Example sentences of "but [prep] [art] [noun] the " 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 | Like anywhere there 's crime … but for the residents the so-called Blackbird Leys jungle is a media invention , the troubles of ninety one were grossly magnified by the media spotlight . |
| 5 | Budgets will be devolved to team managers but for the present the department lacks the confidence . |
| 6 | But for the rest the similarity in the descriptions of station encampments shows a remarkable continuity between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | Inflation analysis divides many macroeconomists , but for the moment the question is how it can be introduced to analysis . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The legend goes that the first church was started at the bottom of the hill , but during the night the walls were thrown down . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | They lost , but during the struggle the rank-and-file movement gained control of the UMWA . |
| 23 | Her reasons are not to be and were not dismissed lightly , but during the hearing the situation changed dramatically . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | But as a boy the cloud hung over me . |
| 26 | This seems a bewildering tangle of dates , but as a rule the traveller would take note only of the month and the day . |
| 27 | But after a while the Yugoslav government took them over , and converted them into agreements to supply oil . |
| 28 | They were very sympathetic but after a while the tension began to build with ever-increasing rows . |
| 29 | But after a while the Zionists got impatient for ‘ Brits Out ’ so they started a ‘ Kill the British ’ campaign . |
| 30 | But after a while the White Rabbit came past again , looking for his white gloves and his fan . |