Example sentences of "but [adv] [art] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though it must be remembered that this is no a priori scheme imposed upon the appearances , but rather an interpretation gradually distilled from them by prolonged contemplation . |
| 2 | It is not , then , writing per se that has the qualities of explicitness and lack of ambiguity which Olson is attempting to locate , but rather the languages specifically designed for this purpose , of which certain aspects of literacy are a part . |
| 3 | ‘ We still will , but perhaps a bit more slowly now . ’ |
| 4 | Yeah it 's just a small volume , you 've just got one channel for , yeah currently I 'm in pretty good shape but only a year ago I had a major bypass operation . |
| 5 | Harry said you 'd told him you loved him , but only a fortnight ago you sat here telling me you might well go to Jamaica with Dunbar . ’ |
| 6 | You expend energy speeding millions of protons so that they can resist their mutual repulsion , but only a handful actually collide and fuse giving energy back . |
| 7 | The reappearance of one of these tureens after so many years was exciting enough , but only a week later the mail produced a murky Polaroid snapshot of another tureen in South america and we were able to offer the two , reunited on the auction block after about 159 years . |
| 8 | But only a week ago they were escaping a massacre by Serbs in their village … and the memories burn deep . |
| 9 | But only a week ago she clashed with Mr Smith after he snubbed her request to wind up the Commons debate on the pit closures . |
| 10 | Since the notional content of adjectives , on the other hand , does not define the nature of their support but only a quality thereof they can be said to have external incidence . |
| 11 | The college was built by Il Pellegrini , but only the doors now survive . |
| 12 | If the pinches of flake were thrown over any other bream 's head then that fish would veer to one side , but only the bream immediately alongside him would react , and then only to get out of the way . |
| 13 | But somehow the invitation no longer holds the same enticing mystery as it once did . |
| 14 | He liked the heat of the sun on his back , but somehow the day no longer felt right . |
| 15 | He 'd folded his bed back into the sofa , but somehow the sheets always managed to peep out around the edges . |
| 16 | We are all set up for the perfect ending for George to live in peace while Lennie , tended the rabbits , but somehow the author still made it seem impossible as there was always trouble brewing for them . |
| 17 | This is of course , symptomatic of the dealers worldwide but somehow the club here in Britain is so much smaller . |
| 18 | But just a week later the St Edwards coach changes his mind . |
| 19 | I mean we can look forward to going there , not every day of course , but once a week perhaps , and that 'll be nice . |
| 20 | But once the West no longer needed Mr Ceausescu 's anti-Soviet services , his policy of deliberate isolation narrowed his options and led earlier this year to the first signs of internal party dissent . |
| 21 | But once the West no longer needed Mr Ceausescu 's anti-Soviet services , his policy of deliberate isolation narrowed his options and led earlier this year to the first signs of internal party dissent . |
| 22 | But once the reforms really bite — signs would be a sharp rise in unemployment a far bigger influx of private western investment and radical currency reform — then it would be worth offering the sort of help that could sensibly be given to reforming debtors in Latin America : capitalization of interest payments above a certain share of export earnings . |
| 23 | They 're good boys , but always a bit too enthusiastic , if you know what I mean . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ He is very charismatic , is n't he , but possibly a bit more removed , more aloof , than the other leaders , ’ said Miss Cathryn Avison , 22 , a first-time voter . |
| 25 | It 's a strange sort of footy is this , but still a lot more exciting than watching Birmingham City . |
| 26 | The teacher may be self-employed , but still the profession rather than any other detail is what is of primary interest ( SHAME OF A KINKY SIR ) . |
| 27 | Yes , but probably the school actually is bigger than this , there 's more people there than when you were in there and erm , that 's probably just too complicated . |
| 28 | it 's an hour more light , but with , but , but probably an hour further south |
| 29 | A stone dislodged would have endangered not only ourselves but also the workers below . |
| 30 | I mean certainly you ca n't achieve as much as a man does , but also the jobs just are n't there any more , not so much , and the main change I 'd like to see in education is that it would help girls cope with this dilemma . |