Example sentences of "but in [det] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 But in that memo I was trying to say : " I 'm no celebrity , to be polished and projected .
2 But in that sense she can use the car on her own .
3 Surely , one could argue , it can only be recognized by knowledge of some convention that U means z ; but in that case we can do away with talk of complex intentions and construct an account of communication based directly on the notion of conventional signal .
4 But in that case what is the status of the sociobiologist himself ?
5 But in that case somebody ought to go and see him , ’ said Ianthe , remembering her own recent illness and how forlorn she had felt .
6 ‘ I 've seen one other case — where a woman fell on her face — but in that case she had other facial injuries which Lewis did n't have .
7 If instead of holding on to the property X had given the property to Y no inheritance tax will be in point provided Y farmed the property ( or X survived the gift by seven years ) but in that case there would have been no capital gains tax uplift on the death of X.
8 But in that case his words lose their meaning and become empty .
9 But in that case I must warn you that I have no heart .
10 Interestingly , the word ‘ Riserva ’ ( spelt thus ) is also applied to Italian Chianti — but in that case it means the wines are three years old before being bottled .
11 But in that case it can not be ‘ a sensation of the lines on the paper ’ .
12 He says ’ It could be solved … but in that case it would mean paying twice … the cost would fall on the poll tax payer .
13 But in that case you just take a piece of new paper and put the down and put it on the clip .
14 Until 1892 Townsend 's practice was made up of minor domestic and ecclesiastical work , but in that year he won the competition for the design of the Bishopsgate Institute , the first of the three outstanding public buildings that were to make his reputation .
15 Until 1860 this was the work of the college of commerce ; but in that year it was taken over by the foreign ministry and ten years later replaced by an annual list of Swedish diplomats and ministry officials .
16 He held his hand out in a gesture for her to come into the house but in that second she knew she never could .
17 I need not refer to his history in any more detail up to June 1990 , but in that month he went to a residential school where his mother continued to visit him and in October 1990 he absconded from that school .
18 It 's only three or four paces , but in that moment he sees Tommy tense his arm at full stretch and turn his head away .
19 ‘ Career breaks would enable women to choose to take five , six or seven years out to have their families but in that time they would be kept in touch , ’ said Miss Armstrong .
20 It 's been two years in the studio but in that time we 've probably only spent four months recording . ’
21 Tritsch Tratsch lasts only about three minutes but in that time it does not waste a second .
22 The whole performance had taken no more than a minute , but in that time he 'd succeeded in turning the Chamber 's table into a fish-market gutter .
23 But in that time he was credited with the discovery of three rarities the spring gentian , the mountain avens and the bog orchid , which was then lost again and only recently rediscovered .
24 Lower level courses were , in fact , being transferred to other further education colleges , but in that situation what was meant by a concept of ‘ comprehensive ’ tertiary education with a full range of courses , including for those with modest entry qualifications ?
25 They certainly could n't be overheard , but in that crowd anybody could be watching them .
26 Cardinal Hume is 70 years old , but in that programme he looked at the vocation to the religious life with all the zest of youth .
27 Well , yes , but in that area it will be catering mainly for tourists , wo n't it ?
28 There is no evidence to show what the position was at the end of the last war but in all probability there has been an improvement over the years .
29 I know your degree meant a lot to you , but in all honesty you might have been better resting for longer … ’
30 My own landlord did , in fairness , give me veiled offers of money ( bribes ) to move elsewhere but in all honesty I simply was n't streetwise enough to figure out what exactly he had in mind .
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