Example sentences of "but [pron] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | But my purpose in dwelling on this theory is to demonstrate how ideas are spread by the action of persuasion on uncritical acquiescence and get converted into solutions , which are assumed to be valid everywhere , like American Express traveller 's cheques . |
| 2 | It was not only Jean-Claude 's selfishness that struck me , but my collusion in it . |
| 3 | I may boldly say , no one but my self in the Kingdom has the like variety of ‘ em … ’ , but his characteristic works are his engraving of scales , dials , and sectors . |
| 4 | But my experiences in Guatemala , where the government has murdered tens of thousands for taking the tiniest steps towards development , have convinced me that non-violence does not always work , and that it is arrogant and dangerous to insist on such methods . |
| 5 | But my contacts in the trade — I am using three , all very discreet and understanding men — tell me the number of stones involved is very substantial . |
| 6 | But my spirits in Cuzco this second sojourn in the city had been mercurial to say the least . |
| 7 | I include due process as a separate virtue because I do not believe it collapses into either of the others as I describe these , but my arguments in this and the following chapters will pay much more attention to fairness and justice , and I shall mainly ignore procedural due process . ) |
| 8 | But my interest in robots was fired . |
| 9 | ‘ But my intention in bringing you in here was never to enjoy the pleasure of your body . |
| 10 | I would have liked to take the Crusades as my special subject , but my inadequacy in Latin deterred me . |
| 11 | I had not only won a major title but my time in Madrid of 21.1 was my fastest ever , indoors or out , and that on a very tight , small track . |
| 12 | I suspect now that you know I mean I they might still to move given to one or two of my family members , but basically I could more openly say you know that in fact I suppose my view in Britain but not in Australia but my view in Britain is okay , the Royal Family could continue to exist they must A pay taxes B I do n't genuflect to any of them and C we 've got ta put them in perspective they 're in which is they 're a tourist attraction erm you know but I and I can make those comments which would be met by a lot of Britons with hostility , people who would totally disagree with me and say well they are the Royals and you know bow , bow , bow , but others would agree with me and that is something that has changed over the last three decades it really has , it 's changed during , during my absence in Australia , it is something you know that I came back to and I mean I kept , I 've been back about three or four weeks and there 's a pro I mean there 's some delightful radio programmes here comedy , political comedy shows and there was one show I listened to and I had been back a couple of weeks and it was about erm the Queen had a P R issue and she had to sort of do something about it , so she decided they 'd have a public execution of Edward and they described Edward was a cream puff and they the Queen and and er Andrew and everybody else was on the balcony at er Buck House and the crowds are cheering and the rolled and the the execution . |
| 13 | Product D is a growth performer in the overseas markets but its performance in the home market has declined from the previous year . |
| 14 | We have seen that Locke agrees that some things which we know , such as that all numbers are even or odd , could not be learnt directly from experience , and that he explains that he never meant otherwise , for what experience gives us is not knowledge itself , but its materials in the form of ideas . |
| 15 | But its challenger in the share race , Middlesbrough stockbroker Wise Speke has also suffered as the market takes cover during the current bout of election fever . |
| 16 | Its rationale shifted but its purpose in one respect at least remained , and orthodox women to this day follow through the ritual of purification at the mikva every month and abstain from physical contact with their husbands during their times of bleeding and for seven days thereafter ( = two weeks every month ) . |
| 17 | So for example you can see chlorine the percentage of chlorine in solution expressed as a , a per centimetre solution is something like twenty four thousand but its percentage in crustal rock is nought point nought one three so there 's this big excess of chlorine to explain . |
| 18 | The price of this combo is excellent for a twin channel amp , but its shortcomings in the lead department may keep it from playing in the World Series and confine it to the Junior League . |
| 19 | What we might be seeing on the extreme right is not the last stages of antisemitism , but its continuation in a climate without Jewish issues , or , to be precise , without the son of Jewish issues which can mobilize the support which the extreme right seeks . |
| 20 | It is musically unrelated to The Art of Fugue , but its presence in this context — Bach dedicated his poignant revision of the piece during the last months of his life — is neither inapposite nor in any sense to be regretted . |
| 21 | ‘ Practice ’ need not be eschewed as part of higher education ; but its presence in the curriculum must be justified in terms of the opportunities it affords for the student 's critical reflection . |
| 22 | The industry thus managed to maintain its freedom on this central aspect of commercial policy making , but its competence in living up to this challenge left much to be desired . |
| 23 | It narrowly escaped being called upon to name them ( see later , p155 ) but its conduct in promising a plea of justification and persisting in such a plea until the last moment was punished by damages of £50,000 . |
| 24 | Sensible advice , really , but its positioning in the book says everything . |
| 25 | The Origin of Species was not the first book to suggest a natural explanation of how life has developed , but its publication in 1859 precipitated the debate that converted most people to evolutionism . |
| 26 | Britain fulfilled just half its 1970 promise in 1979 , but its contributions in official aid have fallen ever since . |
| 27 | Not only has there been a reluctance on the part of directors to enforce such a remedy on behalf of the company by suing fellow directors , but its adoption in the context of insider dealing does very little to help the real victim . |
| 28 | MRI has been much slower to develop than computed tomography , but its impact in those areas where it clearly has a substantial advantage has been enormous , namely the central nervous system and the musculoskeletal system . |
| 29 | The Manchester Citizens Corporation was alone in lobbying for such provision , but its capability in this area became increasingly constrained towards the end of the Programme period ( see below ) . |
| 30 | But its boom in popularity was still a selective one — probably due to the fact that it was not until 1830 that the transport of Champagne in bottles became legally permitted . |