Example sentences of "but [det] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Revolutionary theories may be accepted or discarded , but least cognisance is at taken of them and of what preceded them . |
| 2 | She added that local decisions on merging parishes and losing priests had yet to be made , but each deanery was in the process of reexamining its structure . |
| 3 | The analysts encountered many problems in the process of bridging this gap , but each problem was addressed in turn and an appropriate solution found , generally by making imaginative use of computer software to record and manipulate the mass of data that was produced as the analysis progressed . |
| 4 | But each person is different |
| 5 | As might be expected , credit cards and mail order are used most frequently , but each transaction is generally relatively small . |
| 6 | It was cold inside the little candle-lit church but each heart was briefly warmed by the Rector 's words and yearned again for its lost innocence . |
| 7 | He declared that risings had already begun ‘ but each revolt is drowned in blood ’ . |
| 8 | Damien Hirst ( several of whose pieces can currently be seen at the Saatchi Collection in London ) may create installations from a shark suspended in formaldehyde , or from flies being bred in a sealed glass chamber , but each work is a memento mori as powerful as any Dutch still life . |
| 9 | The young go fast on the perimeter path , and the old take the way more slowly , but each man is struggling for speed , because speed is warmth . |
| 10 | It is like a square , with all sides equal , but each angle is not 900 . |
| 11 | But each station is autonomous and some are more music-oriented than others . |
| 12 | The award compensates the employee for any loss sustained as a result of the dismissal itself and the employer 's actions but each employee is under a duty to mitigate the loss and the tribunal will make a deduction if the employee 's actions contributed to the dismissal . |
| 13 | The basic design of the 200-acre triangular site follows the classic pattern of the patte d'oie , or goosefoot , but each axis is different . |
| 14 | Juniper berries give it its distinctive flavour ( and its name ) , but each recipe is different . |
| 15 | Would you think it actually takes a hundred calls to make one appointment , but each sale is not gon na be worth a thousand pound though is it ? |
| 16 | But each area is subdivided into concentric circles ( except of course they 're not circular ! ) . |
| 17 | Boro took the lead three times through Alan Kernaghan , Tommy Wright and Willie Falconer but each time were hauled back through Les Ferdinand , Gary Penrice and Sinton 's first-ever penalty for Rangers . |
| 18 | Each adult citizen may have one vote but each vote was not of equal value . |
| 19 | So it is , but each house is part of the police station . |
| 20 | The grammatical analysis is performed using a generative approach but each derivation is assigned a probability based on the probabilities of the rules used in the analysis . |
| 21 | ‘ Same here , ’ Anne said , but neither girl was being entirely truthful . |
| 22 | But neither passage is really written from a working-class viewpoint , for they impose middle-class values on working-class taste . |
| 23 | Peacock-Edwards landed V7072 with numerous shell and bullet holes and with starboard aileron shot away , but neither pilot was hurt . |
| 24 | But neither course was considered prudent by Bejing and Downing Street . |
| 25 | These programmes were identified by the government ( HMSO , 1977 ) as central to urban regenerative strategies , but neither programme was redirected successfully towards the cities in the last few years of the 1974–9 Labour administration . |
| 26 | But neither side is yet strong enough to install its own candidate . |
| 27 | Wilson attempted to mediate between the powers to end the war , but neither side was prepared to give in . |
| 28 | It is also said that he leaves the defence undermanned , but neither charge was proved on Saturday as Barcelona rode adversity in an absorbing match that emphasised , as one knew it would , how hurried and imprecise so much of the British game has become and how necessary it is that we cherish such exceptions as Liverpool , Norwich and Nottingham Forest if the art is not essentially to be driven out . |
| 29 | But that idea was ultimately abandoned for the reasons there mentioned . |
| 30 | But that support is unfortunately all too rare — she is disappointed , for example , at the lack of women at the same level as herself . |