Example sentences of "but [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bad debts written off in previous years but recovered this year amounted to £1,740 . |
| 2 | There 's no guarantee that you will hit the perfect shot , but using this procedure gives you a stronger chance . |
| 3 | Yes my Lord but postulate this situation . |
| 4 | Rats are normally very good at remembering where they have received reinforcement but lose this ability after hippocampal damage . |
| 5 | In-mast and headsail furling is standard , as is laid teak in the cockpit and on the bathing platform , but to continue this treatment on the upper deck costs an additional £5,000 ex VAT . |
| 6 | But to continue this work we need your donation today . |
| 7 | The following entry is taken at random , but illustrates this well . |
| 8 | But to secure this future we are dependent on nationwide availability of properly capitalised bookshops which are committed to carrying a wide range of stock . |
| 9 | But to work this morning , I could of done it ! |
| 10 | In a book published in 1975 , he praises Montini for the courage he had displayed in supporting him twenty years earlier , but adds this comment : One does not have to accept all of that to recognize that the assessment is shrewd . |
| 11 | But put this name down . |
| 12 | Do n't zoom the lens in and out , either , but save this effect for the last shot in which you zoom out to a wide view of the garden again . |
| 13 | It would make no sense to say that the dots in the picture had a Gestalt of themselves , but to apply this model to the brain and experience would be just like that ; for , if the experience just is a state of the brain , then there is no way in which the character of the experience can be explained as the result of some perspective on the brain . |
| 14 | Category 1 again contains the barn owl and short-eared owl but joined this time by the snowy owl . |
| 15 | But to win this game takes more than just knowing the right moves , donning the groovy gear and asking Mr Barber for ‘ a dishy pop-star cut , please ’ . |
| 16 | A nice gimmick ; but read this trilogy immediately after an in depth study of quantum theory and you find that it represents possibly the most scientific of all science fiction novels . |
| 17 | All those who have been sticking religiously to their macrobiotic diet sheets while dreaming wistfully of soft boiled eggs and buttered soldiers can probably breathe again ( but watch this space ) . |
| 18 | So starting with television , we said at the er , announcement of the Doulton , Camco demerger that we intended to develop further in the visual media , and so we are setting up a T D , T V division in which we 'll place all of our T V interests , at present just Thames , the investment in B Sky B and er , Yorkshire Tyne Tees , but watch this space , we e we intend to add to this er , division . |
| 19 | ‘ We leave on September 11 , but watch this space , I 'll be back ! ’ she promised . |
| 20 | But to avoid this return to voluntarism he must have in mind some further conception of strategy , and it is not surprising to find him talking about it in what might be called its objective sense : the strategy of a class — the course of action which will best enable it to gain power over other classes — is estimated in the light of its objective interests and its position in a formation , and is detached from the beliefs and aspirations of its members . |
| 21 | The SPD parliamentary group in the Volkskammer voted on Aug. 7 to remain in the coalition , but reversed this decision on Aug. 19-20 after de Maizière had made Cabinet changes against the SPD 's wishes . |
| 22 | But to leave this chapter with such a peroration would close prematurely the development of the very argument we need to pursue if a clarification of ‘ biological mind ’ is to follow . |
| 23 | If you want to enter the current date you can use @NOW but to fix this date ( so that it does not change to the current date next time you load the spreadsheet you will have to convert it to a value . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The Man Who Could Work Miracles ( 1936 ) amusingly shows a simple bank clerk trying to grasp the potential of the miracle-working powers he has been given , but frames this story within a portentous divine commentary on ‘ that little planet under the sun ’ , occupied by ‘ such silly little creatures , swarming and crawling . ’ |
| 26 | But to pursue this matter would have delayed for some years the opening of much needed services . |
| 27 | But to pursue this point further at this stage would take us beyond our immediate concerns , since it impinges upon questions related to money , prices , rates of realised surplus-value , and to the problem of crises . |
| 28 | He glared down at her for eternal seconds and then his mouth descended and Robyn felt the anger and fire , still there , but focused this time in the searing heat of his kiss , the grip of his embrace , the rough glory as his hands roamed her body , conjuring desire and need out of nowhere , moulding her to him , showing Robyn just how much she wanted him , how much he desired her . |
| 29 | But having this pilot scheme should mean we will be able to evaluate that directly . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |