Example sentences of "but the [noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the description of society progressively erodes the agency of the individual who is inserted into a socially given context of institutions and roles . |
| 2 | With pavements and roads or fields the lines of the drawing may suggest recession but the changes of colour usually do not and are hard to recognise . |
| 3 | For a while in the third match at Headingley they were in contention , but the possibility of victory never remotely reappeared . |
| 4 | The evolution of the philosophy behind family planning during the last twenty years has moved rather quicker than that of soil conservation so that the present thinking and problems may indicate that in general terms , this critique of conservation policy is not new , but the transfer of ideas merely overdue . |
| 5 | Alter the war , The Miami Herald invested heavily in the system , at one point transmitting five editions daily , but the advent of television soon made the concept redundant and fax reverted , once and for all , to its previous role as a utilitarian communications medium . |
| 6 | I do n't want to go religious on you , but the approach of April naturally conjures up images of Easter , and hence , the Lamb of God , lamb on the table , and all of that . |
| 7 | But the spiral of indebtedness then proved hard to check . |
| 8 | But the signs of prosperity far outweighed those of damage : the new BMWs and Mercedes , freshly painted woodwork and the constant noise of machinery from the outhouses . |
| 9 | But the stories in mytho-history necessarily have a linear structure in which one thing happens after another . |
| 10 | But the cost of conversion often pushed the total outlay way over the property 's market value . |
| 11 | These samples of human oddity certainly exemplify cultural diversity but the choice of pictures immediately makes it obvious that the people who are to be discussed are " primitives " who lack all the gadgetry of modern technology and modern sanitation . |
| 12 | No vote was taken , but the majority of delegates reportedly expressed a preference for the retention of the present de facto one-party system . |
| 13 | But the glow of achievement soon cured all that . |
| 14 | Hateley says : ‘ We have reached the prestige stage of the tournament , but the prestige of Rangers already speaks for itself . |
| 15 | In the same way , many weeds have been virtually eliminated from crops but the reservoir of seed still in the ground is enormous for species such as poppies and charlock . |
| 16 | But the niggle of discontent just would n't go . |
| 17 | He had already become dependent on Richard Arkwright [ q.v. ] for funds ( a loan of £10,000 in 1788 ) but the prosperity of muslins now evaporated , while Oldknow failed to achieve the same mastery of technical perfection in fine-cotton spinning . |
| 18 | but the echoes of light still staining our eyelids . |
| 19 | But the pot of gold simply does not exist as he has already discovered in trying to pay for Labour 's initial promises . |
| 20 | Damage to the joint and tendons was more severe than expected , but the 26-year-old from Hull still hopes to compete in January 's Commonwealth Games , which feature judo for the first time . |
| 21 | But the idea of citizenship also had a wider impact , particularly in Eastern Europe , where the assertion of civil and political rights against the political dictatorships had a central place in the doctrines of the opposition movements . |
| 22 | But the case of Sartre poignantly demonstrates that the return-to-history argument can really only succeed through a form of historical amnesia which conveniently forgets that history was almost impossible to find . |
| 23 | But the case of Auerbach merely serves to illustrate how ill-founded the criterion is . |
| 24 | The Duke and Duchess of Richmond sought an answer , but the Duke of Wellington merely smiled and blithely proposed that the company should proceed to supper . |
| 25 | Athelstan agreed ; the landlord of the Piebald Horse was a one-armed , reformed sea pirate who had confidentially explained to the friar how he would love to go to church but the smell of incense always made him feel ill . |
| 26 | Schumpeter also recognises that individual freedom is not an absolute good — it is obviously important for the proper exercise of competition , but the stability of procedures necessarily limits it . |
| 27 | But the emphasis on control rather than competition in the relationships , and the sponsors ' proprietorial pride , indicates their resemblance to relationships not with sons , but with high-achieving , perpetually infantilized daughters . |
| 28 | A perfectly satisfactory standard total hip replacement could be marketed for not much over £100 , but the price in Britain now varies from £250 to well over £1000 for each implant . |
| 29 | Allen looked as if he would have liked to have said more , but the presence of Meryl evidently constrained him . |
| 30 | The House is expected to submit bills to sustained scrutiny and debate before giving its assent to them ( or not giving its assent to them , but the influence of party usually precludes such an outcome ) . |