Example sentences of "but [verb] they [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group did not exercise its rights but sold them to a third party for £200,000 . |
| 2 | Special schools are not therefore designed to isolate mentally handicapped children but to provide them with the specific form of education they require . |
| 3 | Nurturing confidence is one thing , but cosseting them from the harsh realities of top provincial competition could prove totally counter-productive come the two games the count against the New Zealand XV , who themselves will not include any of the All Black tourists in Australia for the Bledisloe Cup series . |
| 4 | At the heart of the problem is the fact that the Government is selling off 10 different companies but presenting them as a single package . |
| 5 | I feel very strongly that Salford should end this free giving away of degrees , but give them to the deserved students only — us . |
| 6 | When you send them send them Parcel Class but insure them for the top amount , |
| 7 | It was easier to follow in the darkness , but exposed them to the full force of the wind and rain . |
| 8 | The practical point , of course , is never to parade all the facts at the beginning but to use them as a military commander might unleash the cavalry squadrons he has kept hidden below the brow of the hill . |
| 9 | Older children prefer humour to violence , says Moffat , and when it comes to watching adult television , they like nothing better than soaps like Neighbours and Home and Away , which may tackle tough issues , but approach them with a certain old-fashioned morality , and contain little violence . |
| 10 | Do n't pull them off but dab them with a little paraffin . |
| 11 | Remove the pots as soon as the seedlings have germinated but keep them in a warm , light position . |
| 12 | My thesis is that the remedy is not to discard voluntary bodies but to infuse them with a new purpose and to make new demands upon them ; and I have suggested that the new purpose is nothing less than to preserve the individuality of man . |
| 13 | The king eventually agreed to purchase the wool from the merchants , but to pay them in the so-called Dordrecht Bonds , promissory notes offering the merchants relief from future payments of tax . |
| 14 | After emancipation the state could transform recruitment by enlisting more people each year but putting them on the reserve list much sooner . |
| 15 | He hardly waited for their introductions but ushered them into the warm , sweet-smelling room , chattering and asking questions like a magpie . |