Example sentences of "but [noun] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But creditors with well-secured loans support the scheme . |
| 2 | We shall consider in a moment the grip this kind of thinking has on the conservative mind , not merely the politically Conservative , but traditionalists of all kinds . |
| 3 | But inspection under these schemes is entirely voluntary , and although it is impossible to gather figures , it is certain that many more organisations ( both private and public ) operate outside the recognition schemes than operate within them . |
| 4 | In fact , information on shared space principles quickly became available in local guides , most obviously in Cheshire , but Roads in Urban Areas , the standard Department of Transport manual from 1966 , remained in use . |
| 5 | Or to be exact , Christianity does not but religions of all kinds do . |
| 6 | Antique bird baths can be hard to find , but copies of early types are available |
| 7 | This may all sound very obvious , but experience of major projects which have gone wrong shows that the principal cause is often unclear or conflicting objectives rather than poor project appraisal . |
| 8 | Those who did not read a particular paper regularly , and those who read the Sun or Star , showed a clear preference for television on leader-information ; but readers of other papers were divided on whether the press or television was best . |
| 9 | Invitees were not only bishops , but heads of monastic orders , theologians representing the academic magisterium , even lay people . |
| 10 | The most obvious one would be the will , but murder by advantaged legatees is a risky business . |
| 11 | But exotoxins from different organisms produce really very different biological effects . |
| 12 | I do n't just knit sweaters , but experiment with new patterns , colours and textures making anything from hats to curtain . |
| 13 | Becky wanted to keep her hair long but experiment with different styles . |
| 14 | Turning con , concepts and plans into practical working procedures and the attributes that these people have is , you know company workers , or you are one yourself , is that they have self-control , self-discipline , they 're realistic , common sense , but , there 's always a but side to these things is n't there ? |
| 15 | But combinations of other controls which are viewed benignly may very easily lead to similar effects . |
| 16 | It 's a curious thing but fans of all persuasions , even in the stubborn North , seem to have a soft spot for Spurs — maybe because , for as long as anyone can remember , they have tried to play the game . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , few works survive from Hofmann 's long Matisse-influenced sojourn in Paris ( 1904–14 ) and Expressionist period in Munich ( 1914–32 ) , but traces of these phases are still to be detected in Hofmann 's vivid use of colour in his later abstractions . |
| 18 | Section 28 is a fact ; but violence against homosexual women and men is getting out of hand . |
| 19 | The organization of medieval universities into separate ‘ nations ’ must be taken into account , but study by English clerks at Paris may well have influenced the manner in which legal and diplomatic business was transacted with the French . |
| 20 | The data for this elaboration come mainly from a participant observation study at Oxford United and from conversations at a local youth club , but data from other grounds are included to show that Oxford United is far from being an isolated case . |
| 21 | It goes something like this : ‘ It is all very well to exhort people to behave properly in their personal relationships but law on such matters is unenforceable . |
| 22 | No such guide existed at that time ; but summarisation of legal matters in any comprehensive yet comprehensible form is a difficult and risky business , so that the task was not one which the writer regarded with relish . |
| 23 | Not only will travel for treatment be onerous ( including post-operative outpatient care ) , but visits from older friends and family would also be more difficult . |
| 24 | At present , horizontal presses of between 2,000 and 8,000 kilograms are allowed , but trials with larger machines have been in progress for several years . |
| 25 | Existing trade agreements between East Germany and east European countries ( especially the Soviet Union ) would have to remain in place for the time being , but imports under these agreements would have to be confined to the territory of East Germany . |
| 26 | But adjustment to changing circumstances went deeper than formal organisation . |
| 27 | But toleration of large numbers of reversioners seems to have been a feature of the reign of James I rather than the Tudors . |
| 28 | It reluctantly accepted many of Gorbachev 's proposed reforms ( it had no alternative to offer , apart from more of the policies of the past — and no effective alternative leader ) , but conservatives with vested interests tried to restore the status quo in the 1991 coup attempt . |
| 29 | The problem is , the term Lamarckism has changed its meaning in the course of this century , and now Lamarckism , if you say Lamarckism to most educated people , the first thing they normally think of , is not evolution by will , or , or progressivism , but inheritance of acquired characteristics . |
| 30 | But directors of small companies who can have their own special pension arrangements will find that most of the benefits of such schemes have been removed . |