Example sentences of "but [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But attachment is more than cupboard love . |
| 2 | Various explanations have been offered as to how they function but attachment probably depends on the fact that the structures concerned are covered with tubular tenent hairs , the apices of which are moistened by a glandular secretion ( Fig. 23 ) . |
| 3 | The related thorny question of abortion was another topic , and Mr. Jenks was cheered when , referring to his work in hospitals , he said : ‘ I have never seen a woman who wanted an abortion , but plenty who felt they had no alternative ’ , citing education to stop unwanted pregnancies as the real solution . |
| 4 | But resistance continued . |
| 5 | But resistance to government reorganization was not simply based on self-interest ; what a person 's self-interest was , was defined by institutions and economic expectations , by a social framework which was to some extent traditional and entrenched . |
| 6 | not submission but resistance . |
| 7 | To the targets of those terrible promises , there could have been no course but resistance at any price . |
| 8 | Ill-equipped and deplorably led armies behaved shamingly in action ; but resistance continued . |
| 9 | But resistance which is both group-based and informal can be very difficult for management to pin down . |
| 10 | Commercial confidentiality is understandable , but resistance to giving information often seems to be endemic among producers . |
| 11 | Another factor inimical to corals is prolonged emersion , but resistance to this varies with the species . |
| 12 | But resistance within the Treasury to what is seen as a potentially inflation-stoking measure could result in a delay allowing a consultative green paper before the December Budget . |
| 13 | But resistance , the more resistance |
| 14 | I know , but bit different . |
| 15 | But thing , things that you should be doing but bit too early to be start doing . |
| 16 | But dégorgement dates back at least as far as Dom Pérignon , who we know kept bottles stored , neck downward , in a bed of sand in order to encourage the sediment to drift down to the base of the cork . |
| 17 | And what he really meant to say was , you ca n't use money as a er a as a sort of parallel to energy , but paradigm does n't mean parallel , it means something , something different . |
| 18 | But Domino … oh , Damian , why did you keep telling me you were sleeping with her ? |
| 19 | But nurseryman Peter Summers of Teme Valley Nursery at Tenbury reckons that the English variety is far superior . |
| 20 | But technique in abundance will not always stifle feel : witness Gary Moore . |
| 21 | In the ring the drivers and their horses must look as smart and well turned out as possible … but technique is essential too … |
| 22 | The next day he started quizzing Tom on the possibility of setting up a pig-farm where the object was not to produce meat , but milk and cheese . |
| 23 | But seaweed and stones lodged in the uprooted bushes that littered the low hills and meadows ; beehives were found where they rolled in the bed of a stream ; fish lay silver in farmyards , and drowned sheep on the shore . |
| 24 | As a description this has a lot of force but description must not be confused with prescription . |
| 25 | She tried making friends with other women who had children , exploring ways of shared childcare ; but faith was not enough , they were bogged down by impossible travel arrangements , endless irresponsibility and hopeless public transport . |
| 26 | But faith , it would say , is a deliberate defiance of what reason says , a leap into the dark that accepts that which it claims is ‘ absurd ’ or ‘ paradoxical ’ . |
| 27 | Yet what is doubt but faith suffering from mistreatment or malnutrition ? |
| 28 | But faith is also reflective , though mere memories are never allowed to become nostalgia or remorse . |
| 29 | An area of mystery is rational to God , but faith must suspend judgement and not press human reason to answer questions when it has insufficient information . |
| 30 | But faith has always played a big part in the game , and in France they have often made things happen simply by believing . |