Example sentences of "but [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Batty could fill in Fairclough 's role … but for specific games we might have to leave one of the midfielders out , as Fairclough is superb with specific man-marking jobs . |
| 2 | Realizations of the vowels in the relevant items belong to two different phonemes ; these alternants ( like type 2a variants ) are usually extremely socially salient in the community , but for obvious reasons it can be difficult to deal with them quantitatively . |
| 3 | But the police say they are taking action , but for operational reasons they ca n't reveal any details . |
| 4 | The evidence will usually be contained in a written report , but for some students it may be more suitable to present this evidence orally . |
| 5 | It is common for the gearchange to be stiff , but after 3000 miles I would have expected the ‘ newness ’ to have bedded in . |
| 6 | for the first thirteen weeks of unemployment people are allowed to look for jobs that they want to do or are skilled or experienced to do but after thirteen weeks they will be compelled to take any job that comes along . |
| 7 | This will be painful for her to endure , and for you to witness , but under normal circumstances it will pass . |
| 8 | But under these circumstances it must , from the nature of things , be at least an even chance that the jury called upon to find a publisher guilty may sympathise with his language … as fair and laudable criticism of official errors . |
| 9 | But with Great Escapes you 'll be charged £31 , not £21 , for your meals . |
| 10 | Wordwrapping is normally automatic , but with some programs you may need to give an additional Format command to tidy the edited text . |
| 11 | Now one of the things that you tend to find is that if you were to ask about groups then people regurgitate all the stuff about groups but with most questions you can usually see links to other parts of the syllabus . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I could n't wait to zoom off towards the seacat to go to France , but in 5 hours I would be . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Similarly , the victims of pollution may be readily apparent in some cases , but in many others they may be dispersed and diffuse . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | So for farming rare species : it depends how it is done ; avoid it if you can but in some cases it may be necessary . |
| 26 | The alkalinity of water arising from softening is generally harmless , but in some processes it can cause trouble . |
| 27 | Estimates suggest that the peasantry as a whole was giving up over one-third of its total rice output for much of the period , but in some areas it may have been much higher . |
| 28 | It had seemed a long way away , but in some ways it might be quite close . |
| 29 | It seems rather grandiose to label a talk with a colleague in the same office or department as an ‘ interview ’ , but in some ways it could be considered to be one , especially if our colleague is an expert in the field in which we ourselves have become interested . |
| 30 | But in exceptional circumstances it may do so . |