Example sentences of "but [adv] [art] [noun sg] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But predominantly the architecture is distinctively Lincolnshire with a preponderance of old brick farmhouses and barns , a few whitewashed cottages and many , many churches built of local greenstone . |
| 2 | ‘ With the passage of time , some things like shutters have disappeared , ’ he said , ‘ but mostly the house is just as it was when it was finished in 1906 . ’ |
| 3 | His first experiences of combat are limited skirmishes , but eventually the platoon is involved in a full-scale battle as it tries to block the path of the North Vietnamese 141st Regiment . |
| 4 | But remarkably no mention is made of welfare agencies , public enterprises or planning bodies , all of which are major additions in the extended welfare state . |
| 5 | But overwhelmingly the state is still the main provider of welfare : Britain has a welfare state . |
| 6 | But perhaps the generosity is best revealed in the anecdote rather than the manifesto : |
| 7 | Sometimes it is difficult to separate the two , but basically a hand-out is a prepared statement complete in itself , whereas , a worksheet requires student effort to complete and should stimulate further work . |
| 8 | The law relating to covenants is quite complex but basically a covenant is a legally-binding document by which you transfer some of your income to a charity for a stated period . |
| 9 | It may well be that if you set the penalties so high , and if you can have a hundred per cent detection , then there may well be a deterrent element in these crimes , but basically the law is clearing up a mess , and the mess has occurred , and then the law comes along and does the best it can . |
| 10 | You 're quite right that a number of er statements are coming out which , which do really give give erm legitimacy to this kind of violence bu bu but basically the violence is still being created or led by the poor in their attempt to , to get more . |
| 11 | But obviously the past is what makes any person . |
| 12 | Now we do n't know the long term effect of that , but the experience with the protocol violators suggests that they wo n't come to any great harm , but obviously the number is small . |
| 13 | yeah , but obviously the canteen is part of the college and could 've have still burnt down the college . |
| 14 | But obviously the answer is not to keep stepping up your operation because there 's a limit to your manpower . |
| 15 | ‘ But only the sun is papa ? ’ |
| 16 | But only the Spirit is indispensable . |
| 17 | Both the following sentences may be accepted as grammatical , but only the second is equivalent to any sentence which has already been cited in this section : ( 46 ) ill , their best salesman fell breathless , two stagehands appeared |
| 18 | Visitors animate the street and are catered for , but only the quietness is disturbed and the village remains unspoiled . |
| 19 | In parts of the movement his conducting gains extra strength and stature , but elsewhere the music is somewhat underplayed . |
| 20 | But elsewhere the situation is far less clear , partly for lack of detailed evidence and partly because the boundary is not always precisely defined in archaeologically recognizable terms . |
| 21 | Our ideas of how these originated and fitted into the early Church hierarchy are only just developing , but already the pattern is becoming clearer . |
| 22 | The snow-plough has not yet been round , but already the street is trampled by the men going to work . |
| 23 | Sometimes the plug is easily visible but normally a probe is used to detect its presence in the vagina . |
| 24 | But anyway the idea is that er the religion was , was suppressed in Ancient Egypt and because it was suppressed there , the people migrators went to the Promised Land , when they found the Promised Land there they stopped and founded a new , a new religious state , which of course is still with us . |
| 25 | The government , in its written response to the committee , refused to change the remit , but nevertheless the point is now well taken in most studies of urban regeneration . |
| 26 | You did not say which type of daffodils you had , but generally the problem is most common on multi-headed or double-flowered varieties . |
| 27 | The slightly naive view of copyright problems could be a minor criticism but generally the treatment is authoritative with the coverage stronger on schools than higher education . |
| 28 | But generally the climate is comfortably warm — ideal for small children and perfect for the Spanish ritual of the paseo , the evening parade when grandmothers , mothers and their offspring , dressed up to the nines , ride their bikes , push prams , sip coffee , choose ice-creams , and gossip like a noisy flock of birds settling down before bedtime . |
| 29 | But generally the feeling is that the appropriate sort of area for Greater York er in terms of the main linkages erm are is that defined in the Greater York study , which appeared to er find some support in the local government commission for example . |
| 30 | One must hope that Maxwell will be well enough to assume the role next week , but meanwhile the company is to be congratulated on replacing him with so sterling a performance by this seasoned professional . |