
| 27 | They do n't blend , but remain discrete and separate as they shuffle and reshuffle their way down the generations . |
| 28 | Several possible rectangular and circular mausolea have been noted alongside the Irchester road , but remain unexcavated . |
| 29 | You may know what you want to write but remain unsure about the ‘ rules ’ for getting your dialogue onto the page . |
| 30 | Although most fat people simply eat too much by normal standards , there are many who are equally gluttonous but remain thin , and some fat people remain fat in spite of eating much less than normal . |