Example sentences of "but at the [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We felt pretty helpless in the train , as we did not know whether any arrangements had been made to meet us at Canton , but at the station we were welcomed by a Min. of Education official , together with a teacher-interpreter from Canton university , who surprised us with his urbane manner , excellent English , and his knowledge that David Owen had just been made the substantive Foreign Secretary to replace Anthony Crossland ( and that , incidentally , is about the last news we have heard about affairs in the U.K. ! ) . |
| 2 | ‘ But at the finish I could n't stand up . ’ |
| 3 | Ranald walked up with her , but at the gate he halted , shy , ready to turn and run back to his grandfather . |
| 4 | Yeah but at the minute it just comes out the way of the door . |
| 5 | There usually is a , a , a , vacant houses but at the minute it 's at a standstill . |
| 6 | But at the price it was on offer I could not refuse . |
| 7 | Dzerzhinsky stressed that local authorities should collaborate with them , but at the centre he was adamant that they should take no part in transport decisions that had any , political implications . |
| 8 | But at the level we have now reached , the male is the active principle , embodying creative , spiritual light , and can be its representative , as a saviour or as a priest . |
| 9 | But at the interview he said , " I could n't figure out if you were at school or not " , so I told him and he said , " And you 've managed to do your A levels ? " |
| 10 | But at the conference it was for the first time agreed to allow the constituency parties to elect their own separate representatives to the National Executive , and this at once led to the appearance in this category of Sir Stafford Cripps , Professor Harold Laski and D. N. Pritt — all advocates of close collaboration with the Communist Party , and Pritt indistinguishable from an actual card-carrying member . |
| 11 | ‘ But at the moment nothing has been firmed up . |
| 12 | When something happens and I ca n't look after myself any more the situation will be different , but at the moment what I 'd really like most is my independence back . ’ |
| 13 | Already ahead of him he could see that he would marry , and it might be disastrously , he had that in him , but at the moment what he had was Rose Hilaire and Gabriel and it was 1966 . |
| 14 | Of course you could say that we do not need all the animals anyway , but at the moment we have got them , so there is a conflict here . |
| 15 | But at the moment we have four fish , plus some other unusual things that float around the tank . |
| 16 | Time will tell but at the moment we are quite hopeful that this lovely sword will now be established within the European hobby and grace fishkeepers ' tanks for years to come . |
| 17 | ‘ If the situation does not ease we would take advice nearer to the date from the Foreign Office about the tour , but at the moment we are not in the business of calling it off unilaterally . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ There is a possibility that some information could be lost to us forever — but at the moment we do n't really know . |
| 19 | They are of various types , but at the moment we need consider only those which have representatives within binocular range . |
| 20 | But at the moment we 're stabbing in |
| 21 | ‘ It looks bad , but at the moment we have no proof that the blood is your uncle 's . ’ |
| 22 | We can say with certainty that we would be able to mount the first kind of display ; but at the moment we can not be so certain about the travelling display which , although the more attractive proposition , has much more significant resource implications . |
| 23 | But at the moment we have n't got any money so we ca n't do that . |
| 24 | But at the moment we need it desperately for what it is which is a kind of entrance and p place where people can sit and and begin their tour . |
| 25 | A spokeswoman for the liquidator of Continental , Cork Gully , said : ‘ It 's not true to say that the club wo n't get any money but at the moment we do n't know how much any pay-out will be . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It 's strange , but at the moment we have no women volunteers , ’ says organiser Dean Heward . |
| 27 | inflation is the biggest economic problem and what problem it causes and it says discuss the fact that erm with inflation now being around four to five per cent it is now a , it is now being cured , discuss that sort of thing , you say yes it has , but at the moment we 're still suffering the effects because we are in , we 've got high interest rates , we , and in order for us to have really beaten it , we could have low interest rates and low employment and low inflation , but we 're still in the middle of it |
| 28 | It may well be obvious to the union , but at the moment we have too little information to judge . |
| 29 | These reactions may fade over time , but at the moment they are still quite a strong influence in Zimbabwean society . |
| 30 | Tribunals are an essential check on the powers of officialdom but at the moment they do not work as well as they should to ensure justice in welfare provision . |