Example sentences of "but [adv] [art] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we need is not so much a point irregularity such as a foreign atom , because that could only facilitate movement at one point , but rather a line defect which will allow the army of molecules , as it were , to sweep forward on a broad front . |
| 2 | Drama work in a historic setting need not involve a polished " performance " but rather a workshop situation where every pupil is encouraged to enter into the thoughts and the feelings of a historical character , or perhaps several characters in turn . |
| 3 | This is not the language meaning ( the words or syntax of the language ) but rather the message meaning or intended meaning of the speaker . |
| 4 | Feeding flies made hitching hell , but eventually a farm wagon delivered them battered and bumped — which did a lot for Hebbert 's ribs — at the Pen-y-Gwryd . |
| 5 | If an astronaut falls into a black hole , its mass will increase , but eventually the energy equivalent of that extra mass will be returned to the universe in the form of radiation . |
| 6 | The sit-in at Beishida ( shortened form of the university 's name ) caused some tension , but eventually the college principal promised to look into the matter . |
| 7 | But slowly a capital difference between Romans and Greeks emerged . |
| 8 | ‘ Members will be pleased that the Chancellor has not increased tax in this Budget , but will watch the impact of the tax increases proposed for 1994-95 and 1995-96 … we are pleased that tax on whisky is not to be raised , but perhaps the tax basis should be brought into line with tax on other alcoholic drinks , ’ said Andrew Moore , director of the chambers . |
| 9 | He believed he was as beautiful as ever when he looked into the glass , but perhaps the AIDS scare had stopped them picking up older men in bars . |
| 10 | As the two lead platoons secured their objectives , it looked as though the position was taken , but suddenly an enemy depth position sprang into life . |
| 11 | ‘ But suddenly the sea bottom just dropped away and it was waist deep . |
| 12 | Under s.26(2) , a plan of the premises need not be lodged but only a site plan is required until the provisional grant is affirmed . |
| 13 | The Evolution V PC is targeted at system integrators and resellers and uses the 60MHz processor but only a 32-bit bus . |
| 14 | The outputs for stereo and mono operation are separate , as I have already mentioned , but only the stereo side has been made available in both balanced and unbalanced forms ; the mono is exclusively unbalanced , which compromises Carvin 's ultra-flexibility stance somewhat . |
| 15 | Not only does BSL learning apparently take much longer ( ‘ beginners ’ were people with up to three years ' experience ) but only the beginner group showed the normal pattern of understanding being better than production . |
| 16 | The shift in winds as the international economy moved from the extravagant eighties to the uncharted nineties has been evident for sometime but only the master helmsman could have kept afloat until now . |
| 17 | But soon a Kuomintang agent comes on the stage , and recognizes Sister Chiang . |
| 18 | The trip down would start off quietly for a while , everyone busily engaged in talking with friends , but soon the holiday spirit would prevail and after the first stop , singing would start , and then arriving at our destination , coaches to be unloaded , mountains of food carted on to the sands , and the task of enjoying oneself began . |
| 19 | At first the DES did not accept the need for such an inquiry , but soon the Cockcroft Committee was established , and they published their report under the title Mathematics Counts . |
| 20 | In some cases , such clearance was followed by soil deterioration , but elsewhere the soil structure was not adversely affected and rich green grasslands with shrubs eventually prevailed . |
| 21 | But already the Countryside Commission and the Nature Conservancy Council have drawn up a short list of natural sites suitable for World Heritage status . |
| 22 | ( This latter is adjustable from within the SETCREA program on the separate disk , but normally the default value is more than sufficient . |
| 23 | In contrast the Barbarians ' tries owed everything to thrilling running , crisp passing and a surprisingly high level of understanding between what was a hugely-talented collection of players , but nevertheless a scratch side . |
| 24 | Admittedly Ordovician graptolite zones must have lasted much longer than the ammonite zones of the Mesozoic , but nevertheless the time scale is still surprising . |
| 25 | Students usually feel that listening to these unfamiliar voices chopped up into small pieces is hard work , but generally the transcription exercise is not found nearly as difficult as expected . |
| 26 | But generally the home defence were superbly marshalled by Kenny Rutherford . |
| 27 | ‘ I suppose I might have ended up bowling up the hill into the wind at Headingley , and that might not have done much for my prospects , but generally the policy change was inevitable , and I am glad it happened . ’ |
| 28 | But tonight the Home office said there were no plans to change the law . |
| 29 | In England , James Robertson ( 1953 , 1958 ) , a colleague of Bowlby 's at the Tavistock Clinic , started a campaign to persuade children 's hospital wards to admit mothers together with their children , or at least not to restrict visiting in any way ; some hospitals welcomed the idea , others resisted it , but meanwhile a Government committee was set up which in 1959 published the ‘ Platt Report ’ on the welfare of children in hospital , recommending ‘ that all hospitals where children are treated will adopt the practice of unrestricted visiting , particularly for children below school age ’ , that ‘ it is particularly valuable for the mother to be able to stay in hospital with her child during the first day or two ’ , and that ‘ children should not be admitted to hospital if it can possibly be avoided ’ . |
| 30 | But finally the cash register clunked shut . |