Example sentences of "but [prep] [det] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Association chairman Andy Oatley said : ‘ We are delighted some members will be paid the sums illegally withheld , but for many it will be too late . |
| 2 | The excess to which some have pointed may well disclose the absence of something crucial , but for that we must defer judgment . |
| 3 | It 's forty years old and will set you back five and a half thousand pounds — but for that you can be sure no-one will dare cut you up on the motorway . |
| 4 | But for those who can no longer rely on belonging anywhere else , there is at least one other imagined community to which one can belong : which is permanent , indestructible , and whose membership is certain . |
| 5 | I would recommend an audible drop-off alarm to everyone , but for those who can not afford separate alarms the use of optonics , as long as they are in conjunction with a drop arm , clipped to the rear rod rest , are acceptable . |
| 6 | Only valence shell MOs that are occupied by at least one electron can be studied by photoelectron spectroscopy ( PES ) , but for these we can deduce the binding energy and also in some cases the bonding or anti-bonding character of the orbital . |
| 7 | For most young people it is a passing phase which they will grow out of , but for some it can become a habit . |
| 8 | ‘ But for this you should really have at least £50,000 and preferably £100,000 — and a stockbroker to guide you through the minefield of stocks and shares . ’ |
| 9 | These clothes are being modelled around the country all week , but after that they 'll be back on the Oxfam rails . |
| 10 | They can then apply for a further 24-hour extension but after that they must charge or release the pair . |
| 11 | , it 's only an hour he might an hour but after that he 'll be thinking bloody hell the pubs will be open |
| 12 | So Lisa , it 's it 's going round at the moment with a mobile one , but after that it 'll be from the shop . |
| 13 | Then she added with sudden firmness , ‘ But after that I shall go home . |
| 14 | ‘ He thinks I can manage the first two years ' bills at Dickie 's new school , but after that I 'll be cleaned out , so God alone knows what 'll happen . |
| 15 | it then for that lesson , but after that I could n't remember again how to do it |
| 16 | I may possibly be able to greatly increase that distance but of that I can not speak with certainty . ’ |
| 17 | Only a small fraction would elude this category if we accept that , contrary to much contemporary opinion , paupers were largely made up not of a delinquent or a wilfully dependent population but of those who could not work either through incapacity or age , or who could not , in the vagaries of the labour market , find work . |
| 18 | 1991 in many respects has been one of the toughest years in Hygiene but despite that we will have achieved our budgeted target and increased our profit by 40% over 1990 — a truly excellent performance ! |
| 19 | The Riders , like most of the characters of Beowulf but unlike all we can guess of the real pre-Christian English , do not worship pagan gods ; they also do not hold slaves , commit incest , practise polygamy . |
| 20 | ‘ They will have the same powers as the larger UDCs , but above all they will create the business-friendly environment and single minded approach which are the necessary preconditions for regeneration . ’ |
| 21 | But above all I would hope to go home with a faith in some measure renewed by the experience of seeing close at hand how many of the Peruvians live theirs . |
| 22 | But above all I shall remember the community spirit that emerged . |
| 23 | The Belfast community is a broadly monodialectal one , but within this it can be described as a divergent-dialect community ( Johnston , 1983 ) . |
| 24 | The 150th anniversary of the founding of the Great Western was marked in style but to many it will be remembered for the decision to shut down Swindon Works . |
| 25 | After all , some may treat a scar on the forehead as comparatively trivial , but to another it would be a source of serious worry . |
| 26 | On some brands you will find a top fitted but on most you will find there is a rail that fixes the units to the worktop . |
| 27 | Now do n't take that too literally , certainly in sub zero temperatures and I think the first of December and to do so would I think er have er maybe with some risk of being in 's phrase stark raving bonkers but by that you may think I mean that I think we made a fair attempt to deal with the three principle issues which have caused so much annoyance to user groups , there 's a backlog in modification orders . |