Example sentences of "but [subord] [adj] [conj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some sense there is nothing new in this , as the question of obscene and indecent literature in libraries shows , but whereas obscene and indecent literature is a source of conflict between users and librarians , some of the new , vaguer areas of literary censorship will force librarians to be more cognizant of legal prosecution . |
| 2 | But whether serial or parallel processing turns out to be the way the brain works ( there will be more to say about this too in the next chapters ) , there will be cellular events associated with both the short-term and the long-term phase , and we have to try to distinguish between them experimentally . |
| 3 | Talking about Esmerelda , and what had happened to her , still brought on mini-fits and screams and total withdrawal for a while , but after long and patient questioning by my father and Diggs I let them know what I wanted them to think had happened — a big kite ; Esmerelda becoming entangled in the lines ; me trying to help her and the winch slipping out of my fingers ; desperate running ; then a blank . |
| 4 | Requests for help tend to centre upon children within the family but when financial or emotional disaster strikes the advice sought centres upon much more fundamental questions than progress in literacy or computation . |
| 5 | But when permissive or instructional therapy is needed , the interesting question is why people remain so ignorant about their bodies and potential sexuality when there are so many relevant books on the market , when sex education is provided in schools and when many glossy magazines promote the virtue and necessity of orgasm . |
| 6 | But as European and Japanese business turned their attention to the US market their relatively low wage costs allowed them to make substantial inroads . |
| 7 | Sex-blind treatment appeals to women 's self-respect , and is fine for those who have successfully seized new opportunities in education and the labour market , but as long as equal treatment extends only to paid work , it does not give proper recognition to the contribution and needs of most women . |