Example sentences of "but in [noun] [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Aten itself was amoral ; but in life one should always forgive a man who had sinned . |
| 2 | But in showers you can like take five minutes sometimes . |
| 3 | As Donald Rees from the South West Water Authority told the Lords : ‘ It is all very well lining a sewer at half the price that it would cost to build a new one , but in fact it may only last a quarter of a normal funding life and may therefore be uneconomic . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ If that happens it will be trumped up as the end of the NBA , but in fact it will only be a breach if Mr Maher discounts without the permission of the publisher , ’ Mr Taylor added . |
| 5 | You may feel you are moving very slowly , but in fact you will simply be counteracting a nervous tendency to rush headlong into everything and to lose control of what is going on . |
| 6 | Children have voracious appetites for authenticity , but in drama we should never intimidate them with factual information . |
| 7 | Such a dismissal is not automatically unfair , but in practice it will usually be so . |
| 8 | We do not know how they were elected ; but in practice it can hardly have been more than a co-optation . |
| 9 | The hot transmission is normal ; it is great in winter , as the car has central heating without the need of a blower fan , but in summer it can sometimes be a problem keeping the driver 's feet cool . |
| 10 | Now just to clarify in my mind about , here I 'm looking at the summary of your submission , you actually refer to the fact that sixty three hectares are required to meet the needs of the city , whereas I take it you say this morning that you 're happy with the forty six , er but in reality you can only get thirty three ac thirty three hectares within the city . |
| 11 | But in reality you can always break the chain at a number of points by buying in . |
| 12 | Similarly , in the case of a local authority , formal authority to make decisions will rest with the full council ; but in reality it may well be that power is in the hands of a few councillors and chief officers such that the locus of decision making may be far removed from the full council meeting . |