Example sentences of "but in this [noun] [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.

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1 As in scene five , Anderson risks a loss of positive face , but in this instance he is not under an obligation to take a turn .
2 But in this case they 're not .
3 But in this case I am satisfied that Judge Galpin had the jurisdiction to make an ex parte order .
4 NORMALLY I insist on using the names of people who contact me for help , but in this case I am making an exception .
5 The church is in Romanesque style , but in this case it is mock-Romanesque , completion being many years after the style had ceased to be used .
6 Examining root meanings is not everybody 's cup of tea , but in this case it is worthwhile since it sheds so much light on the nature of doubt .
7 the slave has absolutely no deliberative faculty ; the woman has but its authority is imperfect ; so has the child , but in this case it is immature .
8 The result is certainly a change of meaning : The cat sat on the moss ; but in this case it is impossible to find a different sentence in which the same substitution of forms produces a parallel change of meaning .
9 But in this case it 's not even true .
10 Normally I 'd also put out road blocks but in this case it 's already too late . ’
11 Most families in a village like this expect their children to work on the farm when they get older , but in this case it was different .
12 The results may look conservative , but in this century it is almost a novel idea — even if born of necessity — to restore romance and comedy to ‘ The Merchant of Venice . ’
13 Our God is a communicator ; we see that in a supreme way in His gift of Jesus — but in this passage it is clear that God wanted to make sure that everyone in the land could understand the seriousness of the problem .
14 ‘ The English people think that they are free , but in this belief they are profoundly wrong .
15 But in this chapter we are asking how improbable , how miraculous , a single event we are allowed to postulate .
16 But in this chapter I am going to argue just the opposite .
17 But in this connection it is worth noting here that we found women even more likely than men to say they would prefer to pay extra for credit insurance , against the risk of inability to repay : credit insurance is discussed in the section immediately following this .
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