Example sentences of "but [n mass] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But buck your ideas up ? |
| 2 | But sheep which cross national barriers , such as slaughter lambs for France , must carry a flock mark and for practical reasons that almost certainly means ear tags . |
| 3 | The Cardinal himself never pretended otherwise , but people whose doubts are depressingly real can easily forget this and become discouraged by such a standard . |
| 4 | The facility with which not only politicians but people who should know better argue for education in the name of economic growth is frightening . |
| 5 | Furthermore , they are not nominal Free Presbyterians but people who are active to the extent of giving their testimony in Free Presbyterian pulpits . |
| 6 | Kilocalorie should be written ‘ kcal ’ or ‘ Calorie ’ , with a big C. But people who write about food ( nutritionists and non nutritionalists alike ) tend to write ‘ calorie ’ when they mean ‘ Calorie ’ . |
| 7 | But people who are mentally handicapped are not , in any sense , ill . |
| 8 | But people who have trouble with emotional intimacy often use extra-marital sex as a way of keeping some distance from their mates . |
| 9 | It 's funny , but people who used to say we sounded like The Chameleons were mainly from Middleton . |
| 10 | But people who have rigged up a television in their bedroom or kitchen , to watch the much-advertised breakfast TV shows are finding that some programmes that are quietly transmitted on BBC2 every morning at the same time are often far more interesting . |
| 11 | But people who take part in sport are liable to injury or strain . |
| 12 | But people who wish to reduce animal protein by including some vegetarian dishes in their diet should make sure that they include eggs . |
| 13 | But people who use more costly forms of credit such as HP , finance company loans , or trading vouchers ( generally , the relatively poorer ) are still — even in these exceptional circumstances — paying more than saving up would cost them . |
| 14 | As far as drawbacks to this approach are concerned , enthusiasm is highly contagious , but people who do n't express it themselves may find it embarrassing . |
| 15 | Vi did not see , but people who inherited things intrigued her . |
| 16 | ‘ This is where National Savings , guaranteed bonds and TESSAs come in useful , but people who reach this point on the savings ladder should check their insurances and pension arrangements . |
| 17 | Not images , but people who can direct them or lead them , channel their energies or expand their scope are what they need . |
| 18 | The includers are not always merely disinterested advocates of a philosophy , but people who have become so through experience , through the sheer amount of time they spend with members of the excluded social group . |
| 19 | Although the majority of the people did n't know I believe that came out after the war , but people who were affected , they knew exactly that their son or husband was in Dachau |
| 20 | But people who have an interest in it might , from our series , become a little bit more interested . |
| 21 | But people who have lighter brown skin will need an SPF 2 or 4 cream . |
| 22 | Will my right hon. Friend assure the House , however , that , before large amounts of financial aid are made available , he will make it clear to the Russian people and Government that it is not Governments but people who create wealth ? |
| 23 | Those at the conference table are not Palestine Liberation Organisation representatives working out of Tunis but people who actually live in the occupied territories , who have been deprived of their homeland , as they see it , and who are now looking to the future and trying to negotiate some kind of settlement . |
| 24 | ‘ But people who know their true worth often do not feel the need to go about asserting it . |
| 25 | But people who glimpse it know its power and supreme attractiveness . |
| 26 | That is , of course , because people who steal biscuits from are usually are usually middle class etcetera etcetera but people who steal cars generally tend to be toerags , I think the expression is , erm and therefore nobody much cares . |
| 27 | Now if we take it just one step further , there was a lady well there still is a lady called and she did some research , what she was trying to look at was the the sort of body language if you like the actions that people er use and associate that to their personality and she looked particularly at people who were open positive communicators truthful I suppose but people who were open communicators and looked at the sort of things they did and also at people who perhaps were n't quite so honest and open and truthful . |
| 28 | Erm , but people who learned copperplate writing used to do this , for their and , |
| 29 | But people who knew the man say they think the council did n't do enough to find out if he was in need of help . |
| 30 | Customers are charged a nominal 50 pence donation … but people who ca n't pay wo n't be turned away . |