Example sentences of "but in [adj] [noun sg] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 But in that sense she can use the car on her own .
2 Surely , one could argue , it can only be recognized by knowledge of some convention that U means z ; but in that case we can do away with talk of complex intentions and construct an account of communication based directly on the notion of conventional signal .
3 But in that case somebody ought to go and see him , ’ said Ianthe , remembering her own recent illness and how forlorn she had felt .
4 If instead of holding on to the property X had given the property to Y no inheritance tax will be in point provided Y farmed the property ( or X survived the gift by seven years ) but in that case there would have been no capital gains tax uplift on the death of X.
5 But in that case I must warn you that I have no heart .
6 He says ’ It could be solved … but in that case it would mean paying twice … the cost would fall on the poll tax payer .
7 But in that case it can not be ‘ a sensation of the lines on the paper ’ .
8 ‘ Career breaks would enable women to choose to take five , six or seven years out to have their families but in that time they would be kept in touch , ’ said Miss Armstrong .
9 They certainly could n't be overheard , but in that crowd anybody could be watching them .
10 Well , yes , but in that area it will be catering mainly for tourists , wo n't it ?
11 I know your degree meant a lot to you , but in all honesty you might have been better resting for longer … ’
12 ‘ Instead of negotiating a child will look at confrontation — but in real life you ca n't just zap people . ’
13 We might , of course , do the opposite , and try to explain the depictions of temples on coins or patterns of coin loss from our knowledge of surviving temples or official statistics for the money supply , but in this case we would be using coins as secondary evidence and not as a primary source of new information .
14 Most people are accustomed to follow linguistic rules more or less slavishly , but in this case they would be glad to change if only someone gave them a new set of clear rules to follow ( an earlier work by Miller and Swift was subtitled ‘ New Language in New Times ’ : it seems they take the optimistic view that we are living in a postfeminist world ) .
15 The following paragraphs pointed out that in unlimited competitions , although successful competitors can reasonably expect to be employed , the Government can not bind itself to employ them , but in this case they should be employed on the new Foreign Office .
16 Alternatively , you can enjoy higher internal temperatures than before without increasing your heating bills , but in this case there will be no direct savings , just a greater degree of comfort .
17 If you were to use a DOS word processor as well as a DOS spreadsheet in the Windows environment then you can use the same method but in this case you would have to use the Edit , Paste command in the Windows Control menu box .
18 The machine can be used without the dust frame cover which simply snaps on to the decking , but in this case you will lose the benefits of dust extraction ; to this end , a dust bag is supplied and this very simply pushes into a part of the side of the machine .
19 That was how he worked , but in this case he could not free himself of the notion that although Francis was the victim he might not be the central figure .
20 In normal circumstances I would have written this information off as being about the small Green Swords which come from the Rio Sarabia , but in this case I could not , as the fish concerned had been supplied from Dr Kallman 's laboratory and were correctly named .
21 " That 's not altogether unknown , of course , but in this case I 'd say it was highly unlikely , virtually impossible .
22 is that , that we as a group can , can er video the production , but it was at Perth , but in this case it would have to be
23 In a regional context restrictions seem more readily justified , but in this case it must be remembered that Costa Rica 's rights had been accepted by Nicaragua in a treaty .
24 1984 ) in the Scottish Highlands , but in this case it must be remembered that the absolute totals are fairly small .
25 Those luggers , as Denholm said , are hopeless windward sailors but in this case it will be directly astern of them and carry them down towards the Kásos Strait to the east of the easternmost tip of Crete . ’
26 ‘ We want our own state , we want our flag , ’ said a museum curator , ‘ but in this situation we can not plan anything .
27 Introduced plants are also a major problem , but in this article I shall deal only with the animals .
28 But in this climate it could be hard to find a buyer at all . ’
29 But in this programme you 'll appreciate this planned months , its planned , when did I first contact you ? , oh February was n't it , right , so we thought we 'd have pictures here and Sue would be talking in front of the pictures .
30 Well , well the main point is that actually it 's the proper , er syntactic definition of scope and , but in this context it 'll explain stuff about , er negative polarity pronouns .
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