Example sentences of "but [subord] [pers pn] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But where they address discourses of ‘ race ’ , sexuality , age , and class among subjects , they seem to find them difficult to deal with on their own terms . |
| 2 | But where she worked might interest you . ’ |
| 3 | You could go through again and you could put sodium instead of that M G but where you had things like M G O H twice you 'd just have N A O H so you 'd have a have to do a little bit of changing about . |
| 4 | Cohesive markers are not always necessary , but where you find sentences without evident markers , it may be useful to inspect them closely to be certain that the relationship with the preceding sentence is sufficiently clear . |
| 5 | Children with a very severe mental or physical handicap can spend some of their time at special schools or residential centres , but once they reach adulthood facilities are often no longer available . |
| 6 | But once he reached Stowey the Coleridges greeted him warmly at Lime Street , where the cottage had gained another new resident only a week before : on 14 May , Sara had been ‘ safely delivered of a fine boy ’ , the child being given the name Berkeley in honour of the philosopher , for whom Coleridge was developing a great admiration . |
| 7 | Neil Macleod , eleventh chief of the Assynt Macleod 's , offered the fugitive refuge at Ardvreck , his castle in the loch ; but once he had Montrose safely under his roof , Macleod imprisoned him in the castle dungeon . |
| 8 | But although we drink goats milk , and relish goats cheese , we 're reluctant to eat goats meat . |
| 9 | But although they add information as to who is present , they still do n't tell the computers what everybody is doing . |
| 10 | He spoke quickly and nervously , but although he appeared highly-strung , she sensed a cold calculating brain behind the facade . |
| 11 | But although he found Pound 's humourlessness and growing megalomania more and more distasteful , Eliot 's activities on his behalf continued . |
| 12 | But although it brought victory to the Black Prince , the battle of Nájera was to be the cause of the renewal of the war which had been halted in 1360 . |
| 13 | But although I played lead for a long time in the group I never cite lead players like Clapton or Beck . |
| 14 | But although I pay Grace Poole well , and trust her absolutely , she sometimes drinks too much and allows the creature to escape . |
| 15 | But although I hated inequality , it did n't mean I wanted to be treated like everyone else . |
| 16 | We ca n't implement it unilaterally , but if we had reciprocation it could be negotiated upon . ’ |
| 17 | We ca n't implement it unilaterally , but if we had reciprocation it could be negotiated upon . ’ |
| 18 | Now , looks pretty horrendous alright , but if we bum data on S T , S T minus one , S T minus two and P T minus one , all actual variables , if we bung those into the microfit and ask them to form the regression , it would do , right , it would just you 'd get S T equals A plus B that 's T minus one plus C A T minus two plus D A T minus one alright , and B T So before we we 'll call that equation four right , so although it looks nasty alright it 's fairly straightforward , it 's all , all we 're doing is , we 'd be asking the computer to regress S T on constant like how you would yourself T minus one to like values T minus two and like prices okay . |
| 19 | But if we regard user education in its broadest sense and include library promotion and publicity within this umbrella term , we find that public libraries are very much involved . |
| 20 | ‘ There 's no reason at the moment to suppose it 's not benign , but if we don t take it out , it could turn nasty . |
| 21 | SUMMERCHILD : I did n't like to interrupt you , but if we want lunch in the canteen … |
| 22 | Now surely the Olympics is a festival a celebration of amateur sport , but if we want medals , we have to accept that professionalism wins . |
| 23 | These two definitions are tautologous when taken together : a computer-generated work is one created in circumstances such that there is no human author but if we attribute authorship to a human it can not be computer-generated . |
| 24 | As we saw in section 2.1 , we can not state the truth conditions of sentences with indexicals without reference to the deictic function of indexicals ; but if we allow truth conditions to be relativized to speakers , addressees , times , places , indicated objects , etc. , then it looks as if many aspects of deixis can be accommodated within truth-conditional semantics . |
| 25 | Yes , the problem was , with the previous suggestion of Chief Public Protection Officer , director , appeared to have confused with the responsibilities of the Chief Fire Officer , but if we say County Public Protection Officer . |
| 26 | But if we provide readers with amusement when things are glum we are performing at the least a useful service . |
| 27 | But if we have men who are not straight themselves , then you substitute one crooked man for another , regardless of colour . ’ |
| 28 | but if we have Linda 's just , just that |
| 29 | " But if we did things differently here there would n't be any need for resistance movements . |
| 30 | But if we find Flaubert naïve or — more likely — unsuccessful , we should n't patronise his seriousness or his bold loneliness . |