Example sentences of "but [adj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one rural Argentine study , the contribution of the sons to the family productive unit was in the form of agricultural tasks , but that of the daughters took the form of monetary contributions , earned through migration ( Miró and Rodríguez 1982 ) . |
| 2 | But two-thirds of the profits rebound , or £9.3 million , came from Brossette , acquired last year , and the balance from the US , where trading profits rose 33 per cent to £18 million , and from manufacturing , which contributed 17 per cent more at £10.7 million . |
| 3 | But little of the earnings trickle downwards : most of the foreign currency earned goes on imports of food and goods demanded by the predominantly white and affluent visitors . |
| 4 | In many wills it would not be needed ; but some of the texts examined show it playing a more vital role . |
| 5 | Nearly half of these poorer people came from within a 20-mile radius , but some of the others came long distances . |
| 6 | That may be his paramount qualification for ‘ going to the Castle ’ , but some of the others seem hardly less important . |
| 7 | But some of the boys appreciated his solid scholarship and the great pains he took to help them , and the nickname ‘ Granny Gow ’ was bestowed upon him not without affection . |
| 8 | yeah , but some of the letters have come , in fact they sent me that catalogue you know |
| 9 | They tried to make the Social Work Department follow its guidelines , but some of the parents believed the social workers did n't know much about the document at all . |
| 10 | But some of the headmasters have a deliberate multi-denominational policy in terms of ethos and curriculum and the schools do provide multi-denominational settings which , if researched , could throw light on debates about denominational and shared schools . |
| 11 | It seems franchising has a garland of white heather and four-leaved clover but some of the operations have rabbits feet wearing horseshoes as well . |
| 12 | Lugh said with amused tolerance that these were all fairy tales , but some of the soldiers said , were they indeed . |
| 13 | The analysis of human motives is , of course , a precarious undertaking ; but some of the connections made in the past between scientific and religious ideals were strong enough to bear reconstruction in such terms . |
| 14 | The sun lit the drops and sparkled in sharp bursts of white light ; but some of the drops caught and fractured the light so that Comfort appeared to be the source of a million tiny rainbows . |
| 15 | But some of the risks start to disappear just three days after giving up |
| 16 | Bile acids may be mutagenic , but some of the techniques used have been questioned . |
| 17 | By 1987 the INLA was thought to have destroyed itself , but some of the fragments joined disillusioned Provisionals to form the Irish People 's Liberation Organisation . |
| 18 | And I never had any problem at all when I was there but some of the keepers had . |
| 19 | They say things are better for the bairns now since they brought the hours down to ten , but some of the pigs get over that . |
| 20 | But some of the words have all gone just now and |
| 21 | Like the LEA , the committee must seek to grant parental preference , but subject to the exceptions contained in section 6 in so far as these have not been dis-applied by the 1988 Act ( see below ) . |
| 22 | But three of the supermarkets involved insist that their hygiene standards are high and their own tests found no evidence of bacteria . |
| 23 | Sadly , Jimmy died in 1989 , but all of the achievements owe much to this dear , departed , friend . |
| 24 | Out of the Frame , the compactness of the gallery restricts Mike Roles ' unique photo sculptures to a couple of pieces , but many of the artists working maquettes should compensate for this ( until 7 Mar ) . |
| 25 | Successive governments have had their reform policies but many of the misgivings remain . |
| 26 | The consortium leaders say the best they can hope for is getting back half their money but many of the miners look set to reject the offer . |
| 27 | But many of the studies have been on non-diabetic subjects and the hypoglycaemic stimulus was not always identical . |
| 28 | Natural scientists have been giving increasing attention to GEC , both nationally and internationally , but many of the questions confronting policymakers and citizens can only be answered through research in the social sciences . |
| 29 | There were the inevitable late-night nutters ringing in after a beer too many , but many of the questions revolved around the evolution of humans . |
| 30 | But many of the boys took a long time to get over their paralysed state . |