Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [adv] [vb base] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He uses words like ‘ daft ’ ; phrases and dialogue that are rarely heard in songs but immediately provide flavour . |
| 2 | certain shoe companies , namely Karhu and New Balance , offer a more precise assessment with fitting machines which not only measures your feet but also indicate foot type . |
| 3 | They divide viruses into the ‘ mostly harmless ’ which display messages , ‘ fatal distraction ’ which mean to display messages but accidentally cause loss of data or crash the computer , and ‘ information terrorist ’ which are designed to do harm . |
| 4 | It arose most acutely in the United States which welcomed immigrants but also put pressure on them to turn themselves into English-speaking American citizens as soon as possible , since any rational citizen would wish to be an American . |
| 5 | The people of the village or settlement continue to carry out their normal activities but now form part of a new popular government which is set up and begins to function . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , these apparently simple arrangements belie more complex interrelationships ( Fig. 85 ) : not all places had access to sufficient wood stocks , and owners of well-wooded land would not only supply their own estates but also sell wood to less-wooded estates . |
| 7 | While the Thatcher government has had a major policy aim of controlling public expenditure and has used the block-grant regime and rate-capping to that end , centrally imposed financial controls not only infringe the rights of elected councillors to determine local spending needs and priorities but also undermine accountability to local ratepayers . |
| 8 | This could not only distort the free interplay of market forces but also jeopardise bank assets . |
| 9 | ‘ He 'd like to write to a young lady of fifteen plus , over 5ft , not fussy about looks but please send photo . ’ |