Example sentences of "but thanks " in BNC.
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| 1 | But thanks . ’ |
| 2 | Regardless of road conditions , the SL always feels firm , but thanks to excellent damping , it can still dismiss ridges and pot holes with consummate ease . |
| 3 | But thanks to the ingenuity of Edward Adeane , who planned it all , no one found them . |
| 4 | But thanks to its urgent need for ‘ hard ’ ( ie. capitalist ) currency , even Albania was forced to open its borders to tourism some time ago . |
| 5 | This was not so in 1946 , but thanks to the blatancy of Soviet hostility , to the efforts of Churchill and Ernest |
| 6 | I was panicking a bit about a week before the sale as stuff was not coming in very quickly but thanks to Nursery Needs and all those who did last minute searches we had a good amount of stuff to sell in the end . |
| 7 | But thanks to drivers as indomitable as their machines , Timbuctu could become the Le Mans of the desert . |
| 8 | A few years later , mass produced model cars were commonplace , but thanks to Dad my friends and I spent many happy hours with the early version he produced in 1923 . |
| 9 | ‘ But thanks anyway . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm too old for it now , but thanks for the thought , ’ Morrow eventually managed . |
| 11 | ‘ But thanks . ’ |
| 12 | Mrs Critten has an invalid husband , so is unable to get out and about very much , but thanks to Denise and Julia she is able to carry on with her Machine Knitting . |
| 13 | I was drenched in sweat , bottom sheet twisted in sinewy hands , but thanks to Sister Attila , I could control it . |
| 14 | The ‘ Birds were due to play , but thanks to ‘ the wrong kind of snow ’ or something erm , did n't ) , a tired and emotional GRAHAM from BLUR , JUSTIN from SPITFIRE and BOBBY GILLESPIE , who , frankly , impressed no-one when he turned up surrounded by a bevy of rock lovelies , swanned through onto the T&C balcony , watched Nick C for a full 12 seconds and then swanned back out again . |
| 15 | If Labour had won the election , it would have abolished the Broadcasting Standards Council , but thanks to the Conservative victory , the BSC has been saved for the nation . |
| 16 | Just a few years ago these beautiful creatures faced being clubbed to death by hunters , but thanks to pressure from wildlife organisations , they have been spared . |
| 17 | ‘ If it 's Love on the Dole , I 've seen it , but thanks all the same . ’ |
| 18 | There it will only be 6pm local time , but thanks to Indiana 's all-electronic system , votes will be tallied on a running basis throughout the day . |
| 19 | Neither the man nor his union could have pursued the case alone , but thanks to the insurance he eventually collected £22,500 compensation . |
| 20 | But thanks to a team of pioneering transplant surgeons in America , Laura can look forward to a happy life . |
| 21 | But thanks . ’ |
| 22 | The Night Goblins continued to harass the Dwarf column all the way to the Citadel , but thanks to their heavy armour and natural toughness there were few more casualties . |
| 23 | But thanks to ‘ ideologically sound ’ folks like you , we have to print Bash 's disgusting portrait just to show we are n't sexist ! |
| 24 | But thanks to the newspapers , now circulating millions of copies in a population over 80 per cent literate , birth control was ‘ brought onto every Englishman 's breakfast table ’ ( Banks and Banks 1954 ) . |
| 25 | ‘ No , but thanks anyway , Rick , ’ Whitlock replied then turned back to Carmen . |
| 26 | But thanks to their 28 victories in the constituencies the Conservatives would have had nine seats ( 28 minus 19 ) too many , whilst from the pool of ten additional seats it would have been impossible to furnish both the nine additional seats due to Labour ( 11 minus two won in constituencies ) and the ten additional seats owing to the Liberals . |
| 27 | ‘ Hardly the time for compliments , but thanks all the same . ’ |
| 28 | But thanks to you , sir , ’ he leaned out and took Hope 's right hand between his palms and pressed it , ‘ thanks to you , I believe we are safe . ’ |
| 29 | An early goal by the visitors made it look as though we were heading for our nineteenth League defeat of the season , but thanks to my inspirational coaching from the touchline , new boy Kev Knowles levelled the score on the stroke of half-time . |
| 30 | But thanks to advances in long-term care and support for children and adults with Down 's syndrome , their prospects for a happy and fulfilling future have never been brighter . |