Example sentences of "[noun] but [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leavis did n't understand the second law of thermodynamics but felt this was quite irrelevant to ‘ culture ’ . |
| 2 | One line of argument accepts the notion of an adversary relationship between the parties but considers this a beneficial rather than a harmful process . |
| 3 | He says there 's only limited funds in the kitty — Mr Zuluc was offered a laon but refused this . |
| 4 | Wallace ( 1889 ) agreed that combat between males was an important source of selection pressures leading to sexual dimorphism but regarded this as a form of natural selection on the grounds that it increased ‘ the vigour and fighting power of the male animal , since , in every case , the weaker are either killed , wounded or driven away ’ . |
| 5 | Bad debts written off in previous years but recovered this year amounted to £1,740 . |
| 6 | I exhibited at the exhibition for several years but abandoned this when it became clear that I could not compete with the accuracy of the machine-made product . |
| 7 | The BIE DOES NOT RECOMMEND the treatment of infectious cases but issues this guideline as a service to its members |
| 8 | You can walk most of the Ringstrasse in a couple of hours but exploring this exercise in mass intimidation is a tedious business . |
| 9 | Category 1 again contains the barn owl and short-eared owl but joined this time by the snowy owl . |
| 10 | It might be h d that the place for this would be in the Computer Studies Curriculum but to do this would preclude a large number of pupils from acquiring basic handling skills . |
| 11 | The 21-year-old , who moved from Meadow Lane for £1.3million in March , has n't scored this season but sees this Anglo-Italian Cup-tie as his big chance . |
| 12 | It 's difficult to measure in precise terms but having this employee assistance programme I think will help you attract staff , it 'll certainly help you retrain staff |
| 13 | Yes my Lord but postulate this situation . |
| 14 | Rats are normally very good at remembering where they have received reinforcement but lose this ability after hippocampal damage . |
| 15 | The quasi-legal requirements of the Cadbury code of practice and new auditing and accounting rules , putting the responsibility on directors not only to satisfy themselves that adequate systems and controls are in place and that the business is a going concern but to declare this , compound the risk . |
| 16 | As the self-appointed peasant patriarch of India , he had no choice but to accept this minor post . |
| 17 | ‘ Given the declining demand on ICI 's chlorine plants and with huge electricity price increases , this expenditure can not be justified and we have no choice but to announce this closure . ’ |
| 18 | The child is not choosing from modes but accepting this visual mixture . |
| 19 | Senator Sumner , the chairman of the Senate 's foreign affairs committee , wanted him to address the Senate but decided this would be a bad precedent . |
| 20 | He develops at length the way in which the pursuit of wealth can numb spiritual realities but combines this with the injunction to exercise personal stewardship over those resources with which we have been entrusted . |
| 21 | We do see scope for research into resource allocation but believe this ought to be quite different from the common practice of the 1980s of relating census variables to utilisation rates . |
| 22 | I pulled up in a gateway , Sam jumped out and we went through into a field ; and as the beagle scampered over the glittering turf I stood in the warm sunshine amid the melting frost and looked back at the dark damp blanket which blotted out the low country but left this jewelled world above it . |
| 23 | He admitted that some people in Hong Kong had been alarmed by reports of carnage in Peking but said this was only because they ‘ misunderstood ’ or had been misled by the ‘ false reporting and even rumour of some news media ’ . |
| 24 | He would have liked to have driven his dagger straight into the interfering clerk 's throat but knew this was not the time nor the occasion . |
| 25 | So he came round to use mine and to be honest I did n't have too much interest in punk rock at the time but did this fanzine for 12 issues and I got into it . |
| 26 | Two of the agreements even noted that the job satisfaction of a minority of employees might be impaired by new technology but accepted this in order to maintain the security of employment of the majority . |
| 27 | Without the advantage of mobile clearinghouse personnel , the majority of clearinghouses have no option but to adopt this method . |