Example sentences of "but [noun prp] [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | A maître was to ‘ beat time ’ ( bat la mesure ) ; but Rousseau defined this latter verb as ‘ marking the tempo with movements of hand or foot ’ : visible and audible signals . |
| 2 | Philip had opened the proceedings by again suggesting an exchange of conquests , but Richard opposed this , arguing that this would mean that he gave up lands , including the Quercy , which brought him an annual revenue of a thousand marks or more , in return for estates in Berry which , though they were fiefs belonging to Aquitaine , were in fact held by other lords and so were of very little direct financial benefit to him . |
| 3 | Because of the complexity of the polymer there were more than a thousand peaks or data points per sample but Burmester reduced this vast amount of information by computer clustering . |
| 4 | All the other pros are going mad to get hold of them , but Jefferson says this is the only one — a prototype in the real sense — and it wo n't be in production for several months . ’ |
| 5 | But Mexico got this support only because it had sorted out its economy . |
| 6 | But Brusilov understood this and was prepared to pay the price , for he later wrote : ‘ An offensive without casualties may be staged only during manoeuvres … to defeat the enemy , or to beat him off , we must suffer losses , and they may be considerable . ’ |
| 7 | The trend in golf-course building is towards courses over 7,000 yards , but Liphook shows this emphasis on yardage is rather misguided . |
| 8 | In 1992 , VAX-related revenues made up 70% of total group turnover , but Turner expects this to drop to 60% in 1993 as AS/400 business continues to grow . |
| 9 | But Wilson believes this could never work . |
| 10 | But Wilkinson considered this incident , along with subsequent events , as part of Cantona 's ‘ Le Brat ’ antics — and was no longer prepared to tolerate them . |
| 11 | There had been a fall in gross domestic product ( GDP ) in 1991 of between 12 and 14 per cent , greater than expected , but Klaus attributed this mainly to " external conditions " . |
| 12 | But Nyasha knew this snake and she was n't afraid . |
| 13 | But Israel resisted this until it was in a much stronger position by concluding one with Egypt in February 1949 . |
| 14 | But Adam had this idea of phoning his mother to tell her he would n't be back that night . |
| 15 | But Jennings passes this off as evidence of ‘ a desire for immortality ’ . |
| 16 | Suddenly the head spoke , saying ‘ Time is ’ , but Miles considered this unimportant and ignored it . |
| 17 | But Mike handled this contract himself so I 'll have to dig in the files and ring you back . ’ |
| 18 | But Marx opposes this approach , on the grounds that human needs do not spring out of nothing , and suggests instead that a theory must be constructed which has no ‘ starting-point ’ . |
| 19 | But Goldie ignores this . |
| 20 | His wife was acting before he was born but Alfred insists this is the perfect relationship |
| 21 | But Phillips rejects this . |
| 22 | The significance of internal structures had already been accepted in some cases ( otherwise whales and dolphins would be classified as fish rather than as mammals ) , but Cuvier made this central to the classification of the whole animal kingdom . |
| 23 | But George uses this dream to give Lennie hope , and a purpose to all that they do . |
| 24 | But Andrew said this last April , after leading the North to victory over the US , and the sharply increased requirements — club , divisional and national - of a new season have rapidly changed his , and Carling 's , mind . |
| 25 | But Caspar said this was unlikely ; the Draoicht Suan would probably keep everyone inside Tara asleep until somebody came along with the counter-spell . |
| 26 | But Uzzell says this is unlikely to be achieved purely organically , and some form of overseas acquisition will probably be necessary . |
| 27 | Her younger brother , Basil , in his final year of Modern Greats at Oxford , spoke of going into the City when he graduated , but Robyn considered this was just talk , designed to ward off hubris about this forthcoming examinations , or an Oedipal teasing of his academic father . |