Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb -s] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richards holds that in poetry the function of " feeling " tends to dominate that of " sense " , while Jakobson identifies a special " poetic " function , which can be found in many uses of language , but which dominates over other functions in poetry . |
| 2 | Nothing is easier than to obey a master who is perhaps exacting , but who rules over all details of life , assures one 's daily bread , and makes it possible to banish all concern from the mind . |
| 3 | But who carries out this type of abuse ? |
| 4 | But he finds out all these things but he does n't tell you and you keep getting killed and you think I wonder if I could do it |
| 5 | It requires more of a person , but it gives back more self-satisfaction . |
| 6 | This has not prevented their use in Europe and North America , where in any case the risk of infection is confined to relatively small groups , such as medical personnel ; but it rules out widespread use where a vaccine is most needed , in the Third World . |
| 7 | The drive from Alison McLean 's Didcot home to work is relatively short , but it brings back terrifying memories . |
| 8 | But what singles out this house , with its traditional porch and overhanging attic rooms , is that it is part of a way in which people with learning difficulties in the USA are security the ordinary life which the rhetoric of policy makers and politicians promises them but often fails to deliver . |