Example sentences of "but they [adv] [verb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for informal movements , they may be more creatively productive but they also tend to exclude those who are less confident or advantaged to begin with . |
| 2 | Not only did they make the move , but they also managed to negotiate some funding and an arrangement whereby their staff could continue to be trained on E&Y courses . |
| 3 | A second meeting was held in mid-October [ see p. 37779-80 ] and a third in December [ see pp. 37918-19 ] , but they also failed to make any tangible progress . |
| 4 | Their confused intention is to protect the adventurers ' souls from the evils beyond , but they also want to prevent some great evil being released into the world . |
| 5 | They are under some degree of political control but they also need to have enough autonomy to carry out complex productive activity in an efficient way . |
| 6 | Amoco spent tens of millions of dollars on the project but they never did find any oil in Madagascar . |