Example sentences of "[noun] but [verb] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my judgment , paragraph ( b ) , like paragraph ( a ) , provides a remedy but does not create any new substantive rights or causes of action . |
| 2 | She put back her ears but did not move . |
| 3 | Make the ‘ low flags ’ area a nonstopping zone that is , retain the bus stops on the High Row side but do not allow any stopping at all on the lower side , say , from Woolworths to the Tubwell Row corner . |
| 4 | He had heard the phone ring but did not listen to what was said . |
| 5 | The inclusion of wild white clover , which is generally present in permanent pastures but does not thrive in a phosphate-deficient soil , is particularly important , and there is an old saying : ‘ There must be clover seed in those slag bags . ’ |
| 6 | Supplemental oxygen increases oxygen saturation but does not reduce the incidence of clinically important cardiac arrhythmias . |
| 7 | Supplemental oxygen increases oxygen saturation but does not reduce the incidence of clinically important cardiac arrhythmias or ST segment changes . |
| 8 | He just collected animals but did n't know how to look after them . |
| 9 | Dry-cleaning will set you back around £28 but do n't forget that leather outlasts denim . |
| 10 | Minor students have a free choice of final-year units but do not write a dissertation in History . |
| 11 | I have a car badge belonging to the 159 Motor Club but do not know what the club is , or was , and have been unable to find out . |
| 12 | He smiled into the empty fire grate but did n't reply . |
| 13 | He felt automatically for the light switch but did not turn it on . |
| 14 | The Court of Session agreed on the issue of unfair prejudice but did not accept that , because unfair prejudice had not been found , it would be inappropriate to make an order for the winding up of the company . |
| 15 | Assistant coach Ray Clemence said : ‘ Darren was feeling the injury at half-time but did n't want to let the rest of the boys down by coming off . |
| 16 | People nod their heads but do n't dance . |
| 17 | He expects continued growth in the United States but did not elaborate . |
| 18 | He had hinted , as Maureen had done , that Pascoe was guilty of fraud but did not implicate him in the murder , and invited Wickham to accept that it was a political killing . |
| 19 | Mr Keys was minister during the building of the 1954 church and Mr Aiken saw the planning and the beginning of the new church halls but did not live to see their completion . |
| 20 | I listened to others ' crises but did n't want to accept that I was in the middle of my own . |
| 21 | Research but do not build |
| 22 | I really am looking forward to seeing your entries but do n't forget to include photos of your garden so that we can see what you 're getting up to ! |
| 23 | In saying that an event c caused an event e , or that e was the effect of c , we typically have in mind but do not say that a set of things including c , but not necessarily all occurring at the same time , was required for e . |
| 24 | L M Ericsson Telefon AB is to buy the remaining 28% equity it does not already own in its Teleindustria Ericsson SA in Mexico but does not say how much it is offering : the shares are held by Mexican and foreign institutional investors , as well as by individual minorities . |
| 25 | It supports communal groups of various sorts but does not fund individuals . |
| 26 | For both left and right visual fields it takes longer to reject as " illegal " , in a lexical decision task , pseudo-homophones ( letter strings that do not constitute words but sound like real words , e.g. " bloo " , " rayne " ) than letter strings that look like real words but do not sound like real words . |
| 27 | Elisabeth heard the words but did not take them in consciously . |
| 28 | She caught a few words but did not hear Fru Gertlinger say , ‘ It would be best to say nothing , I think . |
| 29 | I listened to his words but did n't believe them . |
| 30 | These migrants differed in some important respects from the 46% of applicants who were non–enrollers , ( those who applied to a particular institution but did not go on to enrol anywhere ) . |