Example sentences of "but in most [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | In Chapter 4 more formal arrangements for support were described , but in most bureaux the natural discussion that takes place as advisers focus on the information system serves as the only team support . |
2 | But in most states defendants are still represented by state lawyers . |
3 | Vocational education is often thought of as the acquisition of knowledge and skills directly applicable to the job ; but in most posts what is required is not so much the acquisition of a skill as progressive development in the fields of human relations , of judgment , and of general educational standards . |
4 | But in most circumstances , the focus will tend to be either more on the maintenance of social relations , or more on the conveying of information clearly , concisely and unambiguously . |
5 | Some sites may have their own museums , but in most instances , finds from any excavations are kept in local and national museums . |
6 | A fountain can sometimes be incorporated with a waterfall by the use of a two-way junction on the pump outlet , but in most instances the pump is not sufficiently powerful to produce the desired effect . |
7 | Scattered all over his territories were 738,000 Japanese ; in theory a defeated army but in most cases still armed and either potentially dangerous or the only organized force capable of keeping chaos at bay . |
8 | But in most cases , the land invasion represented the peak of political activity . |
9 | Protecting the environment means different things to different people , but in most cases it is the individual 's own perception of what he or she wants from the environment . |
10 | A deficit of isolated teeth may indicate preferential loss of teeth , but in most cases it is more likely to be due to sampling error , by the failure to extract all the teeth from the pellets . |
11 | Similarly , certain information produced by the finance function for external agencies ( eg weekly returns of staff working hours for payment purposes ) caused problems , but in most cases the form and frequency were already prescribed . |
12 | ‘ But in most cases you are likely to save money by not taking out a contract , ’ says the CA . |
13 | Sometimes these clustered around an old governmental or cultural centre , but in most cases , the character of the new cities was dominated by industry . |
14 | Some people have notions of using the technology as an ambitious static analysis machine but in most cases it simply presents more data than anybody needs and will have to be restrained . |
15 | But in most cases we possess complete sets of furnishings and fittings . |
16 | And therefore for for various reasons their interest in driving , in most cases , not all , cos I mean some of them are very good , but in most cases their interest in driving i is is limited to what they 're gon na do in their time off . |
17 | But in most cases the aim of the social services departments is to find the child a substitute home as near to a good , normal home as possible , until such time as he or she can return to their own home . |
18 | Brooke-Rose used her facility for light , clever story-telling as a sort of sugar-coating with which to induce readers to swallow her less palatable conceptual material , but in most cases the pill was never digested because readers were accustomed to ‘ serious ’ novels being concerned with morality . |
19 | Students who obtained a C1 Certificate and who did not wish to enter employment immediately should be able to undertake further studies ; in some instances , this might be a Diploma in Art and Design course , but in most cases it would lead to a Higher Certificate of the validating body . |
20 | This is usually after the winter when fish are naturally a little run down , but in most cases it is quickly cleared up with a standard fungus cure preparation . |
21 | There are examples in the private sector of quantification of what is material , but in most cases materiality is left to individual judgement . |
22 | Consequently , gases can be studied , but in most cases only electronic excitations are observed . |
23 | In some cases you can upgrade the hardware by adding extra RAM etc. but in most cases where it is built into the motherboard is is n't . |
24 | Fundoplication has some adverse effets , but in most cases these are mild and well compensated by lasting relief of heartburn and regurgitation . |
25 | Such clauses are often fiercely resisted by the buyer , but in most cases without reason . |
26 | But in most cases a referral to , say , a registrar in the accident and emergency department of the local hospital will produce a much more powerful report . |
27 | The language syntax is not always completely identical to that of the 6502 version , but in most cases the Z80 version is more tolerant . |
28 | I think mostly erm , I think that the audits have gone erm , very well actually erm , people are following the procedures and they are at times , they are a little bit slipping up erm , enquiries seem to be an area and filling in the enquiry form properly and making sure that it is copied to the divisional enquiry file erm , a few people fell down on that erm , but in most cases the procedures were followed virtually to a letter . |
29 | In BSL this is two-handed but in most countries the system used is one-handed ( see fig. 6.12 , page 125 ) . |
30 | But in most countries this would be unacceptable to the organization ( only France has the mystique of the grandes écoles ) . |