Example sentences of "[adj] but [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think it 's important that soaps are not issue driven but do deal with issues because issues are a super way of revealing character and telling good stories . |
| 2 | Matadial 's statement of 12 January 1987 , like her deposition , did not mention the conversations in 1986 but did refer to that of 9 January 1987 , but her account in the statement of her telephone call on 11 January was that , when her husband gave her the receiver , she recognised the voice of the defendant who said , ‘ I have just shot Paulette . |
| 3 | This sounds complicated but does give some useful guidelines . |
| 4 | Do not dress or interfere with severe burns until expert help is available but do treat the shock . |
| 5 | He presents a table containing 21 health care interventions ( see table ) and writes : The methods used to produce such estimates are crude but do facilitate the production of a ‘ league table ’ which ranks the cost of producing a QALY by investing in competing treatments . |
| 6 | M40 running well East and Westbound the M4 , the same but do remember that there 's an Ascott race meeting tonight and traffic is very , very busy around that whole are . |
| 7 | I myself prefer Mrs. Proudie out of the three , but Madeline I also find interesting and thought-provoking while Mrs. Crawley seems the most boring as she is admired by everybody and does nothing wrong , which is very dull but does provide contrast . |
| 8 | At £11.99 , it may seem expensive but does feed a lot of people . |
| 9 | Composite nodules consisting of MARID nodules in direct contact with metasomatized peridotite are rare but do exist . |
| 10 | ‘ It is easy to ridicule the ‘ that 's not cricket old boy ’ attitude , ’ remarked Wolfenden , ‘ but in its deeper ( and usually inarticulate ) significance it stili provides something like the foundations of an ethical standard which may not be highly intellectual but does have a considerable influence on the day-to-day behaviour of millions of people . ’ |
| 11 | Jenny Holland , who shared a flat at university with Sarah , told the hearing she was quiet but did get on with her fellow students . |