Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | He says there 's only limited funds in the kitty — Mr Zuluc was offered a laon but refused this . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | Category 1 again contains the barn owl and short-eared owl but joined this time by the snowy owl . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Yes my Lord but postulate this situation . |
| 8 | Rats are normally very good at remembering where they have received reinforcement but lose this ability after hippocampal damage . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | As the self-appointed peasant patriarch of India , he had no choice but to accept this minor post . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Without the advantage of mobile clearinghouse personnel , the majority of clearinghouses have no option but to adopt this method . |