Example sentences of "but [prep] [det] [noun pl] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But for many workers the move did n't come as a surprise .
2 Prokarvotic and eukaryotic systems have approximately equal emphasis and there is a useful chapter on recombinant-DNA techniques : but for many courses the treatment of bacteriophages and F plasmids will be inadequate .
3 CSKA have re-emerged as CFKA Sredets and continue to win the League regularly , but for several seasons the Bulgarians have allowed footballers to be paid for playing .
4 This is an attractive idea , but for most adults the goal of learning through communicating naturally in the language throughout the day will , sadly , never be a practical one ; we have to continue to make use of something like formal classroom teaching because of the limited time and resources available .
5 Independence , in so far as this entailed freedom from obligation to a politician , was thus restricted to men with independent wealth and few dependents , but for most freeholders the friendship of a politician was a necessity at some point in their lives .
6 Often these problems are merely irritating , but for some women the problem can be so severe that the way they live their life can be affected .
7 Often these problems are merely irritating , but for some women the problem can be so severe that they way they live their life can be affected .
8 But for some drivers the ability to cover inhospitable terrain can literally be a matter of life and death — if not for themselves , then for their livestock or their patients .
9 But despite these problems the method receives powerful support from the practical comparison of the representation of coin issues in hoards and the size of those issues where they are known from mint records .
10 By the Carboniferous many of the shapes we see in living gastropods can be matched in the fossils , but despite these similarities the majority of the Palaeozoic forms were not closely related to their living analogues ; this is another example of similar-looking forms evolving independently probably in response to similar life habits .
11 But with both productions the intensity of the acting of Daryl Back as Helen Keller and Hildegard Neil as her teacher and companion Annie Sullivan was undeniable .
12 But with most parts the problems are quality , reliability and development .
13 It is undoubtedly the case that many AJRs raise matters of urgency for applicants but in such cases the applicant , who is usually the party with the interest in obtaining information , can choose not to seek discovery etc .
14 But in all cases the revolution was filtered by discussion — those long , intermittent , laconic , joking conversations in shops and in guestrooms of private houses .
15 It is presidential policy that , wherever practicable , claimants should be told the outcome of their appeals on the day , but in all cases the claimant and adjudication officer must be sent a written record of the decision which includes a note of the evidence and submissions of the parties , a statement of the tribunals findings of fact and of the reasons for the decision .
16 But in many cases the threat of legal action has been enough to stop those few shopkeepers who attempt to profit from glue and solvent sales to solvent misusers .
17 The client should be advised that terms can not be watertight — the need to satisfy the statutory test of reasonableness allows terms to be challenged , but in many cases the drafter should be able to provide assurance that the terms will probably satisfy the test .
18 Some of these are quite interesting to try out , but in many cases the cost of registering is not very competitive with commercial software .
19 ‘ Attempts were made to conciliate between Diameter and their clients but in many cases the bureau suffered the same frustrations experienced by the complainant , ’ he said .
20 But in many cases the castle is quite unrelated to other castles .
21 You should be able to re-connect the speaker , keyboard lock , reset and power on LED but in many cases the Turbo LED and Turbo switch cables will have to be left unconnected .
22 Linkage can happen informally in that high salaries are easier to justify where the company is profitable , but in many companies the connection between profitability and remuneration is now made explicit , through the use of bonus payments or share options .
23 Initially the stress was on land tenure arrangements with the agrarian reform programs , but in many areas the focus then moved to the production of food and some governments are now concerned with distribution and access to food .
24 In crickets , the ability to sing can develop without the experience of song , but in many birds the story is not the same .
25 These are the Fieldnames but in many spreadsheets the cells in which the first row of data is entered are just as important , if not more so than the names themselves .
26 Traditionally , markets are held in the open air , often on a certain day , or days , of the week , but in many towns the market has become a more permanent set-up , incorporated into a modern shopping precinct .
27 Now a Glasgow inner city area migh may seem light years away from all this but in many ways the need is just as acute .
28 But in many societies the position is exactly reversed ; homicide invites private reprisal , while many types of sexual offence lead to public punishment because they are regarded as sins which generate a condition of ritual pollution and thus endanger the whole community .
29 But in some counties the forest dwellers had not waited for these instructions .
30 These discussions are held on an informal basis mainly within the planning department , but in some instances the opinions of other departments are sought .
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