Example sentences of "but [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dec. 10 Algerian President Chadli initiates Arab mediation effort , but Saudis on Dec. 16 refuse to see him . |
| 2 | But times have changed and chefs may not be able to get away with overcharging for simple dishes using relatively inexpensive ingredients for much longer … or perhaps they will . |
| 3 | As representatives of the ranks of the great unfashionable made their way to their seats weighed down by crates of lager , it was clear , at the band 's first British appearance for seven years , that paunches may come and full heads of hair may go , but times do n't change . |
| 4 | At the end of the thirteen years of Conservative rule , Britain was still an offshore island of the United States , but times were changing . |
| 5 | But times had changed . |
| 6 | But times had changed since 1898 ; wartime regulations had rationed liquor purchases to one bottle per month per customer . |
| 7 | But times have changed , and with several successful campaigns behind it ( goats have been eradicated from five islands ) Galapagos conservation is taking a new direction . |
| 8 | But times have changed and it 's different now . |
| 9 | But times have changed . |
| 10 | Her great-grandmother had never dressed herself without the help of a lady 's maid , but times had changed since then . |
| 11 | But times had changed , the Great War had seen to that . |
| 12 | But times had changed again . |
| 13 | But times have changed . |
| 14 | Luxor and Aswan still draw tourists up the Nile , but times have changed and standards have slipped . |
| 15 | ‘ It used to be like that , but times have changed , ’ Harry argued . |
| 16 | But times had changed . |
| 17 | Della tried to find work , but times were bad , and there was no work for her . |
| 18 | Those of you going into large practices may think well , I 'll never advocate , counsel will do it , but times are changing . |
| 19 | But times have moved on … concern over the environment has grown and pressure from the Greens has forced the other parties to take ecological issues seriously . |
| 20 | But times have moved on . |
| 21 | Fenella looked at Floy and remembered about the Robemaker and the way he had captured Nuadu and rendered them all helpless , and about the exiled Court and the sidh and the Tree Spirits that Miach had almost awoken , and which might turn out not to be friends , but enemies . |
| 22 | Jacklin aims for US Seniors Tour but pledges support for Europe |
| 23 | But Byrnes failed to appreciate the importance of Roosevelt 's personal standing in the Kremlin ( even Stalin professed to be moved by his death ) , while his own successful experience as a horse-trading domestic politician led him to underestimate the difficulty of dealing with foreigners — and especially the Russians who shared few if any of his values and assumptions . |
| 24 | His front was toasting , but icicles seemed to be lying along his back . |
| 25 | But scribblers like me and Rob on the page before this ? |
| 26 | This species is from Canada , but eurypterids occur on most continents . |
| 27 | But conodonts have never been found in situ in in animal , and until Derek Briggs , Euan Clarkson and Richard Aldridge described their ‘ find ’ there was no evidence to support the speculations concerning the nature of conodonts ( Lethaia , vol 16 , p 1 ) . |
| 28 | But attempts at social engineering usually lead to downfall . |
| 29 | There was a herdbook from 1920 until 1957 when it was found to fail to breed true , but attempts are now being made to reform the breed society . |
| 30 | But attempts at writing rules of thumb are already underway at the White House , and the task has proven a lightning rod for complaints that politics are corrupting science . |