Example sentences of "but [adv] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not proposed to include such software in the current program , but rather to treat this instrument as an intelligent data gatherer and use mainframe facilities to assess the results . |
| 2 | They did not ‘ rebel ’ in the way that young men did , but rather used this kind of fantasy material as a source of escapism . |
| 3 | The latest round of re-organisation , launched in 1990 but only completed this month , should provide a framework and spur for further improvement . |
| 4 | Can I just erm , carry on working but just look this way a minute please . |
| 5 | He 'll enjoy posting clothes into the washing machine , too , but always supervise this game and check the machine before switching it on . |
| 6 | On 21 April I sent to you a letter and a copy of a proposal for the above tape , to your address ( as I have written it above ) , but yesterday received this package back marked as not known at this address . |
| 7 | The Z2 Carbonate is also widely known as the Hauptdolomit ( Brueren 1959 ; Füchtbauer 1964 and 1972 ; Rhys 1975 ; Taylor 1981 ; Taylor and Colter 1975 ; Wagner et a/. 1978 ) but strictly speaking this name only refers to a particular part of the formation . |
| 8 | In a footnote he does point to the aid they gave with money through the various aid-Spain funds but also derides this contribution , emphasising that ‘ the sum raised … would not equal five per cent of the turnover of the football pools during the same period . ’ |
| 9 | The parents described stool withholding behaviours in 97% of the children but often misinterpreted this behaviour as extreme efforts to pass stool . |
| 10 | I would n't quibble with any of the other species you say are not suitable but please avoid this blight on the poor Hatchet which to my mind is a rewarding and unusual species in any community . |
| 11 | He was some three shots clear of the field standing on the 14th tee , but then lost this advantage after he recorded a double-bogey and two bogeys in the last six holes . |
| 12 | But how does this ministry apply to today 's church ? |
| 13 | But how does this argument — and its converse — measure up to the reality of the housework situation as perceived by housewives themselves ? |
| 14 | Even the youngest children , who were three years old , were well aware of the fact that appearance and reality were conflicting , but how did this knowledge reveal itself in their judgements about the distinction ? |
| 15 | ‘ But how did this war start ? ’ |
| 16 | But why does this event persist in subjecting us to long rows of tap dancers , a breed of people whose only function in life is to display the disgusting effects of sweat and sequins under neon ? |
| 17 | Our next experiment tested directly whether C.C. 's visual system represents left-sided information at a preattentive stage of figure-ground segregation , but subsequently loses this information for the derived figures at an attentional stage . |