Example sentences of "but in [noun] it [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | But in London it brought belly laughs with a bawdy display of music hall humour and saucy songs . |
2 | The pound climbed strongly against the dollar , jumping nearly three cents to $1.61 in New York trading , but in Europe it fell back almost three pfennigs against the Deutschmark after an initial boost from ERM speculation . |
3 | But in Washington it caused a nasty row . |
4 | Such agreements on extraterritoriality are common where American forces or advisers are stationed abroad , but in Iran it aroused memories of the humiliating capitulations demanded by the British and the Russians in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . |
5 | Salt in itself is not bad but in excess it stimulates the adrenals , encourages hypertension , arteriosclerosis and the retention of water in fatty tissue ( cellulite ) . |
6 | It probably does n't figure among the world 's top ten sellers for databases , but in Britain it 's been in the top three for years . |
7 | Why is it that among women in the 11 other EC countries unemployment fell by 32 per cent. , but in Britain it rose by 172,000 ? |
8 | Its political function was as much the repression of the rural and urban masses as feudal vassalage had been , but in addition it had to act to protect the land-owning aristocracy against the growing power of the bourgeousie which was based on the technical and commercial advances underlying pre-industrial manufacturing . |
9 | hip hop culture may not have meant an awful lot in Britain in 1992 but in America it remains a hot spot of commerce , musical cred and political dialogue . |
10 | In the countryside this was natural since this social grouping was the focus of local communication and leadership , but in Derry it meant that the Nationalist leadership was drawn too heavily from one social group . |
11 | But in principle it seems inexcusable to penalise the company for breach of a duty not owed by it but by its directors and intended to protect , among others , the company and its members . |
12 | This system may vary in detail between specific contracts but in principle it runs along the following lines . |
13 | But in part it reflected a genuine belief on the part of many Tory Anglicans that the Church was still inadequately protected against possible attacks from a non-Anglican monarch , and needed better legal securities . |
14 | In part this can be attributed to the diverse scopes that have been claimed for sociolinguistics ( see Trudgill , 1978 : Introduction ) , but in part it comes about because sociolinguists are interested in inter-relations between language and society however these are manifested in grammatical systems : sociolinguistics is not a component or level of a grammar in the way that syntax , semantics , phonology and , quite plausibly , pragmatics are . |
15 | Numerical strength does not necessarily confer power , but in Whitehall it has always counted towards influence . |
16 | In some groups the use of geometric shapes is predetermined by the coarseness of the weave , but in others it reflects a conscious desire to adhere to traditional forms . |
17 | It was not a new idea , but in Chapman it found its most ardent champion . |
18 | You should have received a copy of this , but in case it has been mislaid , another is attached . |
19 | In men it increased from 59.1 to 113.4 , but in women it remained unchanged ( mean 35.0 ) . |
20 | The intensity of the field is generally weak , falling to 10–20% of the initial strength over most of the Earth 's surface , but in places it rises to high values . |
21 | Many knitters seem to feel instinctively that this will help , but in fact it does n't . |
22 | But in fact it does n't cost any more |
23 | erm er you know , whether it could vu confuse children or not but in fact it does n't seem to with John 's children does it ? |
24 | The next case might appear to be a bit shorter , but in fact it asks you to consider rather more factors , over a longer period , and from a rather higher management level . |
25 | But in fact it enabled staff to come up with more appropriate answers to those problems , said Edwards . |
26 | The peacetime strength of the army was 415,000 ; on mobilization this was expected to rise to 1,800,000 , but in fact it grew to nearly twice that number . |
27 | But in fact it added to my Saturday work because I was expected to clean more with the new machine . |
28 | All this may seem obvious , but in fact it had not worked out like that in the earlier days of the cutters as I recall . |
29 | This looks easier in that you are nearer the solution but in fact it makes the task impossible . |
30 | Evolution is generally regarded as a slow process , but in fact it works remarkably swiftly . |