Example sentences of "but they [vb base] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither picture is particularly rigorous but they serve to emphasize the fact that the LCST is an entropically controlled phenomenon . |
| 2 | But they claim to have the support of hundreds of local residents , who they say do n't want the complex sited on common land . |
| 3 | Not only are British managers outstandingly good at adapting to foreign countries , but they tend to leave an equally indelible imprint when they have gone . |
| 4 | Speeches like Bob Giles ' are all very well but they tend to obliterate the cool thinking so necessary by those who hold positions of trust . |
| 5 | An example often quoted is that of Bernard Bloch , who defined the style of a text as " the message carried by the frequency distributions and transitional probabilities of its linguistic features , especially as they differ from those of the same features in the language as a whole Such definitions appeal to the empiricist , who would like to reduce a subjectively perceived phenomenon to something objective , but they tend to alarm the student of literature . |
| 6 | point out quite rightly that the matrix clause " expresses the subject 's preference " here but they fail to see the implications of this for the infinitive . |
| 7 | But they seem to carry the implication that society exists as a fixed structure , with slots into which school-leavers ( or university-leavers ) must be fitted . |
| 8 | He says they ca n't yet say all the jobs are safe but they want to build a growing company . |
| 9 | John Gorman says … they still believe in themselves and still think they can do it but they need to get a result … |
| 10 | But they need to hear the message |
| 11 | But they refuse to follow the flock in calling for the return of the death penalty and reject the idea that the killers on the street , the people with the knives , are inherently evil . |
| 12 | Such statements may be based on strong conviction and close observation , and may even be felt to be self-evident , but they appear to have no empirical status — are merely , we might say , guesses — unless supported by frequency data . |
| 13 | But they have to make a claim before you can issue a B one . |
| 14 | Yeah , but you 've got to , no they do send some on courses , but they have to select the people and it 's done official |
| 15 | ‘ But they have to obtain the leave of the Commander of Famagusta , who still believes in a fleet . |