Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [det] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any event , additional land has been identified since which not only covers this but also the scale of shortfall reflected in the SEELPI Reporter 's recommendations . |
| 2 | Goering had boasted that no enemy 'plane would fly over the Reich and here they had shown that they could not only do this but could attack the capital itself . |
| 3 | Sculpted from marble blocks , the vestibule was capacious enough to gulp all but the bulkiest of actual jungle monsters whole . |
| 4 | Well we would all welcome that but in in its absence , I suggest that the current policy is defined by the R P G , even though that 's not specifically targeted at North Yorkshire , none the less , to be consistent , North Yorkshire should not be entitled to a to reduce arbitrarily , it 's er migration assumptions . |
| 5 | Although they are not completely spiny , they are nevertheless prickly enough to repel all but the most desperate of predators . |
| 6 | ‘ McIniff was blackguard enough to do that but you 'd think that at least he 'd be ashamed to tell it . ’ |
| 7 | NEVER PUT ANYTHING ON THE RAILWAY LINE — I do n't think many of you would be stupid enough to do this but believe me it has been done and still is done quite often . |
| 8 | I 'm only saying that but yes , I I I take your point , er , as I say , I 'm currently er a neighbourhood beat officer , I 'm gon na become the crime prevention officer very shortly but I can go on estates like and they say , I have n't seen you for ages ! |
| 9 | You want a sturdy young fellow here not only to lift that but also those sacks of sugar and such . ’ |
| 10 | As far as those who not only do this but also work exclusively for a single organization are concerned , it makes the distinction between them and the regular employees of that organization an unclear and almost unreal one . |
| 11 | Now , as you can see from the dots , the relationship is n't perfect in that everybody who 's older than somebody else necessarily earns more but there 's a sort of trend or a general pattern So there seems to be a relationship between the variables of age and income . |
| 12 | Alright , so learn those but also learn the ones that you got wrong this time , you 've got , you had one , two , three , four , five , six there , one after the after , in fact you had seven almost in that list there , and they 're the ones you 've really got to learn Lucy , right , right , so let's erm |
| 13 | The government and its supporters eventually accepted this but then insisted on a 75 per cent majority applying to regional issues , including the country 's future status as a unitary or a federal state . |
| 14 | no but I oh I do sometimes , but today I 'm not eating much but I 'm not fat |
| 15 | This criterion on its own does not guarantee any but the most tenuous relation of sense , since , for instance , harmless is compatible with heavy , and rare with round . |
| 16 | The wetness of the rags does not accomplish much but the wood gets heated and the rags may insulate the hot wood and prevent it from cooling too quickly . |
| 17 | Spires , corner towers , belfries , even unusually shaped domes soon adorned all but the smaller frame stations . |
| 18 | And since Cambridge University of 1924 was hardly likely to breed recruits for the Labour Party — that took another three years — the young men and women of the university could not do much but move , or move further , towards the Conservative side . |
| 19 | I do not do this but some pe everyone 's entitled to throw their money away if they like . |
| 20 | Or the authority may direct that the final decision must be based on economic considerations only , thus replacing all but the economic factors . |
| 21 | Clench ( 1947 ) could not substantiate this but Rehder ( 1962 ) published a convincing photograph confirming that N.theobroma Roding is simply the narrow-banded variety of B.lapillus Therefore Nucella Roding is a valid name . |
| 22 | His response : ‘ You may not believe this but I 'm not allowed to tell you on council notepaper . ’ |
| 23 | This may not sound much but it is equivalent , for example , to about 400 sq cm of cloth or 50 g of bone . |
| 24 | Again , that may not sound much but it 's more than enough to disrupt the delicate balance of different gases . |
| 25 | ‘ It may not look much but my profits are high . |
| 26 | It did not look enough but tight spells from John Carpenter , Phil Gill and Gary Pike put the pressure on and Leyland folded to 60 all out . |
| 27 | We are not told this but it is easy to say that the plot opens up in the Deep American South between the two world wars , from the way the coloured people are treated , the fashions , and the descriptive backgrounds . |
| 28 | He could not see any but noticed a little bottle lying amongst his bits and pieces . |
| 29 | You may not realize this but the name ‘ Grand Canyon ’ was actually one developed by DisneyWorld who own and run the place . |
| 30 | He added : ‘ We have tried to tell them ( Mrs Shahidi and Mr Armand ) not to do this but they want to do it . |