Example sentences of "but [prep] a [noun sg] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more customised the equipment , the more expensive it is , but as a rule both the life and quality of the equipment improve . |
| 2 | But with an army twice the size of the one awaiting him . |
| 3 | But in a society where the official rate of unemployment doubled between 1979 and 1981 , from 5.3 per cent to 10.4 per cent and reached over 3.5 million or nearly 15 per cent during 1986 , where the Government , in the name of the market , is committed to weakening the ability of workers to defend their jobs , where the Government , in its desire to break what it sees as the ‘ dependency culture ’ , has systematically set about dismantling the welfare provisions which protected the poorest and weakest in society , where the Government , as part of its programme to establish a new thrusting entrepreneurial society , has encouraged a widening of differentials in income and wealth , we would expect the societal tensions produced to be expressed in , among other things , rising levels of crime . |
| 4 | But in a year when a degree from the Muhammad Ali school of bragging seems essential if a new band are to create a stir , Suede 's boastful assumptions are being taken seriously . |
| 5 | But in a case where the discussion begins with the fact that the description of the goods by which they were sold points to one particular purpose only , it seems to me that the first requirement of the subsection is satisfied … |
| 6 | But in a piece where every idea is disposable , very little turns out to be memorable . |
| 7 | But at a time when the swing is to full-time 4 × 4 , they have added a central viscous coupling so that in 4 × 4 , on road or off , the power goes to the wheels with the most grip without transmission wind-up and all that entails , which can be locked for extra traction off-road . |