Example sentences of "but in the [adj] [noun] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the long term he opened the way to the great revolution in industry that came with the advances on his original idea , made by such as James Watt and Richard Trevithick ( qq.v . ) . |
| 2 | But in the latter year he also published Neue teutsche [ sic ] Gesang nach Art der welschen Madrigalien und Canzonetten in which the weight of German words naturally affects the music ; when he sets translations of Italian texts he has also composed , the difference is startling : |
| 3 | He opened the familiar door , giving the aluminium plate a rub with his sleeve , but in the tiny vestibule he paused . |
| 4 | But in the final hour he did deliver the goods , taking impromptu questions from the audience . |
| 5 | But in the three years he had worked for her , she had n't deceived him . |
| 6 | The main reason for the better than expected results appeared to be a delay in expenditure by the regional governments but in the longer term he said that cuts in public expenditure had helped to reduce the budget deficit from a peak of almost 13 per cent of gross national product ( GNP ) in 1982 to 7.8 per cent in 1988 and 6.6 per cent in 1989 . |
| 7 | For a number of weeks he was unable to train with his colleagues , but in the past fortnight he has been able to step up his training . |
| 8 | For a number of weeks he was unable to train with his colleagues , but in the past fortnight he has been able to step up his training . |
| 9 | But in the past year he has slipped quietly into the background as team manager Micky Stewart and captain Graham Gooch have dominated selection . |
| 10 | Charlie Hatton had always been cocky but in the past weeks he 'd become insufferable and most of the meetings had broken up like this . |
| 11 | The Party Secretary , like a British prime minister , could have great influence and authority , but in the last resort he was essentially primus inter pares — first among equals — and had to carry his colleagues with him . |