Example sentences of "but [conj] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ An essential characteristic of cyclical behaviour is not only that expansion and contraction follow each other , but that each phase of the cycle contains within it the seeds to generate the succeeding phase ’ ( R. Levacic , Macroeconomics ) . |
| 2 | This found not only a generally high level of support for the police , but that this spread throughout the class structure ( indeed was marginally higher in the working class ) . |
| 3 | A simple answer to the question would be that We do , generally speaking , dream in colour , but that this aspect of the dream tends to be forgotten . |
| 4 | But if Japanese involvement in the new world disorder is to grow , more deaths are unavoidable . |
| 5 | ‘ But if one part of the pie is rotten , ’ he concluded , ‘ how do you know the rest is true ? |
| 6 | Crossed stimulus and response lines create stress but if one party to the transaction can say honestly ‘ that was my parent speaking ’ the stress is relieved . |
| 7 | 13.1 does not warrant that the Licensed Software will be error-free but if any copy of the Licensed Software is demonstrated to within 90 ( ninety ) days from the date of delivery to the end user to contain or have contained an error or malfunction , shall use all reasonable endeavours to correct such error or malfunction , or , as its option , to replace such copy of the Licensed Software free of charge , provided that : |
| 8 | But if this reading of the Reeve 's character , and of the relationship between teller and tale , were true , it would leave the Reeve almost uniquely condemned amongst the Canterbury pilgrims . |
| 9 | Admittedly , a robot could be provided with an Ullmanesque capacity to perceive rigid objects in motion ; but whether any creature on the phytogenetic scale employs such visual mechanisms is another question . |
| 10 | But after some counselling from the development officer the situation improved and the worker was able to continue in post . |
| 11 | National lineages remain important , but as one pole of a tension counterbalanced by a growing internationalization of culture , associated particularly with an emerging American hegemony . |
| 12 | They are not designed as artistic structures from which to stand back but as vital nourishment for the journey to which they point . |
| 13 | But the effective address is then used , not to specify a store location , but as subsidiary information for the operation to be performed ( such as the number of bits to be shifted ) . |