Example sentences of "but they [verb] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The official statistics , therefore , can only be used as indicators , rather than accurate statements , but they do offer some guides to the occupational picture . |
| 2 | Babysitting circles are a good way of making sure you can get a babysitter when you want one , but they do involve some effort on your part — you 'll have to do babysitting in exchange ! |
| 3 | They do not necessarily have a lot of money but they do expect good value and a broad service . |
| 4 | But they do make sociolinguistic assumptions : in context it is clear that they also assume the early development of a socially elite variety , and we can see from the first sentence of the quotation that ‘ carefulness ’ is probably also involved . |
| 5 | ‘ They may not be the future , but they do craft good songs . ’ |
| 6 | Usually Guppies are hardy fish and adapt to most water conditions , but they do prefer alkaline water . |
| 7 | They are n't heavy eaters so do not need constant feeding , but they do prefer well-drained , humus-rich soil . |
| 8 | Two-stroke units for microlights develop more power from less weight and are generally cheaper to replace than their four- stroke equivalents , but they do demand careful attention . |
| 9 | Not that I would have attempted to scale the academic heights of an Oxford or a Cambridge , of course , but they do do some very stimulating courses at the Birmingham Polytechnic . |
| 10 | These issues need not bother the ordinary Free Presbyterian , but they do concern those Free Presbyterians who are also active in the DUP . |
| 11 | But they do take little space . |
| 12 | ‘ People would say it did n't look so bad , but they do notice all the same . |
| 13 | Customers are n't aware of your global strategy but they do notice little details like a badly typed letter , or a receptionist who 's poorly dressed , or filthy ashtrays in the office , or torn packaging . |
| 14 | Training schemes do not guarantee a job , but they do provide necessary skills . ’ |
| 15 | Compendia of information can not solve all the problems associated with mapping out one 's life , but they do provide basic and practical information . |
| 16 | These have little in common with one another , but they do illustrate particular facets of ( potential ) competitive market failure . |
| 17 | It should be recognised that the choice of open or closed-loop control makes no difference to the inherent torque producing capability of the motor , but they do allow this capability to be realised in different ways . |
| 18 | These do not include the restrictions on the issue or approval of direct offer advertisements or advertisements relating to BES schemes , but they do include most of the other advertising rules , for example SFA 's rules regulating the procedures for cold calls on private investors ( as defined ) which are permitted by the SIB 's cold calling regulations . |
| 19 | But they do have other pressures : to get a well-paid job , for instance . |
| 20 | These three kinds of explanation , each of which will be explored in this chapter , are not mutually exclusive , but they do have different theoretical and policy implications . |
| 21 | Not only that but they do have different ways of achieving their maximum personal utility . |
| 22 | Like rabbits , they are born blind but they do have some very fine body hair . |
| 23 | But they do have some disadvantages too . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , they can find themselves in very difficult circumstances , but they do have some means of claiming the dead person 's property . |
| 25 | I think some stations might do that , but they only do it if , if it 's , if it 's not going to be detrimental to the turn out , in other words they , they have a system , erm for instance they have a duty crew over the weekend , so that at least some can take their families to the seaside if they wanted to , so six will remain around the house er er but they do have some system , but I think the majority of fire stations , there are twenty seven in Suffolk like that , who work on the system of getting there as quickly as they can , and that is the best competition to get there , to get the ride . |
| 26 | and the great big photograph of Queen Victoria but they do have some nice things in , some of the crockery was quite nice |
| 27 | It is very easy to take other people for granted and not to work on our relationships , but they do need continuous attention . |
| 28 | As you can imagine , his pet dragons did not grow very large , but they did grow lazy and fat and tame . |
| 29 | They did n't preach to her , but they did love each other . |
| 30 | As these young people were already disturbed these factors can not be claimed to have predated disturbed behaviour , but they did exist prior to the appearance of psychotic-like disorders . |