Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The pet shop refused a refund but I got one thanks to DAS , ’ he says . |
| 2 | No communication has been sent to the British Government about European reference prices , so I have not had a chance to study those , but I pay full tribute to the improvement in productivity . |
| 3 | Not only so , but I believe this statement to be deeply theologically inadequate and that various points to be at variance both with scripture and with the Westminster confession of faith the standard and the principle subordinate standard of this church . |
| 4 | Almost any hardwood can be used , but I consider actual hardness to be more important than the particular species . |
| 5 | In fact there were very few guide dogs at that time and erm I 've never felt that erm it 's , I mean maybe just my erm silliness really but I , I never wanted a dog lying about all day because once at the office I stayed put as it were until it was time to go home and I could have taken the dog I suppose during the lunch hour but I preferred that time to erm to reading |
| 6 | The test of the ordinary reader is subject to qualification in the case of statements which are not defamatory on their face , but which carry discreditable implications to those with special knowledge . |
| 7 | Its characteristics include adjustable string tension , a system which has been underrated in previous years but which has incalculable benefits to the regular club enthusiast . |
| 8 | The Parminter tale was utterly scandalous and she would have to persuade Wilmot to skate around the libel laws if it were to get into print , but she kept these reservations to herself . |
| 9 | But she awoke next morning to acute nausea . |
| 10 | But we wanted this album to be right , so we took our time , organised it all carefully , waited until Dave was available , and together we put a lot of thought and effort into it … ’ |
| 11 | But we need other information to ‘ complete the picture ’ . |
| 12 | Not only that but we expect that reward to be a fair and just one . |
| 13 | It is true , of course , that we invest hospital medicine with technical powers additional to those more home-spun ones of the GP , but we attribute those powers to the institution rather than the person . |
| 14 | Not only that , but one imagines such huts to be found in the very heart of the wilderness , where one can not ascend a peak and walk out in a single day , and must take shelter for the night . |
| 15 | think that the effects of training should be the main focus of research on gender differences in spatial abilities , but they connect this programme to ‘ a sincere wish to see what cognitive sex differences might remain if the sexes were treated without discrimination ’ ( 1986 : 1017–18 ) . |
| 16 | Not only are their resources in demand , but they make powerful appeals to instinct and emotion . |
| 17 | These freedoms are clearly of importance in the face of the public power of the state , but they give small comfort to those who would like to see the position of individuals strengthened in relation to the exercise of private power in the economy . |
| 18 | But they provide simple correctives to the gender bias which psychology itself recognizes in its methods , and they recall a recognized minority tradition in psychological methodology . |
| 19 | Women had been found to have similar or higher achievement motivation than men , but they showed less susceptibility to techniques designed to arouse this motivation . |
| 20 | But they want more plastic to be recycled . |
| 21 | Pre-war trends suggest that revolution was on the cards , but they bear little resemblance to the ‘ law-governed ’ process depicted by Soviet historiography . |
| 22 | The idea they are all introverts is a myth , but they pay significant attention to detail . ’ |
| 23 | But he led poor Stevenson to his death , and he almost killed me . ’ |
| 24 | But he felt that position to be untenable . |
| 25 | ‘ He is n't our dog , but he lives next door to us , ’ she explained , ‘ so I suppose I 'd better take charge of him and see that he does n't do any more mischief . ’ |
| 26 | His writing was filled with compassion , but he showed another face to his wife and children . |
| 27 | But he put these thoughts to the back of his mind now , with a silent promise that they would be uttered one day soon . |
| 28 | This has the advantage of relating expenditure to sales , but it discourages innovative approaches to advertising expenditure and does not allow for distinctions to be made between products or sales territories . |
| 29 | But it omitted any reference to the dangers of ‘ Leftism ’ , despite the fact that Deng had stressed this , and that it was at the heart of a party politburo statement . |
| 30 | It may have rained for hours , but it made little difference to the River Lambourn . |