Example sentences of "but a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past the French have defied logic and answered their critics , but a second defeat by Dwyer 's emerging Wallabies could well summon a black-hooded anonymous henchman . |
| 2 | The election of a councillor is the principal step towards taking an active part in the affairs of the council , but a second step is necessary . |
| 3 | For example , if a cell doubles its discharge rate under one set of conditions but quadruples under another , does that difference affect how subsequent levels in the circuit respond so that one group of cells is excited by the first set of conditions but a second group is activated by the second set ? |
| 4 | But a second signature was needed : that of Anna 's mother . |
| 5 | All marriages are special occasions but a second marriage is a doubly precious time because you do not take everything for granted . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , but a second person may be involved — ’ |
| 7 | But a second phantom chorus sings louder than the first . |
| 8 | Closed door negotiations ensued between the Presidency and Markovic , but a second vote failed on May 17 when Serbia , Montenegro , Kosovo and Vojvodina voted against Mesic , leading to a walkout by Mesic and the Slovene and Macedonian representatives . |
| 9 | At first it was thought her death was an accident and she had been choked when her necklace snagged on branches , but a second post-mortem examination five days later revealed she had been murdered . |
| 10 | ( This is not the final theory but a first approximation . ) |
| 11 | The author stresses that the nature of assessment is a complex activity requiring skill and being more than the gathering of information which is but a first stage in the process . |
| 12 | It is an old one but a first UK publication . |
| 13 | The first birth also should be deferred beyond this age , but a first child should not be postponed too long either ( at least , not beyond age 35 ) . |
| 14 | When he left he took a pile of exercise books , a scrapbook and a diary , but a first glance at their contents did not suggest that they were going to be fruitful . |
| 15 | Here , his worst enemies , dressed in prison officers ' uniform , want to become his friends ; not to be thought of as a screw , but a first name terms chum . |
| 16 | But a first victory at Filbert Street ensured another landmark in the amazing rise and rise of Rovers . |
| 17 | But a 25th minute penalty from Fry was all they could manage in scoring terms . |
| 18 | It 's as if you had been given not one vote , but a fifth of a vote . |
| 19 | Just over half of lone mothers have only one dependent child , two-fifths have a youngest child of under school age , the average age of the women is 32 years but a fifth ( mainly single women ) are aged under 25 . |
| 20 | Four mills hadn ‘ t the necessary equipment but a fifth , Smith Anderson & Company , said they could carry out the process . |
| 21 | But a fifth person appeared in the reflection of a window , can I remove them ? |
| 22 | Events in Russia again encouraged switching from marks to dollars , Swiss francs and pounds , and sterling closed three-eighths of a pfennig higher at Dm2.3887 , but a fifth of a cent lower at $1.4345 . |
| 23 | After the interval , United hit back to net through Kevin Duff , Dave Snellgrove and Noel Johnson but a sixth goal from John Baker clinched a thrilling 6-3 victory . |
| 24 | The EQ section is a standard bass , middle and treble setup but a fourth pot , labelled ‘ Contour ’ , shifts the midrange voicing , and this is really effective in colouring the tone of both overdrive modes . |
| 25 | As a rule , three of these sclerites are present , but a fourth occurs in the Orthoptera and Hymenoptera . |
| 26 | But a fourth kind of intelligence might be added , which is diplomatic intelligence , which bears not the remotest relationship to any of the other three , nor to any kind of intelligence that can be identified by any human being . |
| 27 | But a fourth application to turn nearby Oxmoor Farm into tourist accommodation was refused . |
| 28 | Two important innovations in the British Army — the Royal Wagon Train ( the forerunner of the RASC ) and a coordinated intelligence system — are well covered ; but a third major step , the creation of the divisional system , is not even mentioned . |
| 29 | As for the ‘ totally different ’ recording mentioned by Prothero , that seems to have vanished ; but a third version was definitely recorded by Gladstone at a later date , and sent to Edison : |
| 30 | Thus Moabit 's work cost some 29 DM per square metre of street , but a third of this was the cost of the planting . |