Example sentences of "but [vb base] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two researchers do not recommend introducing pigs into existing woodland , but favour planting new areas specifically for a sylvopastoral system with pigs or planting trees on an outdoor range that is already in use . |
| 2 | If you would like to plant a silvery grey bed but want to add some flowers as well , you can keep to the silvery theme by adding pale and dark blues , creams and whites , all of which blend with the grey to give a stunning overall effect . |
| 3 | Here again , higher primates in captivity seem to be motivated in the right general direction , but appear to need some element of learning to be able to focus the instinctual drive towards its goal . |
| 4 | If we can but contrive to make two rooms warm , & wholesome , we will laugh in the faces of Gloom & Ill-lookingness . ’ |
| 5 | Australians Mark Lemon and Dave Cheshire have been slow to recapture last season 's form but hope to hit fresh form . |
| 6 | Application of ether or certain vital dyes to the ulcers both have their adherents but seem to have little effect on the natural course of the disease . |
| 7 | It is easy to undercoat locally , and replace putty and apply matching gloss paint , but delay painting new putty for a week or so . |
| 8 | There is plenty of produce to be gathered in the kitchen garden , but remember to order new fruit trees as well . |
| 9 | keep doors and windows closed , but remember to ensure enough ventilation to keep the air fresh in rooms where heating appliances are in use |
| 10 | But try selling that argument to the counties who took on Mike Procter , Malcolm Marshall , Courtney Walsh , Waqar Younis , Allan Donald and a host of others who arrived as untried prospects . |
| 11 | Probably a waste of time but try to get that photograph anyway . ’ |
| 12 | ABOVE Dogs will soon become used to travelling on public transport , but try to avoid peak-time travel at first , as they are more likely to be accidentally hurt by other passengers . |
| 13 | Alternatively a pupil might know that the height of most adults is between five and six feet but fail to apply this knowledge to estimates of other lengths or heights . |
| 14 | Warning colours work well with educated predators but do involve repeated sacrifices as young hunters learn their trade . |
| 15 | Use the beans of your choice , but do include red kidney beans . |
| 16 | To air : Inorganic gases include oxides of nitrogen and sulphur which are not classed as hazardous in national lists but do have environmental impact . |
| 17 | In this study , nude mice were used that do not possess mature T lymphocytes but do have natural killer cell activity . |
| 18 | Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus , which spawn in rivers and fatten in the sea during their fourth and fifth years , capelin Mallotus villosus , which winter in deep water but rise to form huge surface shoals in summer , and arctic cod Boreogadus saida are among the few pelagic , plankton-feeding fish in both polar and subpolar waters . |
| 19 | I shall be away until January 11th , but need to process this information IMMEDIATELY I get back , so please , please , please have it waiting on my doorstep . |
| 20 | They are not taught programming as such , but learn to connect pre-constructed modules in such a way as to design effective programs . |
| 21 | That want economic benefits of Europe for the of the business world but have denied British workers the protection of European social legislation . |
| 22 | There are others which have not been like this , but have achieved positive things for their members and for their societies , such as democratic socialist parties . |
| 23 | So far as the actual patterns of support are concerned , one can say more confidently that these have not simply declined from a high point , but have undergone various changes and fluctuations , according to the circumstances under which people lived . |
| 24 | Whitby are now three points ahead at the top , but have played four games more than Gretna . |
| 25 | Rift systems have been studied for many decades but have received renewed attention since the early 1970s because of their association with crustal upwarps and their role in continental rupture . |
| 26 | In practice the proposed social measures — the right of every worker to be covered by a collective agreement , the right of workers to lifelong educational opportunities , and so on — seem modest enough , but have provoked vigorous opposition in right-wing economic circles in the UK . |
| 27 | Others have drawn their inspiration from one or other of these classic sociologists , but have made significant alterations to their original theories in an attempt to describe and explain the class structures of capitalist industrial societies . |
| 28 | The changes which we hope to introduce relate not to subject content , or pedagogic style but to learned outcomes ; ie we wish to see pupils leaving school who have not simply assimilated and regurgitated ( with varying degrees of success ) packages of information , but have developed those skills and attitudes necessary for independent ‘ finding out ’ . |
| 29 | Week 8 : Another pound gone , ½ inch off my bust ( now 40½ inches ) : ¾ inch from my waist , 1 inch off my hips , tum remains the same but have lost 5 inches already , no more off thighs but another ¼ inch off my knees and arms remain unchanged . |
| 30 | Southend started well but have lost some form in recent weeks … |