Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb -s] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richards holds that in poetry the function of " feeling " tends to dominate that of " sense " , while Jakobson identifies a special " poetic " function , which can be found in many uses of language , but which dominates over other functions in poetry . |
| 2 | Well she 's only got two , but she entertains about five others . |
| 3 | But she sits there all night flat as a shadow on the wall and there is music and celebration and other people dancing . |
| 4 | But she does about two pound of root ginger . |
| 5 | Such a restructuring of the education system is something that Warnock ( 1988 ) points to as being long overdue , but she makes only fleeting references to the implications that this might have for special needs . |
| 6 | Paula , aged twenty-three in 1945 and working for the Worcester Brass Company in Birmingham , had no hesitation in sticking up for herself : The report adds : ‘ Paula is living a very bright life with plenty of entertainment and dancing , but she knows how many beans make five ! , |
| 7 | ‘ All right , I have an overdraft — but who does n't these days — and I am well within the agreed limit . |
| 8 | Nothing is easier than to obey a master who is perhaps exacting , but who rules over all details of life , assures one 's daily bread , and makes it possible to banish all concern from the mind . |
| 9 | But who carries out this type of abuse ? |
| 10 | With this particular letter I can not say why he chose not to , but he receives so many letters that he can not physically respond to all of them . ’ |
| 11 | With this particular letter I can not say why he chose not to , but he receives so many letters that he can not physically respond to all of them . ’ |
| 12 | Some call him a good bread-and-butter player , but he has not apparent weaknesses . |
| 13 | Manager Lennie Lawrence said : ‘ Slaven was not picked tonight but he has as much chance as any other player of playing at Tranmere on Friday night . |
| 14 | He may be great in the eyes of the world , with his property and wealth , but he has very few friends to attend his funeral and never achieves the only thing he cares about . |
| 15 | Lloyds runs a similar scheme but it involves just one institution . |
| 16 | But it takes so much time and you 're leaving tomorrow . |
| 17 | This calculation may look cumbersome , but it takes very little time and provides record storage positions very effectively . |
| 18 | On the contrary , it may not last but it represents perhaps one way to move away from traditional easel painting , for example . |
| 19 | The council tax is related to the number of people in a house , but it offers more generous treatment for people such as students , who will not add to the household bill . |
| 20 | You get a pension of course but it depends how many years |
| 21 | They say lightning never strikes twice but it does when old Shallot 's around . |
| 22 | The House of Lords may be the highest court in the land , but it hears comparatively few appeals each year . |
| 23 | but it says here nominal input twenty five watts R M S here it says maximum what forty watts |
| 24 | This process can sometimes weaken the pile fibres , but it produces extremely attractive shades of muted red and rose . |
| 25 | The 2D has the same colour quality and light output as an ordinary 100 W light bulb but it uses only 21 W of electricity ( 16 W for the lamp and 5 W for the control gear ) . |
| 26 | But it requires more crude oil than ‘ normal ’ petrol . |
| 27 | It 's presumably popular for its unusual appearance , but it requires very dim lighting and a peat or sand substrate in which it can burrow for food . |
| 28 | It requires more of a person , but it gives back more self-satisfaction . |
| 29 | Art therapy can be of immense value to some Disabled people , as it is to some non-Disabled people , but it has not intrinsic link to Disability and offers no solution to the problem as Disabled people perceive it . |
| 30 | This may not be a totally convincing critique of modern society , but it has clear modern relevance and is more than mere dislike . |