Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb -s] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Althusser has all along promised an escape through scientific practice , an escape that may be brief and ineffective in itself but which leads to a transformation of other practices — especially political practice . |
| 2 | The Queen 's Speech , which is usually delivered by the Queen in person but which consists of a text prepared by the government setting out the government 's proposed programme for the session , follows , and the Commons return to their chamber . |
| 3 | Well she was gon na have the three piece suite actually but she lives in a bungalow and of course the settee was a six foot settee which they do n't make now |
| 4 | ‘ He 's a killer , Wallace , but he talks like a suicide . ’ |
| 5 | Jones is not challenging the verdict of the FA commission , which found him guilty of bringing the game into disrepute , but he hopes for a reduction in the heaviest punishment ever imposed on an individual player . |
| 6 | ‘ But he operates in a world that I do n't want any part of . |
| 7 | But he admits to a talent for living large . |
| 8 | And my friend is quite human , but he comes from a world very far away . |
| 9 | When they suggest a dance to my companion , Wesley , there seems no harm — but it turns into a smooch . |
| 10 | When they suggest a dance to my companion , Wesley , there seems no harm — but it turns into a smooch . |
| 11 | When they suggest a dance to my companion , Wesley , there seems no harm — but it turns into a smooch . |
| 12 | This distinguishes the criminal problem from the civil , but it sounds like a counsel of despair . |
| 13 | ‘ You said it ; the quartet , four plus Charlie , but it sounds like a football match , does n't it ? |
| 14 | For many this is just costume dressing , but it points to a refinement of the relaxed creed now dominant in menswear , which is bound to filter through to high street shops in the next couple of seasons . |
| 15 | Right , erm , as you 've heard , this policy is basically for your protection , but it does over a number of years , acquire a bit of savings . |
| 16 | This approach has the advantage of taking into account the individual 's perception of health but it suffers from a variety of weaknesses : certain stigmatising illnesses may be under-reported , the threshold of pain can vary between groups as well as between individuals , and the phrasing of questions can affect the outcome of such estimates . |
| 17 | Central Park looms to the south with its jewelled fringe of MidTown skyline , but it seems like a mirage beyond the grasp of Welfare City . |
| 18 | The present exhibition suffers slightly in not including any of Dahl 's large , finished paintings , but it draws on a wealth of smaller oil sketches , watercolours and drawings by both artists , as well as rare prints by Fearnley . |
| 19 | Concern about rabies may seem a somewhat trivial issue in a discussion of the huge topic of preventing infection , but it serves as a reminder that prevention is a subject which will always be fundamental to maintaining a safe environment , though the precise nature of the concern will vary among countries and over time . |
| 20 | At first this was interpreted as a separate medusa-like form , but it appears in a number of specimens in just such a position and some now think that it may have been a holdfast . |
| 21 | I have treated the problem twice with MarinOomed , but it returns after a couple of days . |
| 22 | It would n't work if the component was made from very fibrous wood which might lift with the glue but it works in a lot of circumstances which defy the ‘ sash cramp ’ solution . |
| 23 | The Germanic tribe is therefore based on shared locality rather than kinship , but it consists of a collection of kinship units each with access to a territory , thus ‘ individual landed property ( of the different families ) does not appear as a contradictory form of communal landed property , nor as mediated by the community but the other way round . |