Example sentences of "but in [adj] case it " in BNC.

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1 Interestingly , the word ‘ Riserva ’ ( spelt thus ) is also applied to Italian Chianti — but in that case it means the wines are three years old before being bottled .
2 But in that case it can not be ‘ a sensation of the lines on the paper ’ .
3 He says ’ It could be solved … but in that case it would mean paying twice … the cost would fall on the poll tax payer .
4 In both cases the camouflage is interfering with the natural elements , but in one case it is attacking the whole shape , while in the other it is blotting out the appendages .
5 The actual form of organisation adopted was by no means standardised but in each case it was subject to direct political control [ Chester , 1975 ] .
6 The church is in Romanesque style , but in this case it is mock-Romanesque , completion being many years after the style had ceased to be used .
7 The nominal subject of such quarrels is of course secondary to the couple 's need to hurt each other , but in this case it appeared to centre on the Parsons ' childlessness .
8 Examining root meanings is not everybody 's cup of tea , but in this case it is worthwhile since it sheds so much light on the nature of doubt .
9 I 've never been a fan of compressors for guitars , but in this case it makes quite a lot of difference when it comes to creating and controlling a guitar sound .
10 But in this case it 's not even true .
11 The tale is all too familiar , but in this case it has a tragic poignancy : Leopold 's heart was broken by his son 's defection , and the rift between them remained unhealed even at the old man 's death .
12 Normally I 'd also put out road blocks but in this case it 's already too late . ’
13 Those luggers , as Denholm said , are hopeless windward sailors but in this case it will be directly astern of them and carry them down towards the Kásos Strait to the east of the easternmost tip of Crete . ’
14 the slave has absolutely no deliberative faculty ; the woman has but its authority is imperfect ; so has the child , but in this case it is immature .
15 In a regional context restrictions seem more readily justified , but in this case it must be remembered that Costa Rica 's rights had been accepted by Nicaragua in a treaty .
16 Again it is generally definable only through social custom but in this case it has more significance since the breaking of social taboo may have adverse effect on the child .
17 is that , that we as a group can , can er video the production , but it was at Perth , but in this case it would have to be
18 The result is certainly a change of meaning : The cat sat on the moss ; but in this case it is impossible to find a different sentence in which the same substitution of forms produces a parallel change of meaning .
19 1984 ) in the Scottish Highlands , but in this case it must be remembered that the absolute totals are fairly small .
20 Most families in a village like this expect their children to work on the farm when they get older , but in this case it was different .
21 It is difficult to determine what proportion of these ships had wire rigging and which used the improved hemp but in any case it is clear that the West was largely won with better rope .
22 But in any case it follows that the necessary prerequisite for ordination is the presence of a baptized human being ( not a monkey — in that God in Christ took on humanity ) .
23 In the second case , that where the wife agrees to become surety at the instance of her husband though she does not understand the effect of the document or the nature of the transaction , her failure to do so may be the result of the husband 's actually misleading her , but in any case it could hardly ever occur without some impropriety on his part even if that impropriety consisted only in his neglect to inform her of the exact nature of that to which she is willing blindly , ignorantly or mistakenly to assent .
24 But in any case it has been clearly apparent to all fieldworking anthropologists for at least sixty years that the various kinds of performance which have , in the past , been assigned to the categories " magic " , " religion " , " magico-religious " , are expressions of artistic creativity rather than misguided attempts to control the material world by mechanical means .
25 The start of subduction may have been associated with the initiation of spreading on the East Pacific Rise , but in any case it certainly preceded the splitting of South America away from Africa 135–140 Ma ago .
26 The truth of the matter was that in the absence of relevant reliable information any global sum had to be determined in a somewhat arbitrary way , but in any case it was not intended that everybody should be paid the full value of their claims .
27 ‘ The quote you 're trying to mangle uses the verb ‘ to protest ’ , but in any case it does n't fit in this instance . ’
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