Example sentences of "today but " in BNC.
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| 1 | The state of the river and a temperature barely above freezing means it is going to be hard today but I will still feed about a dozen maggots when I cast in , and them the same again when the float is halfway down the swim . |
| 2 | Casual , individual violence was almost certainly more common than today but ‘ hooliganism ’ in the collective and contemporary sense did not take place at football matches . |
| 3 | The 23-year-old Scot has signed too late to play at Derby today but should make his debut in City colours against Coventry reserves next week . |
| 4 | If he had n't been put into the jail , I do n't know what would have been the result today but … before he even had his jail sentence served , applications were coming in from town an in that short space of time about 1966 , our church more than doubled in membership and in churches . |
| 5 | We 're no less serious of purpose today but we may now seem a little less po-faced . |
| 6 | The result will also give a huge lift to Alex Ferguson 's Manchester United team who were originally due to travel to Norwich today but went there instead on Tuesday and pulled off a significant victory . |
| 7 | THE result of the ballot regarding possible strike action by First Division players will be known today but a solution to the dispute between the Professional Footballers ' Association and the Premier League over payments for televised matches is expected to be announced shortly . |
| 8 | Both areas will be far below optimum today but — and this is the important point — in the one case the land can be brought back to full production easily , whereas in the other case a long and costly process of fertility building will be necessary . |
| 9 | Travel wholesaling is common practice today but Cooks pioneered it so successfully that they were issuing printed standard contracts to their agents by 1884 . |
| 10 | Open fires are increasingly less common in homes today but , where they do exist , the crawling child and toddler need to be protected . |
| 11 | ‘ No doubt , ’ said Mr Harold Brooks-Baker of Burke 's , ‘ it fits in with the freer ways of today but some feel that freedom is an over-used word . |
| 12 | Longer-range devices are available on the market today but in my view they are a completely unnecessary expense . |
| 13 | He had never appeared to notice her existence until today but now , strolling beside him in the warmth of the afternoon sun , Martha felt a heady excitement . |
| 14 | Wolverhampton will also inspect at 8am today but are expecting to go ahead , while there are no problems reported for the day 's other cards . |
| 15 | ‘ Certainly , Cabannes did superbly at the back of the lineout today but he was a regular target and in all other areas I gave Back the edge . |
| 16 | However , the treasurer needs to know how much he will be borrowing not just today but for the rest of this week , the rest of this month and the rest of this year . |
| 17 | No doubt this would be considered fashionable today but the thought of going out like that mortified me . |
| 18 | The comparison of people with different types of soil may seem strange today but the idea of examining one 's own faith is a good one . |
| 19 | He trained today but still felt the injury and the final decision will be down to him . ’ |
| 20 | She felt that the ‘ on — off ’ nature of their relationship — when he was here today but not tomorrow , or even the next day — was all part of Nicky 's habit of taking her for granted . |
| 21 | The two friends I went fishing with have been at work today but they have said nothing about any practical joke . |
| 22 | You may wince at the ‘ blurbs ’ at the top of features today but how about this from 40 years ago : ‘ A new feature called ‘ Argument ’ — a spontaneous tape-recorded discussion by leading personalities on a topic of the moment faithfully transcribed by assistant editor Jack Baverstock . ’ |
| 23 | Regular worshippers may have been as sparse then as they are today but he was a person to whom one turned in times of trouble , just as he was called on at times of family celebration . |
| 24 | Not only are there fewer titles published today but the process of decline has also led to monopolies within large cities . |
| 25 | Sunday Today started alongside Today but made no mark . |
| 26 | This system is still available today but no new work has been attempted on it for 18 months . |
| 27 | We were counting on her coming with us today but she 'd already made plans to meet some friends in Times Square . ’ |
| 28 | She had told Tom she would not go with them today but now she wished she had . |
| 29 | the same can not be said today but at least the other conditions still apply . |
| 30 | There were several species , most were about the size of those living today but with the dragonflies as with millipedes and other groups that have pioneered a new environment , the absence of competition allowed some early forms to develop to an enormous size , and dragonflies eventually appeared with a wingspan of 70 centimetres , the largest insects ever to exist . |