Example sentences of "[verb] but the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Terms were not disclosed but the sum paid was ‘ not material in the context of Reuters ’ net assets . ’ |
| 2 | Smoking was permitted but the number and timing of cigaretteswere noted on a diary sheet and had to be similar on all study days . |
| 3 | Interfaces into that space are permitted but the functionality remains unchecked as geometric entities exist in only one intersecting sub-space . |
| 4 | Mount Grimfang is attacked but the Dwarfs are beaten off by Orc Chieftain Nurk Ard'ed . |
| 5 | The silver threepenny piece that I received as reward was hard earned but the episode taught me a lesson early in life — that good results are only achieved by extra effort . |
| 6 | However , this service has not been without delays and mishaps and early in the season Regional Railways had no stock for it , an InterCity rake with buffet + DVT was substituted but the DVT came off at Salop ! |
| 7 | It is appreciated that these recommendations may be difficult to accept but the ravages of addictive disease can be so severe that it must be sensible for those specifically at risk to be advised to do everything in their power to avoid awakening their potential . |
| 8 | Customs refused to meet the costs claimed but the chairman of the tribunal disagreed . |
| 9 | Customs refused to meet the costs claimed but the chairman of the tribunal disagreed . |
| 10 | She wanted to put the phone down and pretend it was n't happening but the noises came back and a different voice said , ‘ Sergeant MacDonald is n't here at the moment . |
| 11 | A misdemeanour has been committed but the offender has not been caught . |
| 12 | Whether they explained further she did not know but the questions changed in direction . |
| 13 | So whether he did n't believe that I , I 'd got them right or not I do n't know but the answers were there . |
| 14 | How it happened we do n't know but the flight-recorder said it only took a couple of minutes and the navigator confirmed this . |
| 15 | I do n't know but the artwork 's very good ai n't it ? |
| 16 | I I simply do n't know but the paperwork I 've seen says that erm it is as likely in the next four or five years that major inward investors could be in the B one office type of employment as they happen to have been in the last couple of years in the manufacturing class . |
| 17 | The best thing would be to s sort of say I do n't know but the sort of thing which came into my mind were questions like you know , Which accents do you think |
| 18 | Some ethnic foods have been included but the book is week on snack foods which now form a common part of our diet . |
| 19 | Taking advantage of Guy 's momentary stupefaction , she wriggled out from under him and leapt off the bed , everything forgotten but the need to escape from something she dared not put a name to . |
| 20 | By 1985 the average had dropped but the spread was narrower , with a few exceptions at the extremes ( the Manchester Evening News with 300,000 and the Darlington Evening Echo with 12,000 ) . |
| 21 | In contrast to The German Ideology reference to the tribal stage has been dropped but the centrality of class struggle remains . |
| 22 | In mid-1990 , martial law was formally lifted but the security clampdown remains currently in force . |
| 23 | Object-oriented Cobol can be used to write as small an object as you care to write but the price paid for its necessarily verbose clarity is reduced performance . |
| 24 | Both were sumptuously decorated but the Hindenburg was the most luxurious . |
| 25 | The centre of Matson was brick-built , a few buildings rising to three storeys , a few of them whitewashed but the rest left the whisky colour of the local clay . |
| 26 | If the letterhead was faked , surely , as he says , not only was the story fabricated but the application was fraudulent . |
| 27 | Council planning officers argue the car park is already under-used but the statistics used as a basis for the decision relate to the pre-Cornmill shopping era . |
| 28 | It indicates whether any modules are at the same version but with different contents i.e. a module outside LIFESPAN has been modified but the header has not been updated . |
| 29 | Oh , two rugs on the stone floor were smouldering but the fire was contained . |
| 30 | Even in the absence of ants , the tuber of the epiphytic Myrmecodia develops but the ants , usually species of Iridomyrex , keep broods in smooth chambers , placing debris in warted ones : the release of nutrients may be facilitated by the presence of fungi . |