Example sentences of "but we [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm afraid I ca n't suggest a Danish wine , since our climate does n't favour the cultivation of the grape , but we import some of the best of our neighbours ’ efforts . |
| 2 | And that produces the electrici the er electrical you ca n't see it of course but we know that , everybody knows . |
| 3 | That 's right , that 's what you said in in you saying that populations were going , growing geometrically agricultural production was going arithmetically , as a result a population crash is inevitable , alright , but we know that is n't true right , because what , when Marthus was writing , erm , Marthus was writing just before in the agricultural revolution in the U K so agricultural technology had n't improved very much in sort of five hundred years right , but in the next hundred years agricultural production , erm , or productivity grows far faster than erm , than population . |
| 4 | But we know that 's not so . |
| 5 | The minster at Beddingham seems to have lasted from 750 to 880 , but we know little or nothing of it , save its Abbot Plegheard named in a charter of 825 . |
| 6 | Labelling theory has revealed something of the genesis of individual theories of the self in society , but we know little about the mechanisms and occasions of large-scale learning of such things . |
| 7 | There can be no doubt that the countryside remained relatively productive , but we know little about how this influenced the fate of the town , principally because the relevant archaeological levels lie inside the defences where extensive plough damage in the past and the lack of systematic excavation combine to present a rather bleak picture . |
| 8 | We know something numerically about different systems , but we know little about them experientially , we know little about what it feels like , what the impact is upon individuals in the two different systems , and I really wanted to swing to the other type of research and look in more detail at how different pupils would respond to the streamed situation , not simply in terms of their performance measured in tests , but in terms of their attitudes to school , their attitudes to their life outside of school , their involvement in erm sub-cultural groups or in youth clubs , this kind of thing . |
| 9 | We know something numerically about different systems , but we know little about them experientially , we know little about what it feels like , what the impact is upon individuals in the two different systems , and I really wanted to swing to the other type of research and look in more detail at how different pupils would respond to the stream situation , not simply in terms of their performance measured in tests , but in terms of their attitudes to school , their attitudes to their life outside of school , their involvement in sub-cultural groups or in youth clubs , this kind of thing . |
| 10 | He tried before leaving , as he was looking at his watch , to press me about the glass , but we know each other too well . |
| 11 | But we know much more about erm Jane Eyre , than we do about Helena |
| 12 | We do not have any neat theory of the atonement , but we know this that on the cross Christ died for our sins and for the atonement of the world . |
| 13 | But we know this is marble chippings you know you were getting this carbon dioxide off . |
| 14 | I says I 'm gon na stop with me father and they said well , we 're sorry to lose you but we know this trade 's know good to you and we hope that you 'll stay with your dad and , well I did , I stayed with me dad until , as I say after I come out of the army and they would n't let me increase me coal trade . |
| 15 | ‘ But we know different . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But we know Quick , captain , ’ said Bellamy . |
| 17 | We ordered them while on holiday there last Summer : an enforced break from the building — but we managed some fabulous flying in the sun whilst we were away . |
| 18 | You were asleep , so we did n't wake you ; but we took little Billy to see . |
| 19 | But we remain keen , as many partners do , to strengthen relations between the Community and Cyprus . |
| 20 | The chronology of the various early medieval elements has been broadly established , but we remain ignorant of the actual names given to the settlements of the period . |
| 21 | ‘ Sentiment seems to be swinging in favour of these markets , but we remain cautious . |
| 22 | We still have some malt to sell if we are to achieve 1992 volumes but we remain optimistic that this can be achieved . |
| 23 | We welcome the Government 's express commitment to ring-fence the funds that the regional health authorities will administer but we remain concerned about how long that will last . |
| 24 | The government has tried to make us go underground and treats us just as if we were " outlaws " but we remain determined to maintain our public protest . |
| 25 | Yes , it 's always sad to say farewell to colleagues that have been with you for a number of years , but all things have to come to an end , we say farewell with sadness and er fond memories to those who 've been with us for so long , but we welcome all those who are joining us and we can promise them a thriving future . |
| 26 | The weather was not too promising , but we made good time and were soon at the first terrace . |
| 27 | It does n't make much money now , just enough to keep it running , but we break even every year . |
| 28 | There are many examples of plastic media , but we received two for review which are very representative . |
| 29 | ‘ We only have a rabbit , ’ he found himself saying , ‘ but we kill that usually . |
| 30 | ‘ We do fly to St Kitts from Antigua but we serve many small islands and I am not going to say which one is involved . ’ |