Example sentences of "but this [noun sg] do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this silliness does not derive from what I claimed about what it means to have successful thoughts : it derives from our habit of regarding individual thoughts as if they were like sentences . |
| 2 | The user has specified a preferred issue of a module but this issue does not exist in LIFESPAN . |
| 3 | But this liberality does not affect the argument . |
| 4 | But this bloke did n't want to lose his pool table . |
| 5 | Murdoch Macleod was born in Edinburgh and educated at Donaldson 's Hospital after which he was apprenticed to an Edinburgh tailoring firm , but this existence did not meet with his taste for adventure , so at the age of 19 he embarked on a steamer from Southampton to South Africa in 1892 . |
| 6 | In this respect , the opinions of the parliamentary leadership were not dissimilar to those of the majority of Labour supporters , but this congruence does not invalidate the claim that Labour 's substantive and definite electoral support bloc was on the decline , and was being replaced , at least at the margin , by a more conditional and circumspect form of popular support . |
| 7 | Some floatplanes evince slight directional indecisiveness because of reduced stability from the large side area of the forward-mounted floats , but this aeroplane did not appear to so suffer . |
| 8 | But this principle does not constrain the courts to invent an ambiguity or to construe an ambiguity in a way which does not make good sense . |
| 9 | But this factor did not fill the aching gap , the longing , the heart-yearning , in her maternal breast . |
| 10 | Arnold Toynbee once argued that it is the ‘ barbaric ’ vital periphery that finally topples a declining civilization , but this maxim does not hold for the Russian Revolution . |
| 11 | It was contended by the Crown that the holder of a justice 's licence , which by virtue of his appointment as tenant the appellant might have been able to obtain , was the holder of an ‘ office ’ within the meaning of the Act ; but this court did not find it necessary to decide that point on the facts of the case . |
| 12 | But this difference does not alter the fundamental similarity in aim ; the arguments against correctionalism apply as much to classicism as they do to positivism . |
| 13 | Within the elemental diet treated group , five patients with only small intestinal Crohn 's disease tended to relapse later ( mean remission period 29 weeks ) than six patients who had colonic involvement ( mean remission time 13 weeks ) , but this difference did not reach statistical significance . |
| 14 | Patients 75 years of age and older were more likely to die over the 2 years after discharge than patients between 18 and 44 years of age , but this difference did not reach statistical significance . |
| 15 | But this intuition does not stand up to inspection . |
| 16 | The Magic Roundabout also began in '65 , but this paper does not promote the use of illegal drugs . |
| 17 | Government figures maintain that 250m would be collected from books at 17 ½%; VAT , but this figure does not take into account rebates to the public sector and reduced sales . ’ |
| 18 | 149 ( 3 ) A term , at a rent or granted in consideration of a fine , limited after the commencement of this Act to take effect more than twenty-one years from the date of the instrument purporting to create it , shall be void , and any contract made after such commencement to create such a term shall likewise be void ; but this subsection does not apply to any term taking effect in equity under a settlement , or created out of an equitable interest under a settlement , or under an equitable power for mortgage , indemnity or other like purposes . |
| 19 | Celebrating the importance of the survey in the history and contemporary milieux of social research is one thing ; but this importance does not place it beyond criticism as a method of social research . |
| 20 | But this phase did n't last very long . |
| 21 | There was so much fish around at this time as the stocks had been left in peace during the Second World War , but this situation did not last . |
| 22 | In the general case the boundaries are neither planes nor circles , but this fact does not need to bother us . |
| 23 | It contained a most important provision , the formal recognition by Louis XIV that William was King of Great Britain par la grâce de Dieu , i.e. with divine approval , and an undertaking not to give aid to any of William 's enemies , but this undertaking did not extend to William 's successors ; here lay the seeds of future invasion attempts . |
| 24 | THE Bill Wells Octet has been exploring some unusual stylistic directions in the context of the Scottish jazz scene , but this appearance did not live up to expectations . |
| 25 | 19 ( 1 ) In all leases whether made before or after the commencement of this Act containing a covenant condition or agreement against assigning , under- letting , charging or party with the possession of a demised premises or any part thereof without licence or consent , such covenant condition or agreement shall , notwithstanding any express provision to the contrary , be deemed to be subject — ( a ) to a proviso to the effect that such licence or consent is not to be unreasonably withheld , but this proviso does not preclude the right of the landlord to require payment of a reasonable sum in respect of any legal or other expenses incurred in connection with such licence or consent ; … |
| 26 | I 'm sorry to disappoint prospective galactic tourists , but this scenario does n't work : If you jump into a black hole , you will get torn apart and crushed out of existence . |
| 27 | We know that all the lapis lazuli used in the ancient Middle East came from a single source in the Badakshan Valley , Afghanistan , but this source does not contain wollastonite . |
| 28 | The third category has been characterized as queen 's bishops , owing their promotion largely to her influence and forming a party deliberately constructed by her over some half a dozen years ; but this view does not survive close scrutiny since only two of the alleged party were even remotely indebted to Isabella for their appointments . |
| 29 | The number of English-educated Sri Lankans who fully understood and even accepted the principles behind English justice was quickly growing , but this class did not propagate Western ideas to the masses . |
| 30 | This principle is reflected in s7 of the Act which provides : Where one partner pledges the credit of the firm for a purpose apparently not connected with the firm 's ordinary course of business , the firm is not bound , unless he is in fact specially authorised by the other partners ; but this section does not affect any personal liability incurred by an individual partner . |