Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [adv] [verb] [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 | Burnard goes on to mention some of the skills involved : the ability to listen ( to the words but also noting volume , pitch , eye movements and related body language ) ; ability to offer free attention ( to note and accept , not analyse and interpret ) ; to suspend judgement ( to refrain from categorising as good/bad , right/wrong ) ; and to control what is said in reply and how it is said , with a facial expression which is genuine , not mechanical . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The professional transplants his or her skills to the parents but still retains control of the decision-making process . |
| 5 | The former world heavyweight champ was supposed to write a book documenting his prison experiences but clearly finds fiction more enjoyable . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In practice , the registrars are often supplied with a draft of the affidavit in advance not only to ensure that they are happy with its contents but also to ensure compliance with the necessary procedures . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | All local dust , dirt and rubbish should be cleared away , partly to remove conditions congenial to the beetles but also to facilitate treatment with insecticide . |
| 10 | Bees pollinated frequently and with large loads but generally promoted geitonogamy , whereas butterflies pollinated less often and with smaller loads but usually cross pollinated ; flies pollinated infrequently , with small loads and generally promoted geitonogamy . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | However , not much in the way of working-class housing was constructed on the bank tops until the 1850s , when housing development began in earnest and continued until the First World War with the construction of ‘ By-Law ’ housing by builders of a variety of scales but always using land ‘ developed ’ by large-scale investors . |
| 14 | The picture which emerges is one where there was a good deal of casual crudity and the occasional fight between individuals or small groups but little orchestrated rowdyism or violence . |
| 15 | The debate over the classification of the duck-billed platypus — which lays eggs but also gives milk — arose out of this issue , with the serialists trying to use it as a link between the reptiles and the mammals . |
| 16 | Nowadays , we are well used to this switching back and forth , and cutaways are used not only to hide jump-cuts but also to telescope time by making it possible to remove uninteresting parts of lengthy actions . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Where are they now corner … in the wake of the current ORANGE JUICE resurgence , we hear that former bassist DAVE MCCLYMONT is currently employed making rice balls in an ethnic restaurant of some description in Sydney , while MALCOLM ROSS works in a hospital shop in Southend selling bottles of Lucozade to visiting relatives but still gives guitar lessons in the evenings . |
| 19 | The best examples are the Futurists , from 1909 , bringing together painters , sculptors and writers but also proclaiming general ( though aesthetically related ) positions on the machine , war and danger , and the necessary destruction of the past ; the Surrealists , from 1922 , again bringing together painters and writers , but also relating their work , and justifying it , in terms of general positions on the unconscious , the irrational and dream-activity . |
| 20 | Other studies have measured ‘ spontaneous ’ platelet aggregation in platelet-rich plasma and whole blood in vitro using a variety of techniques but mostly involving agitation by stirring . |
| 21 | In attempts to obtain alternative estimates of crime levels but also to gain information on various topics such as fear of crime , attitudes to the police , public views on punishment and impact of crime , the last decade has seen the proliferation of the crime survey in Britain . |
| 22 | This could not only distort the free interplay of market forces but also jeopardise bank assets . |
| 23 | The latter had a mere twelve members but nevertheless carried weight in a situation where the Callaghan government was in a technical minority in the House and in danger of imminent defeat . |
| 24 | More recently some Universities and Polytechnics developed courses for ethnic minorities — but these when they were focused on developing multilingual skills were not intended to lead to a specialism in minority languages but simply to serve support strategies which fall far short of teaching the languages as such . |
| 25 | The Commissioner referred to the letter to Age Concern England in 1988 , from Nicholas Scott ( now Minister for Social Security and Disabled People ) which stated , ‘ In the last analysis , where a person in a home can no longer meet his fees but still requires nursing home or residential home care it will fall to the NHS or local authority as appropriate to provide that care if it is not otherwise available to the person ’ . |
| 26 | No doubt this reflected a genuine desire to raise standards but also reflected realism about growing political and managerial pressures for increased efficiency and cost-effectiveness . |
| 27 | ‘ He 'd like to write to a young lady of fifteen plus , over 5ft , not fussy about looks but please send photo . ’ |
| 28 | If Hell exists , it must consist of being eternally sick on a ship which crosses the Narrow Seas but never reaches shore . |
| 29 | It has little effect at low currents but severely reduces voltage at high currents . |
| 30 | Jane Austen does not often use the word ‘ love ’ in both the novels but instead describes love as ‘ doubtful , hackneyed , etc . ’ . |