Example sentences of "but [conj] [adv] [art] " in BNC.

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1 This endorsement should be applied to policies covering properties which are leased out but where only the Contents are covered .
2 Some of these will be remembered for years to come , not only in Halling but where ever the cement barges called .
3 days and er but And so the father saw that he was safely there and the other Then when he came back he went into the house and said to Duncan er Was you speaking to the old John old John MacGregor and f He said I was that and he said I 'll let you see what my man got , and this was the little bag of gold .
4 With reference to figure 10.8(a) , application of Kirchhoff 's voltage law to the input circuit yields But and so the closed-loop gain is in accordance with equation ( 10.26 ) .
5 But if exactly the same type of accident as occurred in the Russian RBMK could not occur in a British PWR , was that the end of the story ?
6 As a peasant from the Kursk guberniia put it in 1922 : ‘ We are not for priests nor for the church , but if only the Comrades would give us a little of what they promise : they promise a school and Socialism , but our hands are still as empty as ever . ’
7 Usually , it is assumed that Clovis must be the monarch in question , but if so the failure to name him is peculiar : his reputation might have been expected to add lustre to the code .
8 Er but but simply the fact it was passing through this area of land that was regarded by locals as being sacred and separating the two communities .
9 But when I got back to work the people that was in the observation post on the factory , they saw this aircraft , it came down low over the King George 's playing fields and they could see the markings on it and they 'd sounded the alarm but but course the aircraft went straight over .
10 Thank you Chairman I I think er as far as I twelve 's concerned the County Council 's er reasonably happy with that er er policy as it stands , and I think most people erm not all but but certainly the majority of people who er commented on that , commented in a sort of an affirmative way , erm again the provisions of the policy as they are hopefully reworded will er promote the same sort of flexibility and generosity that erm policy I five .
11 Guessing what might greet her in the canteen , she opted for sandwiches in the laboratory , but because today no one else on the team was prepared to forgo his lunch-hour proper she was on her own until she was interrupted .
12 But because only a small part of the mutation load is likely to be due to alleles with major effects , this gives little error .
13 But since only a limited amount could be achieved within the overloaded RHA capital programme , it was decided to select two for a closure programme within the strategic planning period ( 1983 to 1993 ) .
14 But since only the score achieved so far is used , no account is taken of the possibility of right context effects increasing the score of the whole path .
15 But while corporately the bank has adopted a positive approach , Mosson admits this is not always reflected in individual behaviour .
16 But while only a fool would argue that smoking is harmless , many people remain blissfully ignorant about the dangers of the sun .
17 But whereas aesthetically the transformation and revitalization of conventions may be motivated ultimately , even in its classical forms , by a desire for a verisimilitude guaranteed by ‘ public opinion ’ , the need of the industry for new exploitation angles may exceed this aesthetic impulse , going beyond verisimilitude to the point where a series takes its significance not from an agreed or conventionalized similarity to the world , but from its difference to other series .
18 She had n't thought she would understand what Fand meant ; but after only a moment the sense came to her that she was looking at a prisoner — at someone captive , helpless .
19 On their first meal of monarch the jays were violently sick ; but after only a few trials they had learned not to eat monarchs , though they continued to eat other , tasty food .
20 I have tried leaving them without food but after about a week I give in to their begging .
21 ‘ At first the pilots and navigators will mostly go their separate ways and concentrate on the subjects peculiar to their own calling , but after about a week they will be crewed-up — one pilot , one nav/observer , and one nav/plotter to a crew on the bomber side and a pilot and a navigator on the PR — and from then on will attend lectures and do drills as crew members .
22 Much patience is needed , but when eventually the cat does accept its new home , it will probably become the most loving and affectionate of all feline pets .
23 We might perhaps hope that one species lingered on , like the brachiopod Lingla , in some inaccessible part of the sea , but as even the deep sea faunas become well-known this possibility is fading .
24 There was growing pressure on the College to receive the diseased horses of subscribers , but as yet no stables were ready .
25 This illustrates dramatically the influence of the individual nucleons on the nuclear size , but as yet no quantitative calculations have been able to reproduce the effect .
26 But as yet no genie had materialised , no matter how hard she metaphorically rubbed the magic lamp .
27 The club house , which looked like a turreted Ruritanian castle , had white walls , grey roofs , flawless pitches front and back , but as yet no windows , nor , as Perdita suspected , a Ladies ' loo , or changing room .
28 The fine gauge machine has a lace carriage , but as yet no one has developed a chunky machine that will take a lace carriage .
29 Sure , we 've got plenty on them , but as yet no conclusive proof and the three A's — Andropulos , Aristotle and Alexander — are a close-mouthed and secretive lot and we can be certain they wo n't talk to us or give anything away .
30 I understand that the Scottish Home and Health Department has set up a working party to consider this issue , but as yet no recommendations have been made .
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