Example sentences of "but [vb mod] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But let's have one day we can look back upon in the lean years to come . ’ |
| 2 | Bring South Africa back in by all means , but let's have some honesty this time around . |
| 3 | But let's get some things straight . |
| 4 | ‘ But let's get some branches anyway , ’ he says . |
| 5 | But let's keep this thing in perspective . |
| 6 | ‘ But let's cross that hurdle when we come to it . ’ |
| 7 | Oh yes , they might want to worship God but let's take one step at a time . |
| 8 | In other words , they can easily be converted into cash but may involve some loss . |
| 9 | This can be successful in later stages of the disease but may miss some patients in the early stages through their sheer " whiteknuckle " determination . |
| 10 | Thus there is evidence that the better educated do not show a greater consonance between general principles of fairness and particular stances on racial issues , but may show greater flexibility in justifying the laying aside of abstract principles ( Sniderman et al . , |
| 11 | The ammeter can be left in but may show full deflection if the battery is in a very discharged condition . |
| 12 | The lower dose equivalence for QTc interval remains unexplained but may reflect compensatory mechanisms or greater β 2 selectivity of salmeterol . |
| 13 | But Paul 's ‘ solution ’ to the problem was a typically ‘ diplomatic ’ one that appears to achieve something valuable but may satisfy neither side in the long run . |
| 14 | Software can form part of an organisation 's assets , but may need continual adaptation and enhancement in order to keep it effective . |
| 15 | This is a skill which many pupils bring to the classroom but may have little opportunity to show . |
| 16 | First , emphasize the importance of extinct groups ( n =29 , marked with an asterisk ) , many of which are generally regarded as major bodyplans , but may have morphological characters that could reveal more clearly relationships between disparate extant phyla . |
| 17 | Assessment of the extent to which the widespread , geologically correlated occurrences of mat deposits ( Fig. 1 ) represent synchronous deposition will depend on continuing refinement of Leg 138 time scales but may have major implications for chemical budgets and the rates of biogeochemical cycling . |
| 18 | This is rare in the United Kingdom but is relatively common in Eastern Europe particularly in joint ventures where one party , normally from part of the old Soviet Union , simply does not have hard currency available but may have valuable commodities . |
| 19 | Here , the cause will be a very different one to that associated with irrigation but may have significant repercussions for the exacerbated salinisation of one of China 's most productive agricultural regions . |
| 20 | The obsessive compulsive neuroses such as obsessive washing and the various phobias will require medical assessment but may receive particular help from Emotions Anonymous , which also covers a whole range of other emotional disorders that may be significantly disturbing to the life of the sufferer and be beyond personal control . |
| 21 | There is varied evidence that suggests that major geographical moves , either between or within countries , not only have a disruptive effect on people 's lives , but may produce lasting changes . |
| 22 | People often give up their own home to move into the home of the person for whom they will be caring but may lose that home as a result of the income support capital rules . |
| 23 | These causes are not necessarily genetic , but may include environmental factors such as upbringing in the family , social conditioning and so on . |
| 24 | Reasonable accommodation involves the making of modifications or adjustments in the employment process and to the workplace environment so as to ensure that disabled persons are not discriminated against but may enjoy equal employment opportunities with others . |
| 25 | The main conclusion to be drawn from this discussion is that a software-based System gives detailed control of the velocity profile up to medium stepping rates ( 1000 steps per second ) , but may limit high-speed performance , and is therefore well-suited to applications in which acceleration/deceleration operations predominate . |
| 26 | The court can not refuse to award the cost of private necessary nursing or domestic help , even though State help may be available , when assessing special damage ( see the Law Reform ( Personal Injuries ) Act 1948 , s2 ( Appendix B ) ) , but may take available State facilities into account when assessing future loss , following Cunningham v Harrison [ 1973 ] QB 942 . |
| 27 | Heat is seldom essential , and cuttings can be struck in a cold frame or outdoors under cloches , but may take all winter to root . |
| 28 | THE historic Baltic Exchange building , severely damaged in last week 's IRA bomb blast , will not have to be torn down but may take three years to rebuild , said exchange chairman Peter Tudball yesterday . |
| 29 | Held , that , since in Part III of the Insolvency Act 1986 there was no definition of ‘ company ’ in relation to administrative receivers , by virtue of section 251 of that Act the definition in section 735 of the Companies Act 1985 applied and , therefore , unless the contrary intention appeared , ‘ company ’ was to be defined as a company registered under the Companies Acts ; but that a contrary intention was to be deduced from the proper construction of the provisions relating to administrative receivers generally and the Act of 1986 as a whole , whereby it appeared that Parliament intended that ‘ company , ’ in the context of section 29(2) ( a ) , should not be confined to the prima facie meaning of companies registered under the Companies Acts but should embrace unregistered companies liable to be wound up under Part V of the Act of 1986 ; and that , accordingly , the applicants were administrative receivers within the meaning of section 29(2) ( post , pp. 243F–G , 244A–C , D–G , 245F — 246A ) . |
| 30 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the problem faced by the United Nations in recent decades has been entanglement in east-west confrontation and that at this stage of its development it does not need to embark on an extremely controversial and difficult period of structural reform but should make greater use not only of the United Nations charter but of the existing United Nations machinery ? |