Example sentences of "but [adj] a [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such cases , support and counselling for the parents and child will help in managing the situation or minimising its effect ; it may take hard work and not a little courage to help a resisting parent to recognise his or her element of incestuous involvement , but such a course can pay dividends in terms of family stability . |
| 2 | The honorary secretary of the Royal Statistical Society denies in a letter published on this page today that there are plans to set up an independent council to monitor the Government 's use of statistics , but such a development would be desirable . |
| 3 | It is customary to divide the Council into a ‘ conservative ’ minority and a ‘ progressive ’ majority , but such a description can be profoundly misleading . |
| 4 | But such a procedure would simply have led to the conclusion that the investigator had failed to elicit environments where the variable could be studied , and would miss the point that speakers were in fact making use of an entirely different range of choices to express stylistic differences . |
| 5 | Solicitors may set up a corporate practice to practice solely outside England and Wales provided that ( a ) this is permitted by local law , ( b ) all the directors and shareholders are solicitors , lawyers of another jurisdiction or members of the Bar of England and Wales acting in accordance with the Overseas Practice Rules of the Bar and ( c ) the practice complies with the Overseas Practice Rules ; but such a company could not practice in England and Wales . |
| 6 | Another option might be to regard EP as another aspect of IT Basic Skills ( spreadsheet , word processing , data management , statistics , etc. ) but such a module would seem to be consigned to the category of ‘ skills training ’ rather than being wholly educational . |
| 7 | Sheikha Grandmother , whom she wanted to visit , was a renowned figure , but such a trip would not be made for one outside the tribe circle . |
| 8 | Gregory the Great , interestingly , seems to represent the survival of an older tradition in upholding the civil rights of Jews within the community defined by Roman law rather than by religion ; but such a survival could not long resist the powerful pressures towards conformity where Roman legal inhibitions were less strong . |
| 9 | But such a phenomenon can not be explained by recourse to general principles of ‘ bureaucratization ’ or administrative expansion . |
| 10 | But such a calculation could only be a gamble . |
| 11 | Sometimes an intentionally condensed presentation ( e.g. Section 17.5 ) may ‘ make the reader think ’ , but such a tactic can be dangerously optimistic . |
| 12 | Theoretically , Karla Fohrbeck could in her official capacity prevent any purchases she disapproved of , but such a veto would not only be in breach of artistic freedom but would also conflict with her idea of autonomy for the museums in her charge . |
| 13 | There is no title " Banking and industrialization " but such a search could lead to " Banking and industrialization in Europe " or " Banking in the early stages of industrialization " and a number of other titles . |
| 14 | If the landlord wishes to have the right to introduce new wires and pipes it must be expressly reserved , but such a right will not be exercisable outside the perpetuity period ( Dunn v Blackdown Properties Ltd [ 1961 ] Ch 433 ) . |
| 15 | Only about 40 per cent of the electorate vote in local elections ( the turnout in the 1985 English shire county elections , for example , was 41 per cent ) but such a figure can be highly misleading . |
| 16 | But such a statement can be easily misunderstood if taken out of context . |
| 17 | A loss might be made on this transaction , but such a loss would be preferable to the total abandonment of one 's savings or wealth , which would in any case have still had a value as bullion . |
| 18 | But such a situation should not be allowed to occur because any casualness in the ballerina 's behaviour destroys any attempt to convey style in the classical manner . |
| 19 | But such a tax would drastically hit the sales of tapes , which the Japanese are relying on to justify the £25 million factory in Telford , Shropshire . |
| 20 | But such a form can also be anticipated from the pattern of deposition of tephra as an ash cloud spreads out from the summit crater during an eruption over a wedge-shaped sector of the cone , the rate of ash fall-out being the reciprocal of the distance from the vent . |
| 21 | But such a move would risk triggering a bitter battle for power , further weakening the party at a moment when it is especially vulnerable . |
| 22 | ‘ But such a move would provide more cash for acquisitions . |
| 23 | But such a strategy would not have served the United States ' interests , for it desired performance of the treaty . |
| 24 | But such a mechanism would not explain the increase in nuclear calcium that occurs following activation of lymphocytes or sea urchin eggs . |
| 25 | But such a status can hardly work ’ ( 1983 : 52 ) . |
| 26 | The President was empowered to declare a state of emergency , but such a declaration would require National Assembly approval within 30 days . |
| 27 | But such a model must be applied with caution . |
| 28 | It is possible that we have here an attempt to combine hunting and aquatic scenes ( see note 3 ) , but such a suggestion must be tentative . |