Example sentences of "but [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In view of the universality and range of the interview situation it is not surprising that there has been extensive research , but for the same reasons the research is of little operational consequence . |
| 2 | THE Premier League may have been billed as a whole new ball game , but for the smaller clubs the survival struggle is the same as ever . |
| 3 | In elections held in May 1990 the NLD had won an overwhelming victory , but during the following months the ruling military junta ( the State Law and Order Restoration Council — SLORC ) had shown little indication that it was planning a transfer of power to civilian rule . |
| 4 | Webbed feet were not designed for mountaineering , but after a few weeks the ducks had devised a method of hopping up the stairs one at a time , eating every morsel of bread along the way , until finally they were actually in my bedroom . |
| 5 | It is clear that the bunched replacement of fixed capital requires a considerable growth in the rate of the production of fixed assets , but after a few years the need for such replacement will decline rapidly . |
| 6 | Very gifted , but in the early days the ensemble was not always very good . |
| 7 | The school had a capacity to accept 625 boys but in the relevant years the school was not full to capacity . |
| 8 | She slept at last , but in the small hours the nightmare returned . |
| 9 | A considerable number of drive circuit configurations are available , but in the following Sections the discussion is limited to two of the best-known types . |
| 10 | For both Piaget and Hegel , the initial stages are highly egocentric , equivalent to the development of mind , but in the later stages the subject is increasingly confronted by the social world in which rules are imposed from the outside . |
| 11 | Erm I know it 's associated with over extraction of water at certain points but but be that as it may , but in the old days the Sussex Lands Committee er used to be er a county function and did take an overview erm of the whole West Sussex scene in terms of what happened erm it is now really now erm not our responsibility , although we put members on it , it 's a now fairly weak er joint body but it 's pretty toothless . |
| 12 | But in the bad times the market for second and retirement homes disappeared , and the local market ca n't take up the slack . |
| 13 | But within a few hours the mood changed and what Docherty now describes as ‘ unforeseen forces ’ began to operate . |
| 14 | But within a few years the Americans were using new machines , a fraction of the size , that an unskilled woman could operate for a fraction of the pay , and upon which she could spin as many stockings an hour as the Black Beauty — and without seams . |
| 15 | Sparrow Force landed at the island 's north-west port of Koebang to protect its airfield , but within a few days the Independent Company , with some Dutch troops , was sent east along the coast to occupy Dili in the Portuguese half of the island ( see map p. 77 ) where they landed on 17 December 1941 . |
| 16 | There are also improvements in the routing department : the early EGs had large pickup cavities under the scratchplates , but on the new versions the cavities have been kept as small as possible to retain wood , with the aim of improving tone and sustain . |
| 17 | This occurs because of local variations in soil properties ; on the upper part of the slope the soil may be truncated but on the lower slopes the soils are mixed with layers of various depths . |
| 18 | But for the largest banks the whole business has meant big pickings … ’ |