Example sentences of "but [prep] a [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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31 | But in an instant the laughter was gone from the Political Officer 's mouth . |
32 | But in an election the facts speak for themselves ; if you do not get the right message across to the right people , you lose . |
33 | But within a fortnight the Indian Round Table Conference had opened in London , and the second fissiparous issue had filled any gap left by the temporary subsidence of the first . |
34 | But within a century a great change took place . |
35 | The liquid dispersed the frost , but within an hour the ground was freezing again . |
36 | From the surrounding dales , Ingleborough 's finer parts are often hidden by the billowing folds of its foothills , but from a distance the stepped profile is easily recognisable , and dominates the countryside of West Craven . |
37 | Stones can be moved around until you get it right , but on a lawn the pattern should be laid out with pegs initially . |
38 | But at a stroke the Chancellor has severely dented our efforts . ’ |
39 | Normally the forces from one molecule are counterbalanced by equal attraction by other molecules but at an interface the forces become unbalanced . |
40 | Even knitting wool was on ration , but for a time a keen knitter could go into a shop and buy up hanks of thin darning wool ( un-rationed ) and use that to knit with , until some spoilsport in the Government ruined that idea by decreeing that all darning wool should be cut into approximately twenty inch lengths before it was put into the shops . |