Example sentences of "[be] [verb] but [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is most unlikely if the shares are listed but very probable if the company is a private one . |
| 2 | A number of ancient suture zones representing previous plate collisions have been recognized but only a few of these , such as the Urals and the Appalachians formed 300 to 250 MaBP , are major relief features at the present day , most having been extensively eroded and covered by later sediments . |
| 3 | What is now required is a large scale , well co-ordinated research programme on the products from all known kilns , many of which have been excavated but never published . |
| 4 | If you would like to be more ambitious with your finish , try the methods described in the ‘ Encyclopaedia of Cottage , Farm and Villa Architecture and Furniture ’ by J C Loudon , first published in 1833 : ‘ These chairs are painted but more frequently stained with dilute sulphuric acid and logwood ; or by repeatedly washing them over with alum water , which has some tartar in it ; they should afterwards be washed over several times with an extract of Brazil wood . |
| 5 | Initially , ninety meetings in ninety days are recommended but later this may be reduced to a regular two meetings a week or however many the individual recovering person finds to be necessary to maintain a contented mood and a sense of peace of mind . |
| 6 | The initial choice of strings may be random , but the algorithm works better if some of the ones it starts with are varied but fairly sensible . |
| 7 | The ceiling reminded him about the church , the roof had been mended but really it was little more than a pig sty . |
| 8 | Proposals to replace this path with a motor road have been considered but happily pigeon-holed . |
| 9 | The Clogau St. David 's and Gwynffynydd mines have recently been further evaluated and some development has been pursued but both are now on care and maintenance . |
| 10 | Stable Fe(II)-oxygen complexes have been claimed but only in non-aqueous solvents like benzene or pyridine and only at sub-zero temperatures ( haemoglobin works most efficiently at body temperatures and in an aqueous environment ) . |
| 11 | The level of demand is to do not only with the tasks as they are done but also with the duration for which they must continue to be done . |
| 12 | A lot of them related to the data I 'd been passing but also he 'd want to know who I 'd been talking to . |
| 13 | I say real progress has been made but today I am asking you to think about the next step a step that I am sure we all feel is at the heart of the matter a transforming step perhaps the critical step that will guarantee ultimate success in fulfilling god 's loving will for his church . |
| 14 | By the time De Lorean closed , more than 18,000 cars had been made but only 9,000 were sold , mainly to collectors . |
| 15 | Some mention of accidents has already been made but further , more specific comment is relevant . |
| 16 | The breakthrough had been made but now was the time to confirm her arrival as a major talent . |
| 17 | The man and wife arrested with him have been bailed but probably face further questioning about suspected harbouring of an escaped prisoner . |
| 18 | ‘ Look — it 's hard to explain clearly when you 're shattered but yesterday I thought you were a ghoul . |
| 19 | We will never know how that would develop because community charge has been abolished but anyway You will note of course as well that last year in nineteen ninety one , the Conservative Party managers looked at the local election result and decided not to go in June ninety one , cos they figured they would get beaten . |
| 20 | In contrast , the utility-based argument associated with Buchanan ( 1958 ) does not quarrel with when the resources are used but rather points to the fact that debt-holders have voluntarily taken up the debt and are being compensated for decreased present consumption by the enhanced future consumption that interest and repayment will allow , and hence are not made worse off . |
| 21 | Livestock grazing levels are moderate ; fertilisers are used but uncommonly ; drainage of wetlands appears to be very unusual and there are climatic and pedological restrictions on ploughing and reseeding of grasslands . |
| 22 | In his adult life all these painful thoughts had been buried but still caused a great deal of unhappiness . |
| 23 | ‘ I have papers that prove the books have been forged but now I need someone to help me . |
| 24 | Oh , Diane , Rick are going but later on . |
| 25 | Sometimes people have um a whole variety of symptoms in later life and perhaps as a consequence of some sort of therapy , some sort of consciousness raising exercise , something like that erm they are not necessarily aware at the start that they 've been abused but sometimes they feel y'know a very compelling sense of memories flooding back . |
| 26 | The myriad cells of the brain are like the shells where pearls are born but incomparably finer , and in these cells the ideas sleep through time , and are cut and polished and made perfect and they at last enter a crucible where the new crystal is reborn and is grown . |
| 27 | And they then say well right , cos every time an accountant does your books at the front of your , the actual like er the booklet what you get on your accounts it says at the front something like these accounts have erm have been audited but only erm we have taken the word of Mr that what he said is right . |
| 28 | I 'm very much aware I 've not been saying my name each time I 've been speaking but probably too late now . |
| 29 | ( Its importance in enjambment , for example , has long been recognised but never codified . ) |
| 30 | ‘ We are isolated but quite civilised , ’ he remarked drily . |