Example sentences of "but the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Hammonds fell into arrears in payment of the mortgage instalments due to the building society . |
| 2 | These national breeding programmes are highly efficient and successful but the diversity has been lost . |
| 3 | Different cells , such as blood cells , nerve cells , and muscle cells , make up the various tissues and organs of the body , but the diversity of cell types is superimposed on a common plan : each cell consists of a nucleus , which is the seat of the chromosomes , the genes , and the genetic material in general ; and which is surrounded by cytoplasm , whose constituents provide the environment in which the genetic potential is actualized . |
| 4 | Many people would say that even the possibility of a link would justify action , but the ITC already has detailed restrictions and before jerking one 's knee it 's necessary to know the nature of the material that may be subject to cuts . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But the insert cap had stuck to the outer cap of the bottle and had come off — so instead of adding just a couple of drops , half the contents of the bottle went in . |
| 7 | " But the marchioness will never let us have him . |
| 8 | He was well placed in the cotton industry and it gave him a generous income ; therefore it had to take precedence , but the monotony of arriving at the same place at the same time every day now bored him as much as had the mechanical frenzy of the bobbins when he arrived . |
| 9 | Headley Down 's Paul Whillians has won senior schoolboy motocross races with monotonous regularity of late , but the monotony was shattered in Saturday 's Bedfont Lake meeting at Four Marks where he managed no higher than third — a disastrous performance by his standard . |
| 10 | No , it was n't this that got on his nerves , but the monotony of his surrounding , the long , long road through the camp , the huts going off here and there , the airfield dotted with little planes , looking like toys , the new hall that was used for entertainments , pictures and the church services , standing out like a sore thumb . |
| 11 | But the cow man he wore his cap w with the peak over h er er the back of his head . |
| 12 | You were n't of afraid of me but the accent that I had at that time . |
| 13 | Gabriel , the messenger of the Annunciation , had been an angel of life and joy ; but the angel of death was a familiar and sombre concept in Christianity , as in Judaism and Islam . |
| 14 | But the foundations look impressive . |
| 15 | It could open doors for older people too , but the foundations for changing attitudes have not been adequately laid . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The receipt a person of a share of the profits of a business is prima facie evidence that he is a partner in the business but the receipt of such a share , or of a payment contingent on or varying with the profits of a business , does not of itself make him a partner in the business . |
| 19 | She was determined not to look on it as the ending of a chapter but the making of a new beginning . |
| 20 | The Midland built up a cash reserve of £2bn to meet any run on the bank once the loss was revealed , but the reserve was not needed . |
| 21 | On this occasion , Anthony d'Offay made one bid of $100,000 but the reserve had been set at a higher level . |
| 22 | Greece and Cyprus stay hot and dry , but the Balkans and Turkey are cooling off to a nice temperature for hikers . |
| 23 | But the keeper was to blame when he missed a simple cross and Allen scored with ease . |
| 24 | Sophie looked perplexed , but the keeper nodded ruefully . |
| 25 | The suit she was wearing was the colour and texture of sacking , a foreign-looking suit somehow with those buttoned pockets , but the ticket collector was willing to bet it had n't cost a penny less than forty guineas . |
| 26 | I tried to explain my problem with the monoglot at window five , but the ticket lady just shook her head and said : ‘ You must take another ticket . |
| 27 | B no erm the , the clerical erm staff on the erm , shall we say the traffic side increased a bit because er there was mo more and more demanding work but the ticket office , they went down , erm I have mentioned perhaps before that they had the two box system and there was about eleven , twelve , thirteen girls in there and their duty was to check a box that had been used one day , stock it up with tickets , get it ready for the day after . |
| 28 | Predictably , Irish Terence Adair believes that ‘ if steamers come into vogue , they will do away with all the romance once upon a time supposed to belong to a naval life ’ but the Scotsman 's more practical view chimes in with Jack 's opinion . |
| 29 | But the Tsar accepted the proposal for commissions on the very day he fell victim to the ‘ People 's Will ’ . |
| 30 | He also expected support from Russia , but the tsar was too preoccupied with the affairs of Europe , where Napoleon was at the height of his powers , and Adam Czartoryski , the Russian foreign minister , advised negotiations with the Turks , rather than war . |