Example sentences of "but [verb] further [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Although the present investigation did not reveal more platelet activating factor in colonic mucosa in patients with Crohn 's disease in remission than in controls , this hypothesis could be possible but needs further investigations .
2 Yesterday Sir Nicholas , wearing tam o'shanter and tartan , denied he was a racist but provoked further outrage by attacking Lord Whitelaw .
3 In education radicals welcome the introduction of the assisted places scheme , CTCs , proposals for opting out , and increase in places on school governing boards for parents , but seek further reforms to erode the dominance of the state and extend parental choice .
4 The three segments function , and may be read , independently , but add further comparisons and meanings when seen together .
5 In the former of these circumstances the old county histories may be searched to considerable effect , for not only may they describe the church as it then was , but give further clues as to where data may be found .
6 The patient recovered but needed further glucose infusions for recurring hypoglycaemia and remained somewhat confused for the next 48 h .
7 In the event , therefore , the Act did not provide for large-scale planning and redevelopment , but stimulated further direction towards slum clearance by extending new forms of subsidy directed to the rehousing of overcrowded families .
8 The Alliance called a general strike the next day , but cancelled further demonstrations , fearing fresh violence .
9 Such people believed that the principal purpose of government was not to protect gains already made , but to facilitate further growth in the economy .
10 The new chairman , Michael Perry , sees no sign of an improvement in the UK trading environment , but promises further progress in cost-cutting and developing new products to win new markets .
11 Indeed , our quantified results suggest that the [ e ] -type vowel of the meat and mate classes may have been maintained as separate since Middle English , functioning as a social marker , without merger , but with close approximation and overlap ( J. Milroy and Harris , 1980 ; but see further chapter 5 ) .
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