Example sentences of "but [subord] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if building rocky edifices is not your style then you can keep them in a tank with just a few normal caves ( or flowerpots ) ( Lanistes shells being regrettably unavailable to hobbyists ) . |
| 2 | But while promoting non-shareholder interests is not a permissible management objective , the ( limited ) satisfaction of third party expectations is often a pre-requisite of maximising profits , and hence consideration of them is not precluded by the legal model . |
| 3 | But when diminishing marginal returns set in in 1983-4 , further increases in duty deterred consumption leading to falling sales and eventually lower tax revenue for the Treasury . |
| 4 | My oil paintings often involve a lot of fine lines and small details , but when using fine brushes I find it very difficult to get the oil paint to flow from the brush very smoothly . |
| 5 | My oil paintings often involve a lot of fine lines and small details , but when using fine brushes I find it very difficult to get the oil paint to flow from the brush very smoothly . |
| 6 | When knitting Fair Isle you can have either light on , but when knitting other stitches you must have the correct light on . |
| 7 | A well-padded ironing-board is necessary , but when ironing big curtains , a large flat surface is more suitable , softened with several layers of cloth . |
| 8 | It is very important to emphasise that in drawing up these formal treaties covering the limitation and control of the methods and means of warfare , those involved did not see themselves as creating new rules , but as codifying existing principles and specifying how they were to apply to the rapidly changing conditions of warfare produced by political and technological developments . |
| 9 | These processes are viewed as essentially positive , but as possessing intrinsic dangers , in as much as either specificity or abstraction may develop in such a manner as to be no longer assimilable by the subject through sublation , in which case they become both alien and oppressive . |