Example sentences of "but [adv] [pers pn] has " in BNC.

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1 Bob is still waiting to be summoned by Paisley Hospital , but luckily he has had very little trouble meanwhile .
2 His nickname is Crash but thankfully he has never done that .
3 IN the West Indies the appropriately coloured rainbow flag for friendship can sometimes be used to replace the plethora of different ensigns ( there are more ensigns than steel bands among the islands ) , but mostly it has become merely an additional flag .
4 She had always been quite dependent on Keith , which was why he got away with such a lot , but eventually she has grown more confident , and believes that she can now make it on her own .
5 Which I guess theoretically you can do under Windows but presumably it has its own locking mechanism .
6 ‘ I know he has had his moments in the past , but perhaps he has never been at a club big enough to cope with his particular character .
7 But perhaps she has yet to realise what she 's letting herself in for , using her name to get you installed here , allowing you to share their transport …
8 A Both will establish separate homes , but constitutionally it has never mattered whether the Prince and Princess of Wales were happy and together or not .
9 I have no personal experience of the Christos technique , but apparently it has achieved some interesting results including the ability of the patient to give a detailed account of a previous life .
10 And I mean the actual the U K market those in those areas is quite developed and has got quite a reputation but obviously it has got to be able to develop develop and adapt accordingly over time .
11 But obviously she has n't got them because erm she would have said when she was here last week .
12 This is a decently boring contest in which Mr Gould will sensibly make some points of principle and Mr Smith will be elected , but already it has been turned into an eisteddfod of exegesis .
13 This Tank Girl-style posse is only seven months old , but already it has grown beyond the founders ' wildest dreams .
14 But already it has been dubbed ‘ The Movie From Hell ’ after stars moaned about constant script changes and cameramen threatened to walk out .
15 Our fund-raising has been just a little slower during the current year after the bumper total achieved in 1985 , but nevertheless it has been most gratifying that we continue to receive contributions from so many classes over a very wide area .
16 Wisden says he is nearly 82 ; he still looks nothing of the kind , but lately he has started to feel it a little more .
17 But lately he has been losing rather too many important matches .
18 The basic set-up consists of rather basic apparatus out of a school laboratory — battery , heavy water , metal electrodes and meters for heat or neutrons — which is so widely available that the discovery could have been made anywhere at any time in the preceding half century ; but somehow it has been overlooked by two generations of scientists until suddenly in 1989 not one but two groups in the same location simultaneously announce their breakthroughs .
19 But somehow she has managed to remain cool and calm .
20 The NBS was good idea when first introduced , but gradually it has had less an less interest shown in it .
21 Such a threat may constitute a bluff in that the prime minister would have more to lose if an election was called than would most MPs ( the PM could lose office : most seats are safe seats and so most MPs could expect to be reelected ) , but nonetheless it has proved a potent influence in determining parliamentary behaviour .
22 ‘ This exercise has allowed the bona fide cocklers to work but hopefully it has curbed those less caring about the estuary .
23 Dusting with malathion is probably still as effective a deterrent as any , but clearly it has to be applied early before the little blighters are on the wing .
24 From Bonn it heads north across the relatively flat north German plain , but southward it has to cut its way through the hard rocks of the Taunus range where narrow gorges once made the upper reaches of the river dangerous to navigate .
25 It has to do with general properties , certainly , but also it has to do with ranges of them .
26 Nomination is in itself a considerable mark of achievement but also he has attained further distinction by being selected as one of ten finalists .
27 But now she has gone beyond that .
28 But now she has left me
29 One might have hoped for silence from Diana Mosley but now she has been giving us the benefit of her experience on the subject of sexual politics : ‘ There are quite as many henpecked husbands in the world as there are battered wives , something feminists fail to notice . ’
30 " But now she has gone to live in the banqueting hall where she will be able to use her … "
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