Example sentences of "but in [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the summer we can go out and draw from direct observation , but in winter it is too cold , but when we get back to the classroom we can draw from memory the tree we have just examined and put down on paper as much as we have learned and remembered about the tree , its form , its colour , and its texture . |
| 2 | But in theology we commit enormous howlers . |
| 3 | She always had an interest in the arts , but in painting she is self-taught . |
| 4 | through that but in total we are . |
| 5 | The four main zaibatsu were more than able to supply the financial needs of the two main political parties , but in return they expected state support to continue . |
| 6 | The lender gives you some of its money to use for your own purposes — but in return you pay interest on the loan . |
| 7 | She won James round to her way of eating , but in return he tries to alter her , too . |
| 8 | I said , ‘ I will give up everything for this orchestra , but in return I must ask that it be a lifetime 's possession . ’ |
| 9 | I will give you everything — everything you want and need , everything I never had — but in return I want , I demand , perhaps not your love , but certainly your respect . |
| 10 | Salt in itself is not bad but in excess it stimulates the adrenals , encourages hypertension , arteriosclerosis and the retention of water in fatty tissue ( cellulite ) . |
| 11 | That alone makes the patterns in social relations more complicated , but in addition we must analyse processes of change to judge how far the character of these structures is being modified or even transformed . |
| 12 | We made PNP coordinators the object of a detailed study , but in addition we gathered data on the managerial and professional contexts within which coordinators and other PNP appointees worked , so that we could identify those contextual factors which bore most heavily on how , and with what success , schools implemented the programme 's goals . |
| 13 | There 's that key body of staff , who have romances and do conventional hospital drama/ Emergency Ward 10 type things , but in addition they are fighting against stereotypes and taking on contemporary issues . |
| 14 | He usually started drawing a figure from a certain point and then worked outwards , as if his drawings worked from within to without ; but in addition they were also extremely beautiful drawings in their own right . |
| 15 | Nurses , social workers , and remedial therapists care about people in the same way as doctors , lawyers , and architects but in addition they care for people ; a task which may involve the performance of unpleasant work connected with bodily functioning . |
| 16 | But in addition it was very difficult for unaligned voters to participate . |
| 17 | This not only provides an excellent summary of recreational use ( since it is based on a 1977 home-interview survey of 5,040 respondents ) ( Countryside Commission , 1982 ) but in addition it also provides an explanation for any deviation from the curve , as shown in Figure 7.3a theoretically , and in Figure 7.3b in practice . |
| 18 | Its political function was as much the repression of the rural and urban masses as feudal vassalage had been , but in addition it had to act to protect the land-owning aristocracy against the growing power of the bourgeousie which was based on the technical and commercial advances underlying pre-industrial manufacturing . |
| 19 | It is obviously useful to be able to look up words that you ca n't remember in a dictionary , but in addition you will find that the more you work on your dictionary , whether it is on a computer or on cards , the more you memorise your vocabulary . |
| 20 | If you were a head of the legal department of a large company , you would inevitably undertake some of the major matters yourself , but in addition you would be concerned with managing the legal function . |
| 21 | Not only should he do this , but in addition he would be wise to discuss the matter with the chairman of the committee and the officer concerned . |
| 22 | Len was unquestionably one of the best defenders in the 3rd Division South in the mid-1950s , but in addition he was a talented fellow who could turn out in a surprising number of positions ( he actually played in seven different ones for us , and that in a day when ‘ utility ’ players were unusual ) and his Palace career spanned ten seasons . |
| 23 | But in court she described him as ‘ like a pig in a safari suit . ’ |
| 24 | But in court I have probably dealt with more rape cases than any other living lawyer . |
| 25 | With its wide moat and narrow approaches , it was indeed a castle , but in spirit it was some distance from Amberley and Bodiam . |
| 26 | Even in peacetime the London-Scotland journey had been a long one , but in wartime it was dreadful . |
| 27 | As early as The Sycamore Tree Brooke-Rose displayed frustration with the limitations of the traditional character , but in Textermination she succeeds in manipulating these limitations in such a way as to move beyond them without completely abandoning the trappings of realism . |
| 28 | They 're a safe investment , but in love you can make a killing overnight . |
| 29 | September is just upon us. but in Derry they 're already working hard towards this year 's Octoberfest . |
| 30 | In the countryside this was natural since this social grouping was the focus of local communication and leadership , but in Derry it meant that the Nationalist leadership was drawn too heavily from one social group . |