Example sentences of "but [conj] a [noun] [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if a child mutates in a big way , so that it has moved a long distance away from its parent in genetic space , what are the odds of its being better than its parent ? |
| 2 | The Inland Revenue does not tax the benefit where the cost is modest , but if a company goes over the £50 a head bracket , look out . |
| 3 | For instance , a computer can search he words of titles and print out all items containing the relevant key terms , but if an astronomer asks for anything to do with black holes , he may find himself presented with material on the Black Hole of Calcutta , or titles in which the two words appear separately and accidentally , unless the search procedure is more tightly controlled . |
| 4 | But when a man dies after a scuffle behind closed doors , Lenny is left facing the biggest fight of his career … |
| 5 | but when a saw wheezes through a piece of wood |
| 6 | But when a horse crashes into a fence in an attempt to escape a hump-backed monster ( in reality , his owner carrying a sack of oats ) , small wonder that he is liable to be thought stupid . |
| 7 | It 's easy to criticize but when an audience grows to this size , there is the responsibility of allowing as many fans as possible to see the shows . |