Example sentences of "but [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But resistance to government reorganization was not simply based on self-interest ; what a person 's self-interest was , was defined by institutions and economic expectations , by a social framework which was to some extent traditional and entrenched . |
| 2 | Commercial confidentiality is understandable , but resistance to giving information often seems to be endemic among producers . |
| 3 | Another factor inimical to corals is prolonged emersion , but resistance to this varies with the species . |
| 4 | To the targets of those terrible promises , there could have been no course but resistance at any price . |
| 5 | But resistance within the Treasury to what is seen as a potentially inflation-stoking measure could result in a delay allowing a consultative green paper before the December Budget . |
| 6 | But technique in abundance will not always stifle feel : witness Gary Moore . |
| 7 | There was a positive side to Allied policy , with the attempt to ‘ re-educate ’ Germans towards democratic values , but faith in Nazi ideology was arguably destroyed not by re-education but by Hitler 's suicide , defeat and the problems which followed . |
| 8 | But noise in what sense ? what kind of noise are they talking about ? |
| 9 | But change of this kind proved difficult and aroused much resistance . |
| 10 | Erm , and so I think that even at that early age , er in the five twenties or earlier , somebody already there is saying we can track personal identity throughout change of not only body but change of species , erm , with these . |
| 11 | The Highlands and Islands Unit has continued the primary survey in the Great Glen area but difficulty of access and short field seasons , in addition to other commitments , have hindered progress . |
| 12 | Blanket price controls would destroy the very basis of economic reform , but reliance on market mechanisms alone would unleash a price explosion . |
| 13 | A complete professional , he performed to deadline and coined the motto : ‘ Art for art 's sake but money for God 's sake . ’ |
| 14 | No money in the house now , he thought , but money in the past . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , the literature on the professions per se provides a useful entrée into this type of education , because it identifies some of the main themes which characterize not only those professions but preparation for them : the existence of a body of specialized knowledge and expertise ; the influence of professional norms and ethics ; the autonomy and responsibility of the professional ; the relationships with colleagues , clients and the state . |
| 16 | Here at home , banking for business is not an overcrowded market — although painfully short of creditworthy companies — but banking for people has more than enough suppliers with the building societies chasing the same customers . |
| 17 | All were firm but kind with the eagles , who were passive in return , but for a very few like Kraal who gave them as much trouble as he could . |
| 18 | ‘ Gabby 's F-on-the-bottom tuning is a beautiful thing , but kind of hard to get around on , ’ Ry adds . |
| 19 | Pushing forty but kind of athletic for his age , a worried grey face and hair going a little thin . |
| 20 | So , women had , well what else could they do but kind of |
| 21 | Well it 's not so much trouble but kind of you know |
| 22 | He was nicer when he was young but kind of now , he 's kind of old , do you know what I mean . |
| 23 | ‘ Solid , thorough , plodding , even , ’ ( that had been said of him by a Bromberg once to Frau Nordern — — but once only ) ‘ but kind in his shy way and decent to the very core . ’ |
| 24 | The number of tree species with high proportions of ‘ barked ’ trees is low , but bark of a few species is pulled off in strips up to 10m long as seen in Bombax brevicuspe ( Bombacaceae ) and Lannea welwitschii ( Anacardiaceae ) . |
| 25 | But weakness on Wall Street and second thoughts in London cut gains , and the index closed 3.3 points ahead at 2,404.2 . |
| 26 | That is fine when it happens ; but weakness in the midst of an armed crowd is always risky . |
| 27 | As Alan Crawford noted in the SAVE/CAMRA report Time Gentlemen Please of 1983 , old pubs ‘ are not isolated or monumental , but part of the fabric of the city , and of people 's ordinary lives , street-corner history . |
| 28 | Since this causal chain is but part of a boundless nexus of causal chains that originate before and outside the perceived object and end beyond the perceiving body , it is not very clear why the former should count as an ‘ origin ’ . |
| 29 | Phoebe , like her mother , did not believe a word of it , but part of her knew it was true . |
| 30 | This is not just an academic concern but part of the work of understanding how and when capitalism will change and be overcome . |