Example sentences of "but they [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As members of the EEC , Britain and France have common tariff policies , but they retain quite distinct policies regarding non-tariff barriers . |
| 2 | These disbursements do not worry the senior partner in a large firm who makes £40,000 or more a year net , but they fall heavily upon the less successful . |
| 3 | Plainly , the figures are impressive but they fall far short of the early hopes that computing might have a pervasive influence on school education . |
| 4 | But they raise again the issue of how one assesses the importance of different forms of organization within an economy and society , and especially in what sense , and when , it is possible to say that a particular form of organization dominates a system . |
| 5 | These tremendous images … are not the whole of Christ 's teaching , but they set forth the supernatural mystery which is the heart of the teaching … . |
| 6 | In low-income developing countries , the achievement of a fairly high rate of economic growth and some expansion of the industrial infrastructure are clearly of great importance , but they depend heavily , as I have argued , upon international conditions with respect to trade and aid . |
| 7 | ‘ They are not in the same cells , but they come together in the trucks going to court and in the exercise yard where they are often subject to physical and sexual abuse , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I must say when I read that in 's letter , I did n't read that specific erm comment , I read something , something much much wider really , that , that really I felt that what she was saying was you know that when , when there is a group , then readers er musicians , everybody else reflect together and come together before they actually , you know , they do n't all operate the same but they come together and they reflect together on what the , the theme is , or you know , what was the main point of the readings . |
| 9 | Entries are up on last year but they come mainly from ‘ middle of the road ’ competitors whose goal will be finishing rather than winning this marathon . |
| 10 | These documents demonstrate a commitment to developing broadly based , open political agitation , but they contain little about a civil rights strategy in the north ; such a strategy could be deduced from the analysis which they contain , but the documents give no indication that it had been proposed in any detail . |
| 11 | But they contain more plain truth than he is able to recognise . |
| 12 | But they walk away . |
| 13 | Both are necessary but they require radically different forms of organization and styles of action . |
| 14 | More sophisticated scanners can capture levels of grey as well , but they require significantly more memory . |
| 15 | The changes currently taking place in the system are thus multiple and complex , but they point away from the existing binary pattern towards one that is perhaps more unitary and certainly more differentiated . |
| 16 | But they benefit much from the subjects they study . |
| 17 | Some bags are available with cotton or polycotton linings and these are more comfortable but they weigh more . |
| 18 | The people in wheelchairs , it 's fair enough that they ca n't get their own dinner , but they should at least go to the back of the queue like we have to , but they push straight to the front . |
| 19 | Of course there are cards on the market with more memory and processor power to drive expensive monitors at high resolutions ( like 1280 by 1024 ) and 256 colours but they cost well over £1000 . |
| 20 | Optical disks and DAT cartridges get more data off your file server and move it faster , but they cost more . |
| 21 | In the north , too , but they differ enough to be recognisable . ’ |
| 22 | Probably because it is a bit of a risk but they know full well what their doing , the rules and regulations |
| 23 | They may giggle and act as though they have not a serious thought in their heads , but they know exactly what they are up to . |
| 24 | GEORGE III is reputed to have said that lawyers do not know much more law than other people , but they know better where to find it . |
| 25 | But they admit that far more important will be a proposed new law on market supervision and investor protection , the first draft of which is expected in late spring . |
| 26 | Equally , The Smiths counterparts in the rock field , say , U2 may make fine music but they shy away to hide behind subtleties of abstract lyricism . |
| 27 | The illustrations are not meant to be accurate — for use as maps — but they succeed brilliantly as indicators of the terrain likely to be found on these walks . |
| 28 | But they succeed only in making themselves look ridiculous . |
| 29 | The two major volcanoes , Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea , have attained elevations of over 4000m above sea level , but they rise more than 9000 m from the floor of the Pacific Ocean from a base well in excess of 200 km across ( Fig. 5.12 ) . |
| 30 | The figures go some way to counter fears that the recovery is faltering , but they reveal also that not every sector of the economy is gaining . |