Example sentences of "but [conj] we [am/are] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The philosopher Rescher offers a useful distinction when he says that we are all the best judges of our own satisfaction and happiness , and no-one can do this for us , but that we are not always the best judges of what is in our own best interests , and that others , who are less subjectively involved are better judges . |
| 2 | It means that we are not only working to enable children to have access to information , knowledge , and literature ( with or without a capital letter ) but that we are also helping them to develop critical and independent thinking . |
| 3 | It may not be that we have become too sophisticated but that we are so confused we seek salvation even from out there . |
| 4 | We must prove to the world that not only have we grown rapidly , but that we are now a mature company and an industry leader . |
| 5 | But although we are not arguing that women or feminists have privileged access to the truth about reality , we agree with Jaggar that the standpoint of women offers an opportunity to see what is wrong with current male-defined theories and to correct them . |
| 6 | But although we are almost close neighbours , communication between the two island groups have never been easy until comparatively recently . |
| 7 | But if we are both determined to mislead him , he is not likely to make much headway . |
| 8 | But if we are not told how it was all done once again we , the readers , have a right to doubt the reliability of the evidence . |
| 9 | ‘ But if we are not able to obtain all the slots we 've applied for at Heathrow we may have to consider cutting back , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Thank God that we do have regional diversity and differences , but if we are not careful , if we pursue regionalist policies it will lead to a break-up of England . |
| 11 | However his views seem split — ‘ but if we are not willing to rule in our turn , other men will rule out of theirs . |
| 12 | But if we are not to be led into false beliefs , it is necessary to realize exactly what the mystic emotion reveals . |
| 13 | But if we are seriously interested in promoting the quality of higher education , of improving the effectiveness by which teachers teach and students learn , it is to the teaching process that we must look . |
| 14 | Nobody likes answering machines , but if we are out at the bank , or out of normal hours when you telephone , please leave a clear note of your name and telephone number with your message . |
| 15 | But if we 're not wanted , you 'd better talk to the chief . |
| 16 | consideration , but if we 're not there having the conversation we wo n't even know that the conversations been l |
| 17 | But if we 're not careful , the real people , the real people who should be are going to be the losers , because they would not be able to draw the attendance allowance which they need to attend . |
| 18 | We hope that environmentally we are considerate , but if we 're not efficient producers then we 'll go out of business . |
| 19 | Erm now okay I accept that erm what you 're getting now or starting to get through in some areas is a higher degree of expectation , but if we 're not achieving that then I think it 's something to do with what we 're , the way in which we 're , we 're operating rather than the fact that it is n't achievable . |
| 20 | But but but we 're only charging twice as much as would erm because are providing a standard bearing . |
| 21 | But because we 're not that sort of organization |
| 22 | The thing is because , yeah , but because we 're all doing different scripts |
| 23 | Not because of their undoubted erudition , acuity and ( not least ) charm have pre-empted everything we , their successors , might have to say on the matter ( culture is evolving at too vertiginous a speed for that to happen ) , but because we are n't alone in having read Barthes and Eco and assimilated their methodology . |
| 24 | Few pilots are in this game for the glory or so — called glamour , but because we are inextricably dedicated to the sport of aerobatics , and we have an insatiable desire to one day bring home a Gold , Silver or even a Bronze . |
| 25 | In a profound sense we doubt not only because we are ignorant of something but because we are absolutely certain of nothing . |
| 26 | Now I do n't see that there 's likely to be any connection , but since we 're up against a brick wall in the Stavanger case , I 've come to pick your brains . " |
| 27 | ‘ But since we 're both going to have to stay under this roof for a couple of days , perhaps even longer , maybe we 'd better lay down some ground rules so that we can at least avoid open warfare . ’ |
| 28 | But since we are inevitably already using the term ‘ multi-media ’ , we must first consider what it means . |
| 29 | But while we 're on , I 'll tell you this ; you 'll go blind readin' that small print . ’ |
| 30 | We smile at each other , but though we 're still light and happy the urgency has gone . |