Example sentences of "in [det] but [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , apparently that used to be the official advice er and , and we were correct in that but the authorities have now changed their minds and they no longer want us to pour waste chemical down the drains and I gather that the official advice now is that surplus diluted chemical should be poured , and I 'm quoting here , on to more or less level and bare soil in the garden or on to level gravelled paths , avoid disposal in areas around ponds , erm water courses and so forth , dishes and , and what have you and as far as undiluted chemicals are concerned , that 's stuff still in the bottle , the advice there is to talk to your local authority cos they have different regulations in different areas . |
| 2 | If the kitchen climate is changing , it 's because working conditions have lost the barrack room brutality which once characterised what was a pretty sordid job in all but a handful of restaurants and hotels . |
| 3 | While political independence is a contemporary and important fact of life in all but a handful of countries , the economic incorporation of their economies into the world economy continues and deepens . |
| 4 | The failure of these traditional local economic strategies to stimulate and sustain local economic growth in all but a minority of places has led to the development of new forms of policy . |
| 5 | In all but a few minor respects , the privileges of the two Houses are the same . |
| 6 | Substantially , however , by convention , the actual power is today exercised , in all but a few relatively minor exceptional cases , by Ministers of the Crown , by the Prime Ministers of the Crown particularly , and especially by a select group of senior Ministers of the Crown meeting in Cabinet . |
| 7 | The Scottish Institute , however , feels that the system is ‘ satisfactory in all but a few cases ’ . |
| 8 | This presupposes co-operation between services ( p 15 ) , yet workers in all but a handful of local authorities could attest to resources and personnel not being made available to effect the good working links advocated in official reports . |
| 9 | As suggested above , one of the central planks in Lord Devlin 's argument that the law does not simply exist to protect the individual , but also to protect society , was the fact that in all but a few cases the victim may not consent to the commission of an offence against themselves . |
| 10 | In all but a few cases their treason had been petty , enlisting in the German ranks after being taken prisoner or something of that sort . |
| 11 | In all but a few cases interviews were taped . |
| 12 | Economic and social changes have combined to eliminate this occupational community , at least in lowland England , in all but a few very remote areas . |
| 13 | In all but a few our taxonomic knowledge is based on expedition reports dating back often more than 50 years . |
| 14 | Yet in all but a very few , it is people that are the organisation 's most costly and most valuable asset . |
| 15 | For example , foreign electronics firms have pre-empted the creation of a domestically-owned electronics industry in all but a few countries . |
| 16 | In all but a few cases , a solution will be provided immediately or within a couple of hours . |
| 17 | The problem here is not so much to prevent partners leaving before reaching retirement age ( any such general prohibition would be unrealistically restrictive in all but a few firms ) as to ensure that as little damage is done to the firm as possible when they do . |
| 18 | Registered land conveyancing is delightfully simple , both as to deducing and investigation of title , and official forms are obtainable that , with minor adaptation , will serve in all but a few cases . |
| 19 | Schools in all but a few pockets of the county are expected to find enough people willing to stand for election in September when 1,600 governors are due to be appointed . |
| 20 | The match will be fished in all but the severest of conditions — the Oxford has a reputation for producing fish even when ice-breaking is necessary . |
| 21 | What these firearms offences appear to amount to is a criminalization of the carrying of firearms in all but the most innocent of contexts . |
| 22 | In addition , people are influenced by their own preconceptions , which will have evolved , in all but the very young , in far less enlightened times . |
| 23 | ‘ In all but the most uniform of plains , the spatial anisotropy of soils , vegetation and topography is such that , at a scale of 1:5 million ( that of the FAO/UNEP maps ) , a single meaningful measure of the parameters is not possible . ’ |
| 24 | In all but the smallest operations planning manifests itself as work schedules , by whatever name , be it cleaning rotas , cleaning schedules or similar . |
| 25 | Windsurfing during the two hours either side of high water is ill-advised on most beaches in all but the lightest winds . |
| 26 | Because weight is such an important factor in boards planing , there are two weight groups in all but the funboard division . |
| 27 | With the growth of towns , the coming of the Industrial Revolution , and the improvements in surface transportation , the pattern in all but the staple industries changed and the whole industrial and commercial structure grew ( and grows ) increasingly more diverse and complex , to the extent that it moves ever more out of the realms of the local researcher into those of the economic or social historian working at national , or even international , level . |
| 28 | Quiet , steady and composed , Gavin was an ideal partner for skipper Jim Cannon at the heart of the Palace defence and , if the early '80s were a time when our back four was often under a lot of pressure , Gavin played his part in Palace 's revival at the end of the decade although , in spite of skippering our successful 1988–89 side for a few matches mid-season , he incurred yet another injury and was prevented from playing in all but the final three games . |
| 29 | He appeared in all but the initial match of 1919–20 to make the left-back position his own , and then in every one of the 3rd Division championship seasons of 1920–21 . |
| 30 | But the lack of finance in all but the commercial sector is inhibiting . |