Example sentences of "but [adj] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Soviet and American leaders , by the late 1980s , had a common interest in a negotiated end to the Iran-Iraq war and in an international agreement guaranteeing freedom of movement in the Persian Gulf , but neither could necessarily manipulate events in the region to its advantage and neither , perhaps , quite understood the nature of a popular movement so far removed from its own cultural assumptions . |
| 2 | But that ca n't alter facts . |
| 3 | ‘ But that wo n't change things , will it ? |
| 4 | This could be explained away by the inadequacy of the diagnosis but that would not restore belief in a fixed relation between pain and damage since we are faced with very large numbers of patients with overt chronic damage and little or no pain . |
| 5 | But that would not stop Ben . |
| 6 | Overall there can be no question that this is the finest Gottschalk CD of the moment , but that should not detract listeners from the other two issues as there are few overlaps . |
| 7 | But that need not discourage ideas from members for articles on the home front : for example , what your group is doing , any successes you may have had on behalf of prisoners-of-conscience . |
| 8 | But this may also attract criticism from parents if they make their own comparisons about trends and innovations . |
| 9 | As a safety-valve mechanism as well as in the effort to use the peripheral labour resources productively , liberal economists such as Vera Lutz have recommended the encouragement of emigration to areas of labour-scarcity , but this may also produce problems of integration in the long term . |
| 10 | In the last edition of Link I reported that the economic outlook was against us , but this would also create opportunities for us to acquire and merge other businesses with our own . |
| 11 | But this would also rob Mr Rafsanjani of the useful excuse that the country 's economic problems are caused in part by obstruction from the radicals . |
| 12 | There is a great temptation to delete such a provision , but this would not find favour with the landlord and is therefore not worthwhile . |
| 13 | Similarly , an animal 's eye can be easily dissected , but this would not increase understanding or explain the complex nervous system related to vision . |
| 14 | But this must not deter staff from attempting to make such checks . |
| 15 | Millions of extra shares will flood the market , but this should n't deter investors . |
| 16 | Even the most efficient switchboard operator will at times dial a wrong number or make an incorrect connection , but this should never cause impatience or anger , the error should be corrected as quickly as possible in a pleasing and charming manner . |
| 17 | It may have been clearly stated at the previous meeting that the date of the next meeting would be so-and-so , but this will not prevent people from forgetting all about it . |
| 18 | Acceptance of the offer will constitute a disposal for capital gains tax purposes but this will not concern tax exempt institutions or funds ( eg pension funds ) . |
| 19 | Competition and purchaser pressure may have forced hospitals to give more attention to some of the easily measurable quality issues such as waiting times and patient information leaflets — and a good thing too — but this will not increase efficiency . |
| 20 | But this will not plug holes in balance sheets or stem the legions of contingent liabilities . |
| 21 | But this will not mend matters , for it will still be the case that the justification of all members of the loop is conditional . |
| 22 | And the the policy now with is that this will ta now take place I know that there 's been somebody here for the last three years , but this will now take place every two years . |
| 23 | Modern research confirms that in the early stages of acquiring a complex competence , the learner benefits from close guidance from the instructor , but this could not take place overtly without disruption in the case of teaching . |
| 24 | ‘ There will be some job losses but these will not take effect for two to three months . |
| 25 | But these will only reduce smell and run-off , not cure them , and they wo n't have much effect on grass contamination . |
| 26 | But all may not go Sir James 's way . |
| 27 | Every effort is made to ensure prices are accurate and goods available , but best can not take responsibility for either . |
| 28 | Every effort is made to ensure prices are accurate and goods available , but best can not take responsibility for either . |