Example sentences of "but [prep] [adj] [noun] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WADING THROUGH mud or swimming through a cold ravine with just a few oatcakes and nuts to keep you going is not very one 's cup of tea , but for six Risley lads it was fun . |
| 2 | It is tough , but with top quality artists we have a responsibility to offer their music to the public , however difficult it is to let them hear it . |
| 3 | There are many rumours that people in other countries are reproducing test-tube fusion , but in American government labs they are getting nowhere ; however , many people do not believe them and assert that the big laboratories are seeing the phenomenon and keeping quiet because the oil companies with so much to lose have bought their silence . |
| 4 | Largely because of their native climate and sparse grazing , they are small animals standing perhaps 100–110cm at the withers on the islands and weighing 300–350kg , but in improved mainland environments they reach 116–122cm and can weigh 50 per cent more than the island cattle . |
| 5 | But to most bureaux workers it is too reminiscent of the DHSS ticket system . |