Example sentences of "but on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But on the Southern Region , ¾ mile Laverstock loop ( last used in 1859 ) was reinstated at Salisbury linking the Basingstoke and Romsey lines as part of the £2million Salisbury resignalling scheme . |
| 2 | Most vets use about 40 anatomical points , although very experienced practitioners may use up to 360 , which seems a lot , but on the human body there are 1,000 possible sites . |
| 3 | But on the Last Day certainly God will call the drunkards of the world to Him : . |
| 4 | But on the last Page of the novel ‘ life had taken the place of dialectics ’ , and Raskolnikov is on his way home . |
| 5 | But on the next page he speaks of ‘ that swine Shatov ’ . |
| 6 | But on the contrary , this world of ‘ it was rumoured ’ and ‘ that may well have been so ’ followed at once by ‘ it is more likely that nothing of the sort happened ’ — again in the opening paragraphs — is as exhilarating as the challenge of life 's opacities to a healthy curiosity . |
| 7 | But on the whole they are expensive and because the RS-232 link communications is slow , it is difficult to take advantage of a GUI environment . |
| 8 | This is a comment not just on poetic style , but on the substance of the political alternative that Tate and some fellow Southerners were in these years trying to put together , to challenge the industrial capitalism of the restored Union . |
| 9 | For Pound undoubtedly made the poem more obscure by asking for the excision of some transitional and bridging passages where the language was not at full pressure , but on the other hand he caused to be removed some extended sections which , being plainly extraneous , could only have added to readers ' bafflement . |
| 10 | But on the other hand , the statute will also include a clear intention that extended rights of audience are put into practical effect as soon as the necessary conditions have been met . |
| 11 | Conventional wisdom is that Tootal will add management expertise to Coats , but on the evidence of the first half neither is skilled at controlling working capital . |
| 12 | In debating it today the Labour Conference should focus not on its tactical advantages but on the kind of political system it wishes to see . |
| 13 | ‘ We accept that we might not get very much for it , but on the other hand we could get more , ’ says Julie Widlake . |
| 14 | But on the question of private tuition fees they are moving with remarkable alacrity . |
| 15 | But on the whole politics had been worthwhile . |
| 16 | Local involvement in nation-wide politics does not just depend on intellectual evolution , however , but on the strong conviction that national affairs affect one 's life and so need to be considered . |
| 17 | But on the hill , crouched against a stone wall which may or may not be providing protection against wind-swept rain , such a dainty arrangement fast loses all its attraction . |
| 18 | But on the main episodes , Anglo-American collaboration stood firm . |
| 19 | As a result , solicitors argue that managers should not take commission on what the artist is being paid each night , but on the money the band earns as profit after having paid for the PA , lights , accommodation and other expenses . |
| 20 | They found material for both these purposes in the work of many anthropologists , but on the whole the writings of Morgan seemed best suited to this twin task . |
| 21 | This was the situation which Morgan described for the Iroquois when several tribes get together , not any more on the basis of kinship or marriage , but on the basis of confederacy . |
| 22 | But on the whole I do n't think that most of the men have changed their ideas or attitude that much . ’ |
| 23 | But on the specific question of ‘ showing ’ one 's legs , after talking to Muslim girls in Bradford and London I feel convinced that they share the views of their parents . |
| 24 | That may turn out to be the case as the likes of Ferrari , Williams-Renault and Benetton-Ford get into their stride later in the season , but on the streets of Phoenix , Senna had no trouble in scoring his 27th win . |
| 25 | It was hot then but on the race day it was cloudy and cool . |
| 26 | But on the following morning his feelings towards his younger daughter were neither tender nor amused . |
| 27 | ‘ But on the whole it 's humane and quick , ’ Small says . |
| 28 | I wonder how many of Expotel 's customers are aware that Expotel 's recommendations are based not on hotel quality but on the self-interested payment up-front of this ‘ sweetener ’ , plus exclusive corporate rates ? |
| 29 | But on the subject of women , the Prince did take his honorary grandfather 's advice . |
| 30 | On one occasion doctors had come to Buckingham Palace to take his tonsils out , but on the other occasion he had been what he called , ‘ a blue light special ’ ; he was rushed to the hospital with acute appendicitis , where the nurses , he said , had spoilt him rotten . |