Example sentences of "but [prep] [art] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The decision to compete with the fiction lending libraries altered things , but for a while the old remedy of pulping was resorted to , sometimes with amusing consequences as the flood of popular titles reached ever greater strength .
2 Monetary values depend on the size of the organisation but for a company the size of Lucas Automotive the potential savings from each review have generally run into hundreds of thousands of pounds .
3 The wife of the Kha-Khan was saying something , but for a moment the Yek was incomprehensible .
4 Budgets will be devolved to team managers but for the present the department lacks the confidence .
5 But for the rest the similarity in the descriptions of station encampments shows a remarkable continuity between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries .
6 But for the English the system of requisitioning , together with a few ships which might be built in both inland and seaside ports , and those constructed at Bayonne , were sufficient to meet most of their needs .
7 The period of study depends upon entry qualifications , but for the MPhil a minimum of 12 months full-time study is required .
8 The period of study depends upon entry qualifications but for the MPhil a minimum of 12 months full-time study is required .
9 Defeat of the Axis troops in Tunisia marked in Churchill 's words ‘ the end of the beginning ’ but for the enemy the beginning of the end and was indeed the turning point of the Second World War .
10 Failure has driven some in the past to tears , but for the moment the 22-year-old Andrew Hare , from Sleaford , Lincolnshire , is quietly showing the bright-eyed optimism of the first-timer .
11 Failure has driven some in the past to tears , but for the moment the 22-year-old Andrew Hare , from Sleaford , Lincolnshire , is quietly showing the bright-eyed optimism of the first-timer .
12 Refurbishment is a top priority , but for the moment the only S-Bahn link between the two halves of the city is at Friedrichstrasse , where dozens of western companies have offices .
13 ‘ I am sure , ’ Miss Honey said , ‘ that we 'll be able to get you moved into a much higher form later on , but for the moment the Headmistress wishes you to stay where you are . ’
14 Minsky is making an interesting and important point here and I shall refer back to it , but for the moment the quotation functions purely as a sample : what it has in common with Turing 's classic paper is that it is not philosophical argument at all .
15 At intervals the defenders would come from one part or another of the ramparts to collect a supply of them ; but for the moment the firing was slack .
16 She wondered if the shredded look was at the almost unthinkable idea of a woman Prime Minister or at Cassie 's trenchant dismissal of Britain 's wartime defences ; but for the moment the confident and very arrogant ‘ leave everything to me , I know what I 'm about ’ look had been most thoroughly squashed .
17 We will examine the various different types of memory in next month 's installment , but for the moment the following rules of thumb will guide you : 8086/8088 based machines
18 Inflation analysis divides many macroeconomists , but for the moment the question is how it can be introduced to analysis .
19 More permanent changes are planned for the prison , but for the moment the inmates are being transferred to 5 new blocks complete with shower and toilet facilities .
20 Initially these are single-point characters , each designed to make a particular contribution to the course of the story , but during the narrative the lads , all around seventeen or eighteen , act with a degree of independence which lends a new depth to the book .
21 And by dusk were back in autumn ; it seemed sensible to make camp in this gentler landscape , but during the night an odd wind fetched up and snow fell , followed by an appallingly humid heat .
22 The legend goes that the first church was started at the bottom of the hill , but during the night the walls were thrown down .
23 But during the night the mice invaded their camp and gnawed through all the halters , saddle-girths , and reins , while the bears , foxes , and cats growled and howled around the outskirts of the camp with a sound fearful enough to make your blood run cold .
24 They lost , but during the struggle the rank-and-file movement gained control of the UMWA .
25 Her reasons are not to be and were not dismissed lightly , but during the hearing the situation changed dramatically .
26 It was decided to block the city centre the next weekend , but during the week the Wilsons were given a house and eleven DHAC members and supporters were summonsed .
27 But as a boy the cloud hung over me .
28 This seems a bewildering tangle of dates , but as a rule the traveller would take note only of the month and the day .
29 But after a while the Yugoslav government took them over , and converted them into agreements to supply oil .
30 They were very sympathetic but after a while the tension began to build with ever-increasing rows .
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