Example sentences of "but [v-ing] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's no guarantee that you will hit the perfect shot , but using this procedure gives you a stronger chance . |
| 2 | But accompanying this reform , which was aimed at lessening the disincentive effect of moving from benefit to work , are provisos like the requirement that recipients of housing benefit will be expected to meet 20 per cent of their rates bill which are cuts in welfare payments . |
| 3 | But having this pilot scheme should mean we will be able to evaluate that directly . ’ |
| 4 | I loved the trees , but having this forest next door , made sure our garden only saw the sun as he moves from east to west early in the morning . |
| 5 | It 's difficult to measure in precise terms but having this employee assistance programme I think will help you attract staff , it 'll certainly help you retrain staff |
| 6 | But cutting this benefit will throw up hard cases , what worries a Tory elder is the way younger MP s approach the decision whether to support the Government on a pick and mix principle , he says , they no longer see the need to take the rough with smooth , to vote for the things they detest as well as those they like . |
| 7 | But taking this stand was not easy , particularly for the women . |
| 8 | But hearing this claim for damages Judge Leo Clark said both witnesses Mr Brady and Mr Shan were thoroughly unsatisfactory . |
| 9 | He had made the excuse that he needed to be there to greet the Prince of Wales , but making this pronouncement , which he had previously rehearsed many times , failed to fill him with the satisfaction he had anticipated . |
| 10 | [ Philip Leapor ] informs me she was always fond of reading every thing that came in her way , as soon as she was capable of it ; and that when she and learnt to write tolerably , which , as he remembers , was at about ten or eleven Years old , She would often be scribbling , and sometimes in Rhyme ; which her Mother was at first pleas 'd with : But finding this Humour increase upon her as she grew up , when she thought her capable of more profitable Employment , she endeavour 'd to break her of it ; and that he likewise , having no Taste for Poetry , and not imagining it could ever be any Advantage to her , join 'd in the same Design : But finding it impossible to alter her natural Inclination , he had of late desisted , and left her more at Liberty |
| 11 | The conversion is not shown on the screen , but selecting this option will make it happen automatically when the design is printed on to paper . |
| 12 | But watching this show is probably as close as you or I will get . |
| 13 | But leaving this muddle on one side , the main difficulty is the complete lack of any defence of the conclusion . |
| 14 | One day Anna came in , all emotional , but beaming this time . |
| 15 | You can walk most of the Ringstrasse in a couple of hours but exploring this exercise in mass intimidation is a tedious business . |
| 16 | But following this change in tax credits on dividends some employer contribution holidays will have to stop , while other less well-padded schemes may be forced to invest more in secure vehicles such as bonds and gilts rather than maintain the heavy weighting towards equities typical of most funds at present . |