Example sentences of "but the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In sober fact it was not the Saracens who ambushed and humiliated Charlemagne 's army in the mountain pass , but the Basques , who thus confirmed for the chronicler Eginhard their already long-standing reputation for treachery . |
| 2 | But the foundations look impressive . |
| 3 | It could open doors for older people too , but the foundations for changing attitudes have not been adequately laid . |
| 4 | The attraction of the Social Democratic Party some 10 years ago to those not previously active in politics was not the ‘ break-away ’ policies then dividing the Labour Party , but the foundations of an accessible , open and equal party structure . |
| 5 | But the foundations for this belief were like the Cheshire Cat in Alice of Wonderland ; the more one looked at them , the less substance they seemed to have . |
| 6 | The old hut 's been converted into a flower-shop , but the cabbies say they wanted to keep it for themselves . |
| 7 | Industrial fallout is one suspected source for the contamination , but the farmers in Shuttlewood , near Bolsover , Derbyshire , can not claim compensation until the cause is traced . |
| 8 | Those who benefited from improved earnings , however , were not the rural poor , but the farmers who were able to take advantage of the opportunities the Green Revolution had to offer . |
| 9 | The French city people may have gone but the farmers are still there — they were n't wanted in space . |
| 10 | It is not me who distrusts the Minister 's ability to negotiate , but the farmers I met today who doubt whether he can deliver the goods . |
| 11 | You said then that I 'd never cope , but the farmers liked me enough to ask me to call again . ’ |
| 12 | there were still nails left in but the farmers |
| 13 | ( 12 ) The histories of cease and quit are less varied but the senses found for them in earlier times help explain some of the semantic differences that will be described below . |
| 14 | o But the inhabitants of Galtres Forest did not wait . |
| 15 | But the inhabitants of Lebanon saw these changes in a somewhat different light . |
| 16 | But the inhabitants of some twelfth-century towns and villages moved last to associate for the protection of their interests against those of their overlords — bishops in the case of most ancient towns , abbots or castellans for newer foundations . |
| 17 | In 1279 Philip III ceded the Agenais to Edward I , as duke of Aquitaine , ‘ saving sovereignty and ressort … to the king of France ’ ( salvis superioritate et ressorto … regis France ) , but the inhabitants of the region were to accept and obey Edward as immediate lord . |
| 18 | In a letter written the following April , he notes that he too " found the endowment very small , but the Inhabitants liberal in their patronage and support " . |
| 19 | But the Davidians stayed put . |
| 20 | It was strange having a sickle between her legs after all these months , but the reactions came back . |
| 21 | It was not naturally as smart a match as the failed one of the summer , but the reactions were all the same gratifying . |
| 22 | But the associations only built an extra 14,500 homes in 1991 — not enough to keep pace with demand , according to Coun Dixon . |
| 23 | The identification of lust with ‘ brown girls ’ probably had no racial connotations in that innocently discriminatory age ; but the scenes towards the end where the Witch tries to capture John with her wiles do leave the disconcerting impression that Lewis thought of Christianity as little more than a good ‘ cure ’ for lust . |
| 24 | But the scenes of violent aggression have since been mitigated by equally extraordinary examples of altruism , in which older chimps have ‘ adopted ’ orphans too young to care for themselves . |
| 25 | A week 's filming at a sandpit near Leighton Buzzard , in Bedfordshire , where the Victors tried to destroy the Bats ' car , was beset with difficulties when strong winds constantly filled actors ' and technicians ' eyes with sand , but the scenes were eventually completed to everyone 's satisfaction . |
| 26 | But the scenes on many estates were reminiscent of those at |
| 27 | It was not the general labourers but the seamen and other groups which could be made to believe in their immediate bargaining power which led the new militancy from the winter , not of 1889 , but of 1888 . |
| 28 | Lloyd George might think that in beating Wilson over the space requirements of Asiatics in the debate over the Merchant Shipping Act in 1906 he was delivering the working classes from their unworthy prejudices against foreign seamen , but the seamen thought that they knew better . |
| 29 | But the hoteliers and staff have shown a great team spirit . |
| 30 | The instruction details will differ from model to model , but the basics are much the same for all . |