Example sentences of "but [prep] [det] [adj] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coin was meant to be worth a pound , but for all normal purposes the value of a pound was twenty silver shillings each weighing one-fifth of an ounce , and the golden guinea went to a premium above this . |
| 2 | Clearly there are other choices for the parameters , but for all realistic values the critical concentrations will be small , and the length scale of the individual layers will be a small fraction of the chamber depth in the range of a few centimetres to several metres . |
| 3 | I can easily carry the hazard under normal circumstances , but for most average players the landing area is level with the water hazard . |
| 4 | Leasing obviously still has its dedicated followers , but like many other sectors the boom years of the mid-1980s now look a very long way away . |
| 5 | Basically speaking , the objectives set for the system have been achieved , but like all other systems the achievement of those objectives brought with it other problems . |
| 6 | I 'll admit it must be thrilling , but like most thrilling sports the downside is a lot of standing around . |
| 7 | The visual examination of shape is easy but in all other areas the examination of " shape " is extremely difficult . |
| 8 | All institutions are now known as ‘ authorized institutions ’ , and the use of the word ‘ bank ’ was restricted to those institutions which had a paid-up capital of at least f5m , but in all other respects the 1981 classification remained . |
| 9 | There was a single filing cabinet , but in all other respects the room could have been inhabited by his father , the colonial Bishop whose portrait hung over the marble mantelshelf . |
| 10 | Rather similar , seemingly absurd infinities occur in the other partial theories , but in all these cases the infinities can be cancelled out by a process called renormalization . |
| 11 | The images that go through Alfred Hayley 's mind in the minutes before he dies follow similar patterns , but in all three cases the discursive deviation is localized and explained within the novel as a product of the suspension of reason . |
| 12 | The new cotton-spinning mills created opportunites for some women after the mid 1760s , but in many rural districts the loss of cottage spinning reduced family earnings . |
| 13 | But in some capitalist societies the working class seems to have no distinct political organisation or ideology , and so appears to lack any defining characteristics at these levels . |
| 14 | But in most industrial organizations the hierarchy of status and authority is marked , not only by the relative size of the total pay packet , but also by such distinctions as whether the actual payment is made on a daily , weekly , monthly or annual basis . |
| 15 | The unsavoury reputation which the last of the sultans acquired during the late nineteenth century — especially Abdülaziz ( 1861–76 ) and Abdülhamid II ( 1876–1909 ) — has coloured the view which many western historians have taken of the Ottoman empire as a whole , but to many Christian subjects the Ottoman empire in its heyday was far from the horrific picture conjured up by the use of the phrase ‘ the long Turkish night ’ . |
| 16 | One solution is to adopt the North American practice of providing patients with a comprehensive list of postoperative complications , but to most British doctors the prospect of burdening patients with ‘ unwanted ’ information about what might go wrong is deemed to be both unhelpful and unkind . |
| 17 | It 's not really an all-rounder 's instrument , as over-application of a flatpick can reveal some boxy and harsh overtones , but without those same qualities the guitar would lack the fast , bright response and the bounce and snap that make it what it is . |
| 18 | But on these rare occasions the frontier posts protecting Blanche 's personality had been unmanned , and Dexter had been able to wander at will through her past and her present . |
| 19 | Presentation of speakers and occasions to present the case are highlights of such work , but around all such events the public relations officer has an hourly job of relating to the media what is happening in the argument and what the various leaders are saying and thinking . |