Example sentences of "but in [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darling finished the tour with 1022 runs at 34.07 , but in that strong batting line-up this gave him no better than eighth place . |
| 2 | I knew the rule well enough , but in that split second it never entered my head . |
| 3 | But in that no-man's-land twilight after the long X-ray session and before receiving another summons to my surgeon , I noticed a grave deterioration in that fern . |
| 4 | But in that normative sense the term is equally meaningless . |
| 5 | And , I certainly have taken steps to make sure that I do n't get a wasps nest , but in that particular area again , because he begged to point out to me where the wasp was getting access to , a little tiny space above my bedroom window , and that has now been sealed , so hopefully the wasps another year will find a home somewhere else that is n't quite so close to my open bedroom window . |
| 6 | But in that next hour , before even the doctor had arrived ( what , I think now , could he have done so late ? ) , she bled to death . |
| 7 | The attackers could be identified by their armour and helmets , but in that confined space that was all . |
| 8 | It is only three years since she took up painting dogs as a profession , but in that short time she has been kept constantly in work . |
| 9 | Coleridge 's first meeting with Tom Poole lasted less than a day , but in that short time Coleridge was expansive both on the subject of himself and his plans for the future . |
| 10 | But in such cramped conditions , working there HAS to be a labour of love . |
| 11 | It stated that matters of defence , foreign policy , energy , communications , transport and the union budget would be decided jointly between the centre and the republics but in all other matters republican laws would have priority over union laws . |
| 12 | The visual examination of shape is easy but in all other areas the examination of " shape " is extremely difficult . |
| 13 | Modern peace-makings seem not to entail marriages between the disputants , as the historic ones sometimes did ; but in all other respects contemporary practice accords with the image . |
| 14 | But in all other respects Tonga is more rightfully regarded as the closest place and has an International Date Line Hotel in the main town , Nuku'alofa , to prove it . |
| 15 | Orcs call stone throwers rock lobbers , but in all other respects they are exactly the same . |
| 16 | The CD transfers are a shade over-bright throughout , but in all other respects quite remarkable . |
| 17 | But in all other respects — it 's the 30-day life-transformation plan . |
| 18 | All institutions are now known as ‘ authorized institutions ’ , and the use of the word ‘ bank ’ was restricted to those institutions which had a paid-up capital of at least f5m , but in all other respects the 1981 classification remained . |
| 19 | There was a single filing cabinet , but in all other respects the room could have been inhabited by his father , the colonial Bishop whose portrait hung over the marble mantelshelf . |
| 20 | But in all such cases , cogent evidence of potential damage to national security flowing from the trial of the issues would have to be adduced , whether in open court or in camera , to justify any modification of the court 's normal procedure . |
| 21 | This varies with the type of tenancy , but in all private lettings other than those where meals are provided , the tenant normally has protected tenure . |
| 22 | But in all that time I 've never been completely sober . ’ |
| 23 | Sir John died seven years ago , but in all that time Lavinia has not increased Benedict 's allowance , as she might well have done , nor made any provision for his accommodation , other than saying that he might live at Merchiston Lodge if he chose . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Not only have I been separated from my wife for the past five years — but in all that time I 've only once managed to make love to her . |
| 25 | In four cases , Ghana in 1976 and 1979 , Nigeria in 1980 and Sudan in 1987 , military regimes have held elections which have returned civilian governments to power but in all four cases a coup has reinstated a military head of state . |
| 26 | Holders of less than £500 formed around 21 per cent of the total number of accounts in both Bank and East India stock , 38 per cent of holders of the 4 per cent stock and more than half of the holders of South Sea stock , but in all four cases this group held less than 10 per cent of the total stock . |
| 27 | But in all these instances , similar categories of differentiation occur — the insiders and the outsiders , the religious and the rough , the parent and the child , the female and the male . |
| 28 | But in all these instances total alcohol consumption ( measured in litres of pure alcohol , per capita ) is declining . |
| 29 | Of course , the Irish Government give us considerable co-operation , but in all these affairs — this applies to us as well — we can be still more effective than we are . |
| 30 | Thus , certain aspects of the artefact will be used to create distinctions of flavour , type of lid , colour or length of skirt ; but in all these cases other properties will be uniform throughout the range . |