Example sentences of "but [vb mod] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And a handful of critics is beginning to wonder whether Ireland has not concentrated a little too hard on attracting inward investors at the expense of building a strong home-grown computer and electronics industry : after all , the policy of rallying all centres of higher education to turn out highly-skilled hardware and software engineers has been a great success , but should n't more of those people be working for Irish companies ? |
| 2 | Amplification will usually be sufficient for most analytical purposes by this stage , but should even greater sensitivity be necessary — for example , in the analysis of DNA from a single cell — then a tiny aliquot from the first polymerase chain reaction tube ( as a source of sample DNA ) is simply transferred to a second identical tube , and amplification is continued . |
| 3 | But should potentially carcinogenic substances such as benzene play any part in the healing art of aromatherapy ? |
| 4 | But could n't all this be done without hunting the fox . |
| 5 | But could too much Hinterland be a political disadvantage ? |
| 6 | A more serious challenge to the text , however , came from a ‘ higher authority ’ — which could only mean the pope — on 24 November when the Secretary of State asked that explicit mention be made of Pius XI 's and Pius XII 's doctrine on marriage , which would not only condemn all forms of artificial contraception ( at this point , before Humanae Vitae , such a ban was not a foregone conclusion ) , but would also subordinate conjugal love to the procreation of children as the purpose of marriage . |
| 7 | Fergus said , ‘ But would n't one of them offer his soul to free Calatin 's soul ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But would n't that make her — ? ’ began Jinny . |
| 9 | Yeah but would n't that get you hooked on smoking ? |
| 10 | Yeah , but would n't that make it possible to take that out , and then it would n't make sense , 'cos it would say , as I missed the train which went in an hour 's time if you put another comma , 'cos if you , if you put two commas you could n't take it out . |
| 11 | If only she could tell him how she longed for him to carry her off , but would n't that make him think her wanton ? |
| 12 | Well , yes , I know that , O.K. , I said , you 're their mother , and you decided against their father for reasons I take to be desolate , but would n't some Asian studies in St. James 's Square at the Institute of International Affairs be less perilous until they are both over , say , four ? |
| 13 | These are reasons for recording rather than simply performing to the class but would n't audio recording do just as well ? |
| 14 | But would not nine do ? |
| 15 | But would even physical evaporation bring peace to warring souls and contradictory afterlives ? |
| 16 | But will ill this produce a dynamic self-sustaining enterprise culture' ? |
| 17 | A quality , dry pale sherry can be substituted , but can not equal its unique , rich , mellow taste . |
| 18 | But can less authoritarian forms of moral discipline be effective and if so , how are they to be achieved ? |