Example sentences of "but they [adv] [vb base] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They too are capable of mobilizing glucose , but they also suppress inflammation ( see p 318 ) and inhibit some immune functions . |
| 2 | But they also explore psychology 's boundaries : an important focus for a discipline so determined to define itself rigorously . |
| 3 | They represent a status group but they also represent class interests . |
| 4 | New parties partly reflect the breakdown of old loyalties but they also encourage volatility by offering a wider range of choice |
| 5 | Local authority social services departments , the principal providers of these services , are the main employers of social workers , but they also employ care assistants and home helps . |
| 6 | Companies may have power in setting the terms of the employment relationship arising from a possible asymmetry in bargaining position , but they also possess power within the relationship . |
| 7 | In the tropics , plants receive enough light and heat all year round , but they also need water , and seasonal variations in rainfall affect their productivity . |
| 8 | They still want value for their money — but they also expect quality and style . |
| 9 | Steroids , which attack the root of asthma , are widely recommended by doctors but they also have side effects and take effect only after about a week . |
| 10 | Occasionally there are videos by Various , but they invariably feature crap bands miming to their songs . |
| 11 | Occasionally there are videos by Various , but they invariably feature crap bands miming to their songs . |
| 12 | Males may spar and even fight when confined in a small aquarium without sufficient territory being available to the individuals , but they rarely cause trouble with other species . |
| 13 | Shaun 's lyrics must seem doubly obscure to the French , but they surely recognise character when they see it . |
| 14 | But they always go market and they go against stipulation and buy when they want to . |
| 15 | The contradictions remain but they only become tension and conflict when we are under pressure to perform more than one role at a time . |
| 16 | Life is full of them , but they only make sense when you look back on them . |
| 17 | Mr Wilson said that last year the Executive had paid their own direct labour organisation to maintain open spaces ‘ but they never cut grass or pulled a single weed . ’ |
| 18 | Balanchine , Ashton , MacMillan and now Bintley break many conventions , but they never lose sight of its true qualities in those of their ballets which can be called classical . |
| 19 | Other Hong Kong businessmen may never have had quite the high-level political contacts of Mr Wu , but they too have cause for concern . |
| 20 | The results put into perspective the hefty pay rises recently secured by certain notorious chief executives ; but they still show boardroom salaries growing faster than middle management 's . |
| 21 | Everton v Chelsea Everton will be keen to get Sunday 's humiliation at Villa Park out of their systems , but they still have injury problems , with Watson out and Whiteside doubtful . |
| 22 | Payne is too wise to the lightning-like unpredictability of operatic disaster to be smug about these exciting prospects , but they certainly make Opera North look increasingly like a company entering its prime and not to be missed . |
| 23 | Pests and diseases are different forms of life , but they often go hand in hand . |
| 24 | Not only are these harmful to the people directly involved and to their congregation , but they often receive publicity and may also bring the Church into disrepute . |