Example sentences of "but [det] [noun] [verb] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed pretty arty but some scenes stick in the memory . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sure he would come if he could but some things get in the way . ’ |
| 3 | But this drug works in a very different way and it actually helps to take the strain off your heart er and it actually makes a huge difference . |
| 4 | The variables of age , sex and educational level interact in their influence on speaker choice of variant ; for example sex of speaker emerges as influencing choice of variant in the less educated groups , but this difference disappears in the highly educated groups . |
| 5 | Anderson himself , in scene five , remarks on the fact that language allows him to 'show off a bit " ( p. 63 ) but this comment occurs in the context of his longest turn , which is the most obvious example of him violating the maxim of manner . |
| 6 | But this readiness to intervene in the Philippines was a useful message to send to a Soviet leader still exploring the thinking and the reactions of the new US President . |
| 7 | But these Portuguese lived in an age when Christian burnt Christian to save souls , and their Jesuit missionaries now condemned the doctrine and ritual of the Church which the Portuguese troops had helped to save . |
| 8 | A cohort may consist of all persons born in the same year ( a birth cohort or generation ) ; but all women married in a particular year or a random sample of all cancer sufferers diagnosed in a certain month are equally valid examples of cohorts . |
| 9 | But many men succeed in a remarkable way in keeping their feelings alive in the most unlikely settings . |
| 10 | But more miners died in the process . |
| 11 | But more miners died in the process . ’ |
| 12 | Most good stores display a whole section of upholstered pieces from traditional to modern in a range of different shapes and sizes , but most pieces come in a far greater variety of sizes , covers and colourings than those on show . |