Example sentences of "[adv] but [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relations with New Zealand and Australia , traditionally the largest source of aid for Fiji , improved somewhat but remained strained . |
| 2 | A central part of methods it would seem is tacit knowledge , developed and shared by those who work together but resting unformulated and thus unavailable to those without personal contact . |
| 3 | Got up like a tart with her new frocks and her jewellery and all that muck on her face , and not a bleeding thing to do all day long but watch that colour telly and ring up her pals . |
| 4 | I think , I think we need a meeting to get it laid down , we need a meeting to clear the air or not clear the air necessarily but get some definitions some definitions down yeah ? |
| 5 | What steps has the Ministry taken to encourage farmers in those areas to consider alternative land use and to recognise that agriculture policy is no longer about prices only but embraces rural development , rural housing and rural agriculture that is based on their products ? |
| 6 | Panorama ( BBC-1 , Monday , 9.30pm ) asks : Should the taxpayer foot the bill for thousands of single mothers like these , who live alone but have several babies and expect the State to pay for them ? |
| 7 | PANORAMA ( BBC1 9.30pm ) asks : Should the taxpayer foot the bill for the thousands of single mothers who live alone but have several babies and expect the State to pay for them ? |
| 8 | An indication that many fighters have all but lost any semblance of moral conscience are the frequent violations of the neutrality of medical and humanitarian workers . |
| 9 | It was Allen who all but put United two-up when he went flying through again only to be bodychecked … he was too quick for Bristol and penalty taker Jim Magilton was too accurate … |
| 10 | Those accusations are always made by the same people who have all but destroyed public support for the local authority concept because of their blindness to the requirements of good financial management within local authorities . |
| 11 | Others , like the now all but vanished Saxon cathedral in North Elmham in Norfolk , are the subjects of academic papers by the staff of the Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings division of the Department of the Environment . |
| 12 | And he all but confirmed this was his last match , saying : ‘ I basically feel the same way as I have all year , and although I am not going to announce my retirement , I guess that is it . |
| 13 | In contrast to other European countries , which generally grant citizenship to those born on their territory , Bonn 's 80-year-old law recognises ethnic Germans abroad as German citizens but all but excludes long-standing immigrant workers and their children born and educated exclusively in Germany . |
| 14 | ‘ God grant that some editor somewhere is thinking about educating his staff in the need to check stories before rushing into print — an ethic of journalism which seems to have all but disappeared these days , ’ said Bob . |
| 15 | Sufferers are agitated and resist contact with others , some pace up and down by their work , others keep away but take frequent peeks . |
| 16 | just but play safe you know , fireworks , be safe |
| 17 | The tiny scullion squealed and the bucket clattered to the floor , staying upright but letting some of its glutinous contents slop over the side . |
| 18 | The Prime Minister , John Major , offered support during a visit that ended yesterday but said British troops would continue only their ground operation . |
| 19 | I 'd got a stripe pretty quickly but lacked another qualification for the duties the colonel , doubtless a frustrated journalist himself , had mapped out for me . |
| 20 | Davies , 6ft 2in and 17st , spoke calmly but looked tired and strained . |
| 21 | Although Attlee and Greenwood were ready to accept the invitation , they did not do so at once but made sure that both the National Executive and the annual Conference , which were conveniently meeting at the same time , it being the Whit weekend , were fully consulted and in agreement with their acceptance of office . |
| 22 | This time he did not withdraw it at once but stayed motionless , his arm deep in the sack . |
| 23 | Some sceptical arguments attack the notion of knowledge directly but leave other related notions , crucially that of justified belief , untouched . |
| 24 | It was young men now , older than herself ; she liked them tough and full of talent ; she was not ambitious directly but found that life with the obscure is less interesting . |
| 25 | They look all right but taste bland and the filling turns to runny brown jam once warmed up . |
| 26 | Near end of quarry ignore wide grassy track on right ( incline of old railway ) leading gently downhill but bear half left on path passing large spoil heap after 50 yds. 30 yds after spoil heap ignore minor left fork . |
| 27 | Soot particles absorb sunlight very effectively but allow long-wave thermal radiation emitted by the earth to pass through unaffected . |
| 28 | These large spaces did not rush past but seemed endless because endlessly repeated . |
| 29 | It did n't hark back to a mythical , puritan past but went super-realistic instead . |
| 30 | Health is a term which is used extensively but remains one of the most difficult ideas to define with any degree of precision . |