Example sentences of "but [verb] [adj] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( In fact , Curtis Bernhardt , the director of A Stolen Life , claims that both characters were not only on-screen simultaneously but passed each other and interacted without the use of a double , except in a few over-the-shoulder shots ; unfortunately he had forgotten when interviewed how this was done . |
| 2 | Monstera deliciosa ( the Swiss cheese plant ) is so common that it is all too often neglected , but given enough space and care its deeply divided leaves make a real show right up to the ceiling . |
| 3 | This is much slower than using a desk-top publishing system , but enforces consistent formatting and , some day , should assist in putting the journals into a database so that the information can be accessed easily . |
| 4 | Were he to appear now , in the moonlit room , Chant would not have accused him of negligence , but made proper obeisances and been glad that his inspiration had returned . |
| 5 | Support for pensions revived after the war but met invincible Treasury and Cabinet opposition on grounds of cost . |
| 6 | This is a fairly traditional arcade adventure but offers excellent graphics and several neat , distinctive touches . |
| 7 | As Cross ( 1988 ) reports , there are thirty-six countries producing tropical timber and thirty-three market countries which are party to this agreement that not only aims to regulate the tropical timber trade but to promote sustainable use and conservation of tropical forests . |
| 8 | But pick any street and the curse of unemployment lurks behind the front doors . |
| 9 | The latter was defined by Soviet terminology in the 1920s as all establishments producing goods for more than one household but employing thirty wage-earners or less ; or if motive power was used , fifteen wage-earners or less . |
| 10 | Electronic coursework is widely practised , and the purpose of this paper is not to expound any revolutionary new ideas , but to relate some experiences and to present some issues for discussion . |
| 11 | According to David Downes , Dutch elites have ‘ a distinct appreciation of the extent to which community tolerance can not be taken for granted , but needs active elicitation and encouragement ’ . |
| 12 | They not only brighten up a faded border , but provide essential nectar and pollen for beneficial insects going into hibernation . |
| 13 | But forget 10-digit typing and you 're soon skipping across the keys with the irritating agility of people who never sweated in front of a Pitman 's chart . |
| 14 | During the Late Carboniferous the proliferation of plant growth on land not only provided coal seams but contributed abundant particulate and dissolved organic matter to the pro-delta and deeper marine areas . |
| 15 | Generally silent , but has various barking or crow-like calls . |
| 16 | Viridian has a place on many palettes ; it is slightly less brash than phthalocyanine green , but has similar transparency and hue . |
| 17 | Smaller and shorter-tailed than Woodpigeon , with no white patches , but has black wing-tips and two short black bars on wing . |
| 18 | Duck is like heavy-billed duck Mallard ( p.53 ) , but has green speculum and in flight at once separated by blue forewing . |
| 19 | Now , after countless operations , she is able to walk again , but has bad balance and often falls , especially if she tries to run . |
| 20 | He was not a chemist but adopted innovatory methods and used commercial skill to promote his products . |
| 21 | The exercises not only check comprehension but consolidate structural points and vocabulary . |
| 22 | You may want to continue using drugs , but receive regular support or counselling . |
| 23 | The three segments function , and may be read , independently , but add further comparisons and meanings when seen together . |
| 24 | The keyboard has the standard typewriter layout , but includes extra keys and symbols . |
| 25 | The secretaries are expected to produce copy from illegible scribbles , but get little thanks and no status . |
| 26 | These are the same as in domestic competition , but assume greater complexity and risk once the firm strays from its known market . |
| 27 | Monde de L'Art welcomes four artists from Senegal : Amadou cloaks the everyday in the light of legend , applying considerable sophistication to the use of voids and subtle colouring ; Souleymane Keita paints abstract scenes influenced by local mythology and European stylistic developments ; the sculptor Ousmane Sow looks to Rodin , Bourdelle and Giacometti but employs local colours and rhythms ; Serigne Mbaye Camara carves geometric forms and applies them to two-colour backgrounds . |
| 28 | Everything else aims for the clatter-pop classicism of Velvet Crush or the Lemonheads — guitar , bass , drums , wallop — but lacks sufficient focus or emotional impact . |
| 29 | The Collective State Presidency , after several abortive attempts to meet , also finally endorsed it at the end of a 14-hour session on July 12 ( again not attended by Drnovsek ) , but imposed new demands and deadlines . |
| 30 | Like the other secondary rules these are on a different level from the primary rules : though they may be reinforced by further rules imposing duties on judges to adjudicate , they do not impose duties but confer judicial powers and a special status on judicial declarations about the breach of obligations . |