Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] but [pron] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The incidence of board theft is thankfully low but it does happen . |
| 2 | I 'm incredibly lazy but I do think I 've found the right way or at least a better way than hers to live . |
| 3 | Not only that but they do have different ways of achieving their maximum personal utility . |
| 4 | This , too , is entirely reasonable but it does require that attention be paid to compatibilities of systems so that future system integration remains possible . |
| 5 | They may be extremely rare but they do exist . |
| 6 | As their only match preparation for the Test , it was patently inadequate but it did alert them to the vast difference between the cricketing conditions and environment in the Caribbean and those in Australia and New Zealand where they had performed so impressively in gaining the semi-finals of the World Cup . |
| 7 | Actually , I sent Felicity to Summerhill because I saw this awfully exciting film called The Alamo , starring John Wayne , whom I adore , and he makes this absolutely glorious speech in it which goes ‘ Freedom , I like the sound of the word ’ , actually it 's ‘ Republic ’ he says , I know that because it was on the television last week , but I 've always heard it as ‘ Freedom ’ and I read that A S O'Neill positively breathed Freedom , as indeed do all the Irish , I find , and one has to have pots of money to go there , which gives one — what 's the word ? — sachet , which you do absolutely need to get into Society these days , and Felicity ( her name means Freedom , too , from the Latin , you know ) was frightfully keen to go , and does n't the name simply drip June in , say , the Cotswolds , and Felicity says there are teachers there with nothing to do at all , so you can tell the staff must be tip-top — I mean , what luxury ! spare staff ! — and Felicity 's always been such a tearaway and I know it 's jolly hard but I do think one needs Discipline to get one 's Freedom , I 've always had it , and Republics too , and now I gather she 's been on television , and Felicity was absolutely swearing by the school or something , Angela says , and where is it — somewhere pretty — she goes by train … |
| 8 | It 's still disturbing but it does have a certain grandeur . |
| 9 | I do n't think that 's strictly true but I do think that the discussion we 've heard so far er has fully justified erm the the raising of some fundamental questions about the the the the method of projections . |
| 10 | The Location of Offices Bureau showed the way in South-East England ; distances moved from central London were often modest but they did have the effect of prising population outward . |
| 11 | It was an attempt at prohibition that was never wholly successful but it did set an example . |
| 12 | I ca n't say it 's been marvellously successful but I do know for a fact that the conditions of the working class was improved tremendously by organizations in the thing which has come to be described as trade-unionism . |
| 13 | The disadvantages of friendship are very few but they do exist . |
| 14 | ‘ He 's being very brave but he did adore her , you know . ’ |
| 15 | We were very fortunate but I do remember the guns used to go off and I , when my so my son was born the , the guns were going off all the time from the castle . |
| 16 | like this very much but I 've got ta Ben |
| 17 | As a textile man I do n't mind woolliness too much but I do object to vagueness because this motion is so vague that it can mean as much as you want it to mean while , at the same time , it says to little as to leave an escape route for it 's supporters . |
| 18 | Well I promised our our Sarah I 'd spend some time with her I ai n't gon na say too much but she does get a bit upset at times |
| 19 | ‘ It is all very sad but I do wish Kevin and the club success . |
| 20 | I know you are very busy but I do hope you can help in this way . |
| 21 | Academically , this test is not very accurate but it does have some value as a rough comparative test between different materials . |
| 22 | ’ Luckily , the three bum-bag winners were not aquatically inclined but I do hope software houses show a little more consideration in future . |
| 23 | Perhaps a little too active but he did achieve his goal ! |