Example sentences of "but [prep] [noun sg] [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People talk about how much of a shock , a wonderful shock , it is the first time you realise that there are places like ours that you can go , but for Boy I had the feeling that coming to The Bar did n't feel like that much of a change in his routine . |
| 2 | ‘ Yeah , to a large degree I still scoop a lot out for the rhythm sound , but for lead I add a bit of mid . |
| 3 | I want to see elderly people looked after well and if they can be looked after at home all well and good but of course they need the facilities . |
| 4 | But of course it requires a two-way thinking operation . |
| 5 | But of course it took a little bit of time , an hour or so , and th , the woman came round again , they said ca n't do you today |
| 6 | But of course it had no power at all . |
| 7 | This approach sounds simple , but of course it demands a high degree of professionalism on everybody 's part . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's just a knack and a not entirely reliable one , ’ the Doctor replied , ‘ but of course I had a very good teacher . ’ |
| 9 | Well it sounds blissful , but of course I mean a lot of terrible things happen in the name of love including crimes , crimes of passion as there romantically called in France , I mean people have killed for love , yes . |
| 10 | Neither problem reached critical proportions between 1945 and 1951 , but with hindsight they cast a shadow over the period . |
| 11 | Salt in itself is not bad but in excess it stimulates the adrenals , encourages hypertension , arteriosclerosis and the retention of water in fatty tissue ( cellulite ) . |
| 12 | But in addition there remained the puzzle of how the helium came to be in the springs . |
| 13 | In part these various proposals reflected the circumstances of the areas concerned , whether they were densely or sparsely populated for instance ; but in part they represented the different emphasis in the proposals on the objectives being pursued . |
| 14 | But in part it reflected a genuine belief on the part of many Tory Anglicans that the Church was still inadequately protected against possible attacks from a non-Anglican monarch , and needed better legal securities . |
| 15 | Man stands over against the awful otherness of God , by which his own existence is challenged , questioned and judged ; but in faith he finds the power nonetheless to live in that encounter with God by which each present moment becomes a meeting with eternity . |
| 16 | It is surprising to find that the soft-bodied jellyfish have any fossil record at all , but in fact they have the longest one of the phylum . |
| 17 | This looks easier in that you are nearer the solution but in fact it makes the task impossible . |
| 18 | But in office he exercised a full but lazy authority . |
| 19 | In December 1863 he patented a combination of an electromagnetic generator with a magneto-electric exciter , and these machines were made in some numbers by Wilde & Company , but in use they had the disadvantage of becoming very hot . |
| 20 | Theorists have categorized these activities into a sequential series but in practice they produce a complex interrelationship ( as shown in Chapter I ) that is influenced by both a company 's products and structure . |
| 21 | In theory an excise on home production of tobacco could have produced the same revenue as a tax on imports but in practice it took a strong and efficient government to levy an excise , while almost any government could find private businessmen who would pay a lump sum of cash in return for the right to collect the official rates of customs duties at a port . |
| 22 | The challenges facing schools are considered in detail throughout this book but in essence they require a management response . |
| 23 | The whole incident made the short cut longer than the long cut but in time we reached the approach to the camp , much to the relief of Hassan who seemed to have less and less faith in the Second Son 's navigation . |
| 24 | Pandarus ' prose not only proves that he does n't take Troilus seriously , so turning our reaction towards a scepticism that stands off from full involvement , but in time it establishes the speaker as a matter-of-fact fixer , who is not only alien to romance but coarsens whatever he touches . |
| 25 | But in justice I think a society needs civil divorce and that the real concern of the Church and the community should be to work at understanding prevention . |
| 26 | That 's fine in theory , but in reality we have a problem . |
| 27 | The 1969 Act , therefore , was nominally based on a breakdown but in reality it introduced a hybrid system . |
| 28 | At first sight this would appear to be a new development , but in reality it reflects a long-term trend which has been masked until now by a series of new acquisitions which have increased total sales each year . |
| 29 | But in reality it runs the risk of becoming a green desert . |
| 30 | That was thirteen years ago , but to Yanto it seemed an eternity . |