Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb base] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I understand the emotional pull that devolution has for people in Scotland , but I hope that every Scot will examine very carefully what it would mean in practice for Scotland and for the rest of the United Kingdom . |
| 2 | But I hope that the Court of Appeal will soon have occasion to consider the Manchester Corporation case . |
| 3 | There were a lot of people to work with , but I hope that the experience from monitoring these projects will be valuable . |
| 4 | It has been possible , relatively simply , to prescribe most qualifying lenders on the face of the Bill , but I hope that the Opposition and others will understand that provision for others , including some institutional and centralised lenders , can be made in the regulations that we shall introduce in due course . |
| 5 | I have , of course , been very selective , but I hope that the book will cast further light on surviving Roman monuments and the collections of antiquities displayed in the British Museum and elsewhere . |
| 6 | We are strong supporters of the peace process , but I hope that the House will recognise that it will be a long and difficult road . |
| 7 | But I hope that the debate will not rest there . |
| 8 | My family has set some poor standards but I hope that the breakdown of three of my children 's marriages will be seen as what it is , an honest admission of failure and a hope that a happier future lies in separate lives . |
| 9 | You know , but I mean if the church can not find contributions it really ca n't ! |
| 10 | He was prepared to forgo some of his rights , but I contend that the state is required to defend those rights for the benefit of its citizens . |
| 11 | For example : ‘ I will be sad that we wo n't all be together at Christmas , but I know that a holiday away is really what I need . ’ |
| 12 | I ca n't remember them all now , but I know that no speaking was allowed in the class-rooms , corridors or on the stairs ; no running anywhere indoors ; no borrowing of any kind ; all long hair had to be plaited ; indoor shoes were never to be worn outside , nor outdoor shoes inside , and there were specific shoes for games , gym , hockey and so on ; school uniform was strictly enforced , and hats compulsory . |
| 13 | But I know that the money will not last if you do not begin your studies this autumn . |
| 14 | Well I 've put the big one in but I know that the rest would n't go in . |
| 15 | But I fear that the scale of respective commitment may begin to differ . |
| 16 | I stated my views to Lord Stanley as fully as I could , but I fear that the Exchequer is not in a condition to enable him to second my views , 1 think you will do me the credit to say that if any man can organize an Expedition for interior research I can , and that there are few if any here more qualified from experience for such a task . |
| 17 | I will raise the point with my right hon. Friend , but I doubt whether a statement next week would be appropriate . |
| 18 | A computer programmer would almost certainly get a computer to do it that way , but I doubt whether the brain does . |
| 19 | LORD ELLENBOROUGH : I think Harris v. Watson was rightly decided ; but I doubt whether the ground of public policy , upon which Lord Kenyon is stated to have proceeded , be the true principle on which the decision is to be supported . |
| 20 | But I doubt if the Mafia is involved . |
| 21 | The constable might not have minded the instant promotion but I doubt if the commissioner would have been too happy had I relegated him to the ranks ! ) |
| 22 | I am grateful for the intervention by my hon. Friend the Member for Blaydon ( Mr. McWilliam ) , but I realise that the Minister responsible now wishes to intervene . |
| 23 | Er but I refute that the County Council is unsympathetic to local concerns . |
| 24 | But I appreciate that every job lost is a personal tragedy for the person involved . |
| 25 | Some people might claim that this is the equivalent of a retreat from reality ; but I wonder if the world of the emotions is not more real than the superficial actions that men think of as reality and I wonder if the world of the mind which is the highest evolutionary factor of man is not more real than the ordinary facts that we are really so far from understanding . |
| 26 | ( The fact that I found it offensive to have to make any such argument for human equality shows that I was working with an ethical a priori approach , but I believe that a case can be made . ) |
| 27 | But I believe that the councillor er is somewhat cynical in the what that he has put this forward . |
| 28 | It is a question with which promoters and television are constantly grappling , but I believe that the answer is self-evident . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's been said that I am a much improved player this season ’ , Hamilton says , ‘ but I believe that the difference is merely that I am that much more confident . |
| 30 | On funding : I detect a swing back of the pendulum from the excesses of market forces of the early 80s , but I predict that the recession will squeeze funding further . |