Example sentences of "but [det] [be] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , there 's the relief of knowing you do n't have to worry about where the next question is coming from , but that 's simply replaced by the worry of where the first answer is coming from . |
| 2 | Erm but that 's not taking into consideration the arrears on the vehicles . |
| 3 | Yes , yes , but that 's not going to be the only one , as I understand it . |
| 4 | ‘ But that 's enough emoting for tonight . |
| 5 | ‘ But that 's enough work for the evening , Watson . |
| 6 | But that 's fully expensed at all times . |
| 7 | English is finished as a common language , but that 's only according to a Frenchman . |
| 8 | At least perplexing to me , but that is probably to do with my own shortcomings . |
| 9 | It is also true that I disagreed with his choice of menu , but that is hardly cause for murder . ’ |
| 10 | Certainly Sunday schools had the opportunity to advance working-class literacy , but that was not seen as their main purpose . |
| 11 | By this stage no recognised forward had yet to score , but that was soon rectified at Wigan , when John Borthwick came off the bench to score a last gasp winner for a 2–1 victory . |
| 12 | It all looks polished , but that was only achieved with some difficulty . |
| 13 | But that was often limited by the realities of the situation . |
| 14 | He had signed a three-year contract but that was technically breached by Coca-Cola , when it merged Columbia with Tri-Star , under Tri-Star 's head . |
| 15 | In the early 1980s , there were reports of widespread use of " Jamaican Creole " among Caribbean children in London schools , but little was actually known about it . |
| 16 | So far the shopkeepers are surviving , because demand is so great , but few are yet admitting to doing anything other than breaking even . |
| 17 | Stepsd have been taken to improve things since Judge Tumim 's report , new accommodation blocks have been built but some are still living in the old quarters . |
| 18 | But some are now recovering at an emergency field hospital . |
| 19 | Wheat is mainly a cash crop , sold for making biscuits or for mixing with harder foreign wheat for bread but some is also fed to cattle . |
| 20 | Almost all of it is exported through Tees Dock at Middlesbrough , but some is also sent from Whitby . |
| 21 | On the Macintosh Plus , the system we use , there 's a strange mini-DIN connector but this is easily changed to a conventional 9-pin connector with an adapter lead . |
| 22 | Belfast had declined by 2.3 per cent , but this is largely explained by government policies of funnelling population to other areas , policies which did not apply to Derry . |
| 23 | The first bar , beginning with E and C , would seem set to create a tonality of C major , but this is immediately contradicted by the F-F of the first violin . |
| 24 | That the floral device " above " the lion is more lightly shaded than that " below " might seem insignificant , but this is also associated with notable contrasts in the quality of the guilloche ( both simple and chained ) by which they are enclosed . |
| 25 | There was even a theory that trade cycles were associated with sun-spot cycles , but this is not held in much regard these days . |
| 26 | Ah yes but this is not meant to be old fashioned . |
| 27 | Some courts accept a letter in lieu of attendance , but this is not provided for in the rules . |
| 28 | but this is not permitted in Pascal . |
| 29 | It is clear that finance , even for a small museum , can not be taken lightly , but this is generally felt to be a project that the Society should go ahead with , if at all possible . |
| 30 | Another requirement for the grant of a patent is that the invention must have an industrial application but this is widely defined by section 4 of the Patents Act 1977 which states that the invention must be capable of being made or used in any kind of industry , including agriculture . |