Example sentences of "but [verb] the [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | He compares three studies , carried out respectively in 1949 , 1972 and 1983 , but reflecting the educational and social conditions of well before those dates . |
| 2 | And one might one might say in six , erm perhaps not avoid but minimize the best and most versatile land in accordance with the provisions of P P G seven . |
| 3 | In What the Butler Saw , sexuality , like language , becomes decentred and therefore radically contingent : it not only escapes from , but disorientates the medical and legal attempts to define and regulate it . |
| 4 | So if I take this one and put this one I can superimpose the red straight away I 've superimposed a group , but look the blue and re , and the white are out . |
| 5 | since 1987 , given that even double-glazing salesmen appear to have gone quiet in this recession and given that energy-efficiency investment not only helps the environment but protects the vulnerable and the old and creates hundreds of thousands of jobs , will the Government consider extending the exemption from stamp duty for all energy-efficient homes beyond August and perhaps indefinitely ? |
| 6 | Rab then , his watch gone , a new hard concentration ; short shrift , he won that game but lost the next and back to nothing . |
| 7 | Nor was he concerned with justice , but treated the innocent and guilty alike , until he had collected together a large number of wealthy suspects , who could have been associated with Magnentius , to satisfy the suspicious-minded Emperor . |
| 8 | Deciding on quantities of food can be difficult but following the old and well tried method of restricting the quantity to an amount which will be snapped up in a couple of minutes works very well . |