Example sentences of "but they have [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The RAF 's aircraft replacement programmes tend to be more expensive than warship construction , but they have greater flexibility since the number of aircraft ordered in any one year can be varied without throwing the Air Department 's costings off balance . |
| 2 | They have no line on a target , but they have four addresses staked . |
| 3 | The large number of astronomy books published may be varied in their presentation , topics , standards of difficulty and reader orientation , but they have one thing in common : the author 's open enthusiasm for the subject and desire to put it across . |
| 4 | I do n't feel alarmed as I know of many secret passages , but they have all become too small to use . |
| 5 | ‘ It has been hectic , but they have all done their bit to make sure we got the building finished on time . ’ |
| 6 | Yeah , but they have all sorts of ideas do n't they ? |
| 7 | Two semi-regular variables , U and VZ , can be located with binoculars and are orange in colour , but they have small ranges . |
| 8 | Thus at present they have a gene that controls limb development , but they have little idea what its role is . |
| 9 | These may be very useful in certain domains , but they have little to do with that actual flowing movement of life which concerns us deeply and intimately . |
| 10 | This means that she can throw out the eggs of her nest mates , but they have little chance to throw out hers . |
| 11 | Crisps and cornflakes are cornerstones of the multinational mass market , and maybe they could be a route to worldwide understanding , but they have little to contribute directly to the second problem — that of the short-term habitat destruction , which is now a worldwide epidemic . |
| 12 | The provisions of the Act are complex , but they have little effect on media freedom . |
| 13 | But they have strong incentives to try . |
| 14 | Surveys of this kind can provide the basis for many generalisations about geographical variation , but they have serious weaknesses , which will be discussed later . |
| 15 | These two cases look very different but they have many aspects in common . |
| 16 | Some of these ‘ field experiments ’ may be a satisfactory response to the criticisms levelled at laboratory experiments , but they have other problems of their own . |
| 17 | Ultimately , the people of Cardiff must decide , but they have good representatives in the House who are capable of making the right decision . |
| 18 | These fonts are available as cartridges , on smart cards or as downloadable versions but they have two common characteristics . |
| 19 | The combination of methods utilized by smaller authorities may have to be different from those employed by larger authorities , but they have similar training objectives , and many similar needs , which should be recognized as such . |
| 20 | But they have different ways of retrieving the information coded in their DNA and translating it into synthesis of cell material . |
| 21 | Thus , many deep-sea fish have puny bodies ( presumably an adaptation to the meagre food supply ) but they have huge heads , jaws , and teeth , as their prey — when it arrives — tends also to be large . |
| 22 | Daddy sits a lot , doing nothing and muttering to himself and Mummy 's just retreated — she never starts a conversation , or asks a question , or — You 'd think they 'd be over-anxious about me , their one remaining child and perhaps they are , but they have miserable ways of showing it . |
| 23 | In the telescope they look like very faint stars , but they have enormous redshifts , indicating that they are retreating from us extremely swiftly and are thus distant — the most distant objects of which we know . |
| 24 | There are only a few of them , but they have several horses . ’ |
| 25 | The seduction scenes are beautifully timed by Dustin and a super-cool Bancroft , but they have enough ambivalence to suggest his guilt and her loneliness , and the emptiness that brings them together . |
| 26 | They do n't have hooks and crooks here but they have fucking wife beaters . |
| 27 | Touche Ross 's position is also in the balance , but they have sufficient talent to decide their own destiny . |
| 28 | And you ca n't transpose totally Japanese technology into the Western hemisphere , but they have some good ideas . |
| 29 | ‘ Till yesterday she lives in with Saint Julien , but they have another of their rows . |
| 30 | But they have another property — ultraviolet ( UV ) light makes them glow . |