Example sentences of "but [vb base] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The long term effects have not been established , but sit two metres away from the TV screen to be safe . |
| 2 | The serum triglyceride concentrations of the three groups were similar , all falling within the normal range , but mean total cholesterol , LDL cholesterol , and HDL cholesterol values were significantly lower in the cancer patient group . |
| 3 | Yes my Lord but postulate this situation . |
| 4 | IN THE following pages we reveal full details of the complex but tax efficient transactions on the JMOB/Telecom site in Ballsbridge which have resulted in tax-free profits of approximately £5 million to certain secret investors . |
| 5 | Computer system users can not control risk management decisions , but suffer big losses when inadequate protection fails to avert catastrophe . |
| 6 | Rats are normally very good at remembering where they have received reinforcement but lose this ability after hippocampal damage . |
| 7 | Quiet trading on currency markets saw sterling gain more than three quarters of a pfennig to 2.3565 deutschmarks but lose 25 points against the dollar to close at 1.4410 . |
| 8 | Several Test players have told Mirror Sport they want to publicly get behind their gutsy team-mate , but fear Big Brother is watching closely and ready to get tough if anyone steps out of line . |
| 9 | It is not possible , therefore , for there to be beings who behave just as we do but lack mental states such as pain . |
| 10 | ‘ Sackholders ’ which look like dustbins but lack proper handles which can be grasped are INADEQUATE for loose refuse and MUST NOT be used except to hold tied plastic sacks . |
| 11 | Other members of the class , because of their upbringing , may accept intellectually the beliefs of their own religious community , but lack any confirmation from their experience . |
| 12 | Indeed , the Soviet press supported a query by the Indian Foreign Minister , N. Rao , in May 1981 about whether to permit Pakistan to remain in the Non-Aligned Movement with the assertion that ‘ Islamabad 's policy of all possible military rapprochement with Washington and the huge shipments of American arms that have been promised can not help but raise legitimate doubts among many member countries of the Non-Aligned Movement as to whether Pakistan is legally entitled to remain in their ranks ’ . |
| 13 | Smart casual wear is quite in order for dinner time , but bring one cocktail dress for the Captain 's cocktail party . |
| 14 | Do n't hurry , but bring that chair in with you when you come . ’ |
| 15 | We may be able to put it off for a while , but make that decision , we have got to , some day or another . |
| 16 | We shall start again with a resistive ring but make two modifications . |
| 17 | Trainers can be mended with super glue , but make sure meeting surfaces are free from dust and grit . |
| 18 | Other fish live basically in water but make brief forays out of it . |
| 19 | Digital systems are capable of almost infinite manipulation — cleaning , artefact removal by editing , edge enhancement , zoom , cut and paste , colour transformation and so on , but make heavy demands on storage , even with sophisticated data compression techniques . |
| 20 | But pick any street and the curse of unemployment lurks behind the front doors . |
| 21 | This should be attractive to booksellers. you can still sell books , but augment those sales with others . ’ |
| 22 | The new DEClease offerings comprise the OpenVMS Alpha Migration Lease for users that need an OpenVMS VAX but plan to migrate to Alpha at some point , and the OpenVMS Alpha Upgrade Lease for those that wish to incorporate Alpha as soon as possible , but want top-end computing today . |
| 23 | ‘ They need labour but want foreign labourers to be invisible . ’ |
| 24 | These are not intended to represent any specific location , but explore possible burial histories for an undeformed layer cake thrust sheet built up from the following thicknesses : 2.5 km of Cambrian ( after Caledonian erosion — originally 2.75 km ) ; 3 km of Devonian ; 2 km of Lower Carboniferous ; 2 km of Upper Carboniferous . |
| 25 | Tap Enter twice after ‘ Task 20 ’ but tap New line twice after the shoulder headings ‘ SOFTWARE ’ , ‘ HARDWARE ’ etc |
| 26 | Our results are in accord with those of Ridker with respect to the importance of endogenous tPA , but suggest opposite findings . |
| 27 | They not only brighten up a faded border , but provide essential nectar and pollen for beneficial insects going into hibernation . |
| 28 | Children 's librarians have notoriously never sat still in their back rooms ( or anywhere ) but provide regular story-hours , give introductory talks to classes brought in from local schools , and get to know their young clientele very thoroughly indeed . |
| 29 | Because of this wide range , most computer designs are not tied to the details of individual devices , but provide generalized transput control features and instructions , to which any selected input , output , or backing storage device may be interfaced . |
| 30 | The other dealt with weights and seesaws , but forget that balance on a seesaw is governed by weight multiplied by distance from the pivot : in fact for a rigid body the entire weight might as well be concentrated at the body 's centre of gravity , so there 's no way of discriminating head weight from body weight like this . |