Example sentences of "but [adv] [adj] [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have never been influenced by public opinion in the past but perhaps these are exceptional times . |
| 2 | And of course I do n't know how long do n't know how long that one 's been going for , but obviously that 's another sort of problem in some way . |
| 3 | But nevertheless that 's human nature and perhaps it 's also a reason why life should not stand still , whatever progress we make both in housing and in quality of housing and the quality of life , once people are used to that , to that they expect more and this is what progress , what forward thinking is all about . |
| 4 | But more worrying is that Ragu is losing his present battle . |
| 5 | ‘ We vested at the agricultural prices pertaining at the time — but now this is prime building land . ’ |
| 6 | Much less well-known but equally exceptional is this fish 's ability to see longer wavelength radiation than we or most other animals can . |
| 7 | Such clauses are common in contracts , but equally common are general exclusion clauses which exclude or restrict liability for all breaches however caused ( " general exclusion clauses " ) . |
| 8 | He had done jury service four times : but surely that is another problem . |
| 9 | There is one who has been with us a long time — but then those are old maids of course . |
| 10 | But how disadvantaged are Labour women supporters ? |
| 11 | But how effective are these bribes ? |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll try anything once … but how expensive is this place ? ’ |
| 13 | Yes but how great is this surplus ? |
| 14 | But how much were these promises worth ? |
| 15 | But how consistent is this view of the Phillips curve with Lipsey 's previous theoretical underpinning of the relation which we outlined earlier in this chapter ? |
| 16 | But how reliable is demonstrative identification ? |
| 17 | Watching Nicolas Cage squeezing his ‘ conceptual ’ approach to acting into Tom Cruise 's boy 's own flying suit provides a few laughs , but otherwise this is awful stuff |