Example sentences of "but [noun] [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both have folding rear seats but Calibra wins on load space . |
| 2 | But camp comes to life around that recognition ; it is situated at the point of emergence of the artificial from the real , culture from nature — or rather when and where the real collapses into artifice , nature into culture ; camp restores vitality to artifice , and vice versa , deriving the artificial from , and feeding it back into or as , the real . |
| 3 | But consciousness comes at a price , and the price is banishment from the Garden . |
| 4 | There is a difference in the money involved but self-esteem comes into it . |
| 5 | Associationism is long dead as a theory of thought , but externalism remains as a feature of most of its naturalistic successors , because , by virtue of their naturalism , they can find no space for intrinsic generality of mental contents . |
| 6 | But fear lurks beneath the surface and is beginning to paralyse normal life . |
| 7 | But Grimbergen lies within the Brussels CTR and , until it closed , commercial jet traffic from Brussels National was required to avoid the Grimbergen ATZ . |
| 8 | But McLuhan goes beyond the designation of links and proposes that communication technology and culture are related as cause and effect : the medium is the message . |
| 9 | Lower levels of activity are expected in 1993 but investment continues to be made in order to streamline services . |
| 10 | But amygdalin reacts with an enzyme in the almond to produce glucose and two very characteristic compounds , benzaldehyde and prussic acid . |
| 11 | Solow 's book might mislead you into assuming that theorem appreciation is best learned by appreciating theorems ; but Burn looks at the raw materials that make theorems possible . |
| 12 | Regarding the prediscovery sightings of Neptune , Lalande 's in 1795 is said too differ from ephemeris predictions by seven or more arcseconds , but Standish shows by extrapolating two ephemerides backwards that the predictions are uncertain by at least several arcseconds ; combined with the scatter in Lalande 's observations this makes the discrepancy rather dubious . |
| 13 | But spirituality has to be aroused , and passion is often the medium — the conducting channel . ’ |
| 14 | But work has to be planned with those aims as clearly spelt out as the financial or operational objectives . |
| 15 | But LEDU seems to be simply shifting small businesses from one location to another within West Belfast . |
| 16 | But Amalgamemnon traces in The Histories a pattern of male appropriation of the oracle 's discourse . |
| 17 | They said , We go to seek Grandson , 39 , but tribulation abounds on every side and no help comes . |
| 18 | ‘ A call I should like , ’ said Dorothy , with some emphasis , ‘ but Ray seems to be inviting himself and Kathleen to stay here for a night or two . ’ |
| 19 | We have heard some fine arguments about sovereignty , but sovereignty falls into two categories . |
| 20 | But glycine occurs in thousands of different proteins , and it is inconceivable that the change should be beneficial in most of them . |
| 21 | They rarely strayed out of Middleton but Solowka remembers with perverse affection a gig at Liverpool University , where he was studying for his degree in environmental biology . |
| 22 | British Telecommunications Plc confirmed plans to apply this week to the US Federal Communications Commission for a licence to resell international private lines and to offer switched services that will enable it to provide international virtual networks to large firms — but approval depends on further negotiation between the US and UK . |
| 23 | The comic duo , soon to star in Branagh 's new film Peter 's Friends , are seen setting sail for New York in Episode One to escape Bertie 's marriage to the unspeakable Honoria Glossop , but danger lurks among their fellow first-class passengers . |
| 24 | The speed skaters go about half that speed , but danger slides at you from every corner . |
| 25 | I protest , but Rory leaps from his seat and I am obliged to fill it . |
| 26 | He tries to convey the humour to Phil , but Phil looks at him sardonically and talks of other things . |
| 27 | Dramatic interpretation in a revival of such an old staging is inevitably not fresh , but Kollo sings with supreme verve and flexibility for such resonant heldentenor . |
| 28 | The dependency that they believe results from retirement stems from an inability to produce , but poverty stems from an inability to consume . |
| 29 | Let us distinguish between the two words ‘ atonement ’ and ‘ salvation ’ : atonement refers to a past event , but salvation speaks of it continuing into the future . |
| 30 | It is not harmful to vision , but attention needs to be given to lighting and position to prevent postural fatigue and the development of spinal curvature . |