Example sentences of "but such [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Foreigners , when it happened to them , sometimes considered it a manifestation of xenophobia ; but such evidence as there is suggests it was indiscriminate , an endemic propensity to sudden rigour which overcame individuals from time to time and afflicted everyone in contact with the official thus possessed . ) |
| 2 | ‘ We ca n't be certain about anyone just yet , but such evidence as we have seems to point in that direction . |
| 3 | Little accurate information is available on population sizes in the middle ages but such evidence as we do have for the UK suggests that there was a six- or sevenfold increase between AD 1100 and 1780 , with alternating lengthy periods of rapid and slow growth . |
| 4 | But such support was qualified since there remained ambiguity over whether the Black Sea and Soviet naval forces in those waters should be included within the ambit of the Soviet proposal for the Mediterranean . |
| 5 | Our suggested strategies for improvement obviously have a price tag but such support may well seem desirable given the current consensus in education and government in favour of widening access , particularly for less advantaged groups . |
| 6 | The United States suspended military and economic aid , but such support had been worth only US$16,400,000 in 1990 . |
| 7 | Present day historians use preserved records to produce a picture of past societies , but such records have often been kept in an ad hoc way , thus limiting the use of the information . |
| 8 | There are signs that this situation is changing in the US , where women have been prosecuted for harming their unborn fetus , but such legislation has yet to cross the Atlantic . |
| 9 | It may have been the job of the think-tank to think the unthinkable , but such discussion needed to be on the basis of informed examination . |
| 10 | The writer is aware that first-rate players can produce a beautifully pure pianissimo up to ( written note ) , but such players do not grow on every bush , and may be taken as about the upward limit for safety in solo work . |
| 11 | I , and they , would agree , but such ladies have to be able to play at the weekend . |
| 12 | But such shifts are not unique to this period . |
| 13 | Conservation safeguards exist in the UK , particularly for SSSIs and , to a lesser extent ( under a voluntary arrangement ) in the National Parks of England and Wales , but such afforestation Proposals outside designated areas would not be subject to any significant level of control , particularly because prior approval does not exist for grant aid . |
| 14 | But such faith is running a risk . |
| 15 | Employers can still set up ‘ top-up ’ pension schemes to provide additional benefits above the new ceiling but such schemes are now taxable . |
| 16 | Support , he said , meant investment in transport links like the conversion of the A74 to motorway standard , but such schemes could be financed jointly by public and private sectors . |
| 17 | But such feelings were important among a number of One Nation Tories in the 1950s . |
| 18 | The intent of the politician was of course to create a feeling of obligation , which he undoubtedly hoped would stand him in good stead at the next election , but such feelings were all the stronger because the shrewd political manager never breathed a word about a bargain or the anticipated political return . |
| 19 | ‘ But such heaviness of heart is bitter-sweet , in that it pines for the absence of the beloved whilst looking to the joy of reunion . |
| 20 | But such views were not universal . |
| 21 | But such benefits as we may find here and elsewhere entail countervailing disadvantages . |
| 22 | But such benefits have not in the past kept pace with inflation . |
| 23 | But such officers do the King best service in the end . |
| 24 | But such instances are rare . |
| 25 | But such instances are , unfortunately , rare : usually the need for staff is allowed to reach alarming proportions before steps are taken to boost the recruitment and training programmes . |
| 26 | A few of the larger labour-only organisations , on the other hand , have made substantial provision for training , but such instances are comparatively rare . |
| 27 | The author recalls using card-readers to execute simple sorting routines in the mid-1960s , but such machines are found today only in museums . |
| 28 | Some philosophers have tried to define cause in terms of statistical association , but such attempts have been unsuccessful ; they are radically different concepts . |
| 29 | Attempts have been made to distinguish the two forms by close reading of ‘ groups ’ or ‘ sequences ’ within the collection , but such attempts either to arrange the order of the 1609 Quarto into some new scheme , or to read a consistent development within it are equally misguided . |
| 30 | The world and everything in it shows signs of order and pattern , but such signs are inexplicable without the mind of a Planner . |