Example sentences of "but [adv] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As mentioned previously , this so often happened with monotonous and maddening frequency during operations , but luckily radio contact was regained in the nick of time and the message was passed that Margate seemed the most likely landing spot . |
| 2 | It is not a natural similarity but rather sex stereotyping that prompts the comparison between men and fierce animals or women and helpless children . |
| 3 | New ocean basins are created which become wider through time but eventually subduction zones will become established , either along previously passive margins , or within ocean basins . |
| 4 | I know but all West Country . |
| 5 | I have fluent German and some French , but perhaps language qualifications are not always essential . |
| 6 | ‘ But perhaps airway right . ’ |
| 7 | We are hopeful that there will be no surcharges levied whatsoever on the cost of your holiday — but obviously fuel costs , currency movements and governmental action are outside our control , and there is only so much that we are able to absorb . |
| 8 | The preoccupations of spoken language interpreters in discussing their task do not then concern language competence but only interpreter competence ( Gerver and Sinaiko , 1978 ) . |
| 9 | ‘ It is not truth that comes out of the Black Comedy 's darkness , but only sight gags . |
| 10 | But only hydra genes care about hydra reproduction . |
| 11 | Lists of names of authors should not be differentiated according to gender , by using first names for female writers but only family names for male writers ( as in " Shakespeare , Milton , Jane Austen , Hardy " ) . |
| 12 | Inhabits all natural habitats in Canaries , but only upland ones in Madeira . |
| 13 | They lined up like some firing-squad as Messrs Shepherd and Palmer did their best to explain the situation , but only television slo-mo replays would have convinced the sternest of the doubters . |
| 14 | Smaller forms can be interplanted with bush roses , but normally shrub roses grow much larger than the bush forms — 8ft ( 2.4m ) and 10ft ( 3m ) high and wide being quite common — with considerable variation in habit and the way they carry their branches and blooms . |
| 15 | The ten privatised water authorities have lifted their prices by just under 13% ; the 29 statutory water companies ( which have always been in the private sector and supply water , but not sewage services , to about a quarter of the population of England and Wales ) have increased theirs by over 15% . |
| 16 | Male is only sandgrouse with throat but not chin black . |
| 17 | On the day after stopping combined therapy , basal and meal stimulated peak and integrated serum gastrin and serum pepsinogen C ( but not pepsinogen A ) levels were not significantly different from values obtained on the day after stopping omeprazole alone . |
| 18 | The secretory studies usually started after six to eight days of recovery from the surgery usually after 12 hours of food but not water deprivation . |
| 19 | We found that length of gestation but not birth weight was associated with respiratory symptoms , and birth weight but not gestational age was associated with most lung function measurements . |
| 20 | If your income is a little higher , you can also qualify for housing benefit , but not income support . |
| 21 | Those who get housing benefit , but not income support , will find a single person 's rent rebate goes up £1.63 a week . |
| 22 | In this experiment congruity with bias , but not gender cue , affected reading time , though both factors affected verification time . |
| 23 | Experimental evidence suggests that , under certain circumstances , role mapping but not name mapping occurs . |
| 24 | An experiment that produced role mapping , but not name mapping , was conducted by Vonk ( 1985 ) , who presented ( Dutch ) sentences similar to the ones above , followed by a related sentence for verification . |
| 25 | It appears , therefore , that role mapping , but not name mapping , occurred as the original sentence was read . |
| 26 | The divisional court thought that the conduct of the C.P.S. was ‘ incorrect ’ but not mala fide — at most , there was a lack of judgment . |
| 27 | Landmark stability is a prerequisite for spatial but not discrimination learning |
| 28 | As multicultural education is cross-curricular in its scope , many parent groups regard the right of a parent to withdraw his/her child from religious education or collective worships ( but not sex education ) as offering insufficient choice where cultural or religious autonomy is at issue . |
| 29 | We support liaison but not self indulgence by Labour Councillors . |
| 30 | Given the blurring of the distinction between banks and building societies , it was felt that now was the time to drop those measures ( M1 and M3 ) which included bank deposits but not building society deposits . |