Example sentences of "but in [adj] [noun] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reich 's use of ethnographic evidence is suspect , but in general terms it could be admitted that there could in Freudian theory be differences of the type which Reich pointed out , even if his evidence may not have been carefully formulated . |
| 2 | I could n't wait to zoom off towards the seacat to go to France , but in 5 hours I would be . |
| 3 | But in that sense she can use the car on her own . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ But in that case somebody ought to go and see him , ’ said Ianthe , remembering her own recent illness and how forlorn she had felt . |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | But in that case I must warn you that I have no heart . |
| 8 | He says ’ It could be solved … but in that case it would mean paying twice … the cost would fall on the poll tax payer . |
| 9 | But in that case it can not be ‘ a sensation of the lines on the paper ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | They certainly could n't be overheard , but in that crowd anybody could be watching them . |
| 12 | Well , yes , but in that area it will be catering mainly for tourists , wo n't it ? |
| 13 | Now , there are good reasons why we might want to do that , but in economic terms you 'll reduce the net welfare of the economy , or the world simply because you 're diverting resources away from efficient modes of production into inefficient modes of production . |
| 14 | I know your degree meant a lot to you , but in all honesty you might have been better resting for longer … ’ |
| 15 | A depressive reaction of psychotic proportion frequently occurs alone but in other cases it may be replaced by a state of mania which may also , though more rarely , be found without swings into depression . |
| 16 | Such cats may be at a disadvantage when hunting , because their sense of directional sound will be poor , but in other respects they can lead normal lives and make good mothers . |
| 17 | The opening passage of Henry James 's The Pupil resembles the preceding extract in its in medias res technique , but in other respects one could scarcely find two more dissimilar beginnings to a story . |
| 18 | In older systems , this will usually be a gravity-fed circuit separate from the pumped central heating circuit , but in modern systems it will be a pumped circuit which operates together with the central heating . |
| 19 | ‘ Instead of negotiating a child will look at confrontation — but in real life you ca n't just zap people . ’ |
| 20 | Such models are much too simple to describe the complex viscoelastic behaviour of a polymer , nor do they provide any real insight into the molecular mechanism of the process , but in certain instances they can prove useful in assisting the understanding of the viscoelastic process . |
| 21 | Similarly , the victims of pollution may be readily apparent in some cases , but in many others they may be dispersed and diffuse . |
| 22 | Inevitably they will not suit every need , but in many cases they can be adapted , used as models or as a source of ideas for a teacher-produced worksheet , which can target particular objectives and be tailored for a particular age or ability range . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's difficult to estimate the cost of making your house safe if it is found to have a serious problem , but in many cases it will be around £1,000 . |
| 24 | Most homes now have some form of lost insulation , as a result of Government campaigns and gradually improving Building Regulations , but in many cases it will be less than the current minimum requirement for new homes , of a 100mm thick layer of glass fibre or a similar insulant . |
| 25 | A new kitchen could cost thousands of pounds , but in many cases you can transform your old one into a dream kitchen at very modest cost by re-using the carcasses , and simply replacing the doors , drawer fronts and worktops with new ones from Distinctive Doors . |
| 26 | He is likely to be very bright and to find learning easy but in many cases he will be coached and encouraged by a parent ( usually the father ) in that one direction so that he becomes a prodigy or a ‘ genius ’ at mathematics . |
| 27 | Materials for environmental or other field-work may include cameras and tape recorders , or simply measuring tapes and surveying equipment , but in many cases there will also be a work-card or outline to guide the activity . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 ) . |
| 30 | 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 . |