Example sentences of "but [det] [prep] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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1 | A consultant 's job can be divided roughly into three areas of work , all of which are interrelated , but each of which may be taken and given as a separate service . |
2 | It could be sampling error ; the main data used in this chapter was collected in monthly sample surveys , each of which aimed to interview a cross-section of the general public but each of which will have deviated from the parent population to some extent . |
3 | Variants of ( Ε ) and ( o ) do not form a continuum along a single linear scale , but each of them may be said to be part of one or more subscales which can be constructed on , for example , the continua of roundness , or backness or length . |
4 | We 're looking for the funny , the beautiful , the weird and the wonderful , family pictures and holiday snaps , but each of them must have that little extra something … . |
5 | But each of us must keep our information up-to-date so the company as a whole can be up-to-date , too . ’ |
6 | But neither of them can match the pungency of the original , an atmosphere of beaujolais , cigars and malevolence , and of political or legal plots being brewed in the all-night brasseries of Les Halles . |
7 | ‘ I ca n't make you believe in Dana , but neither of us would hurt your sister , ’ Claudia said . |
8 | And even after that high point of drama and inspiration had passed , and the French had launched their successful attack on the Castalians , Protestantism survived in pockets throughout the kingdom ; it was a fallow period , but that in itself would prepare the ground for more spectacular growth . |
9 | Presentations in the hands of the Crown were normally disposed of by the county member in a manner agreeable to the majority of the heritors , although obviously the wishes of political friends would have the greatest weight , but that in itself could be troublesome , for by the later eighteenth century the Treasury was imposing its own rather rigid rules . |
10 | But few of them can be done in isolation and all require some element of partnership . |
11 | We all like to think we know an honest face when we see one , but few of us can really tell friend from foe . |
12 | there is no better way , but er the problem with that is that , you know okay , you might get , you might get some peasants who say well we 're really grateful , we 'll go off and fight but some of them might just say no look , we 've got some land I 'm not gon na leave it , |
13 | ‘ But some of them must be business contacts , surely ? ’ she said helplessly . |
14 | But some of them will have been men who lived permanently within their lord 's gates , his closest companions , who , after several years ' service , might hope to be rewarded with fiefs . |
15 | Some of the conflict will be negative and sterile , impeding the work of delivering services , but some of it may be constructive and positive , where there can be genuine debate about the balance between patient care priorities and securing value for tax-payers ’ money . |
16 | This information is mostly for the GM , but some of it can easily be fed to the PCs before an adventure . |
17 | The majority of the assembly code will be the same , but some of it will be different . |
18 | You will still pay the same amount in tax for the year , but some of it will reach the Inland Revenue earlier . |
19 | From this lengthy account the balanced reciprocity which I mentioned at the beginning becomes very clear but some of you may think that the detail is excessive . |
20 | But some of you will come out with some lovely ideas and they always do all you know . |
21 | The speed is almost enough to lever a Windows user out of his comfortable environment and back into DOS ( but some of us will just wait for the Windows version ! ) . |
22 | That the two were incompatible was clear by the late 1140s but this of itself would not have brought about the annulment . |
23 | But this in itself must have been a difficult decision for the authorities : to dismiss her was to create a security risk and , as she had proved herself dishonest , to retain her was also a potential threat to Ultra . |
24 | Part of the original great tower or donjon survives , but much of what can be seen today dates from the 14th and 15th centuries : massive curtain walls , defended on the south and east by four flanking towers ; within , a large rectangular courtyard enclosure , terminated at its west end by the mighty circular donjon surrounded by its own moat and , on the east side , a great hall and chapel . |
25 | A firm from Oxfordshire has just launched the latest equipment to help doctors find out more about heart and brain illnesses , but much of it wo n't ever be used in Britain . |
26 | They were written during the thirties , but much of it would still be up to date — after all , I do not imagine German bombs have altered our countryside so significantly . |
27 | The comment happens to be about the writer 's home station , but much of it might equally apply to numerous others . |
28 | Ordered , That the Votes and Proceedings of this House be printed , being first perused by Mr. Speaker ; and that he do appoint the printing thereof ; and that no person but such as he shall appoint do presume to print the same . |
29 | But all of them must now align against the beast … |
30 | Not only are the proposals right in themselves , but many of them might win support at Maastricht . |