Example sentences of "but a change " in BNC.
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| 1 | It remained in place only a few minutes more , When the Commanding Officer ordered not only a change of the command team which had built it , but a change of design as well . |
| 2 | Not until recently did the West Sussex County Council wish to encourage the development of tourist-related activities in parts of the county other than the Channel coast , but a change in policy , provoked by the recognition of the potential of the rural hinterland for attracting tourists , allowed the new owner of the wharf warehouse to contemplate its conversion into a guest house and family dwelling because the project became eligible for grant aid from the English Tourist Board . |
| 3 | Against Fareham the juniors trailed 2-1 at half-time , but a change of tactics brought them a 6-2 win . |
| 4 | Full observer coverage will undoubtedly save the lives of thousands of dolphins caught by US vessels , but a change in corporate marketing strategies and consumer preference will be the most effective way of saving the dolphins of the ETP . |
| 5 | It was possible to have a good Christmas , but a change had been forced onto us and it was different from what we 'd planned . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ I needed a rest , but a change is often as good and the chance to experience English rugby was too good to turn down . |
| 7 | 1836 to 1848 were lean times but a change in fashions brought relative prosperity by the middle of the century and in 1855 the large extension to the north was built . |
| 8 | What was new was that skinheads appeared to be not a continuation of a trend , but a change of emphasis or even a reversal in the development of style . |
| 9 | A change in kind will always be material , e.g. from a house to a shop , but a change in degree of existing use may be ‘ material ’ only if it is very marked . |
| 10 | But a change was in the air , a season was drawing to a close . |
| 11 | But a change of management can be a nightmare if a new boss starts to streamline the business by sacking staff . |
| 12 | The loss of paid work did not mean , therefore , a return to a ‘ normal ’ way of life , but a change to a new , more restricted and less rewarding one . |
| 13 | For the first years of the Whig period after The Reform Act of 1832 , the government 's financial policies had seemed successful , but a change for the worse was now taking place . |
| 14 | Purity campaigns not only registered a shift in modalities of control , but a change in the personnel responsible for sexual regulation and in the sites from which power was exercised . |
| 15 | These changes again work to the advantage of the better-off , but a change which has the opposite effect is the replacement of the flat rate tax of 30 per cent with the individual 's top rate of tax ( either 25 per cent or 40 per cent ) . |
| 16 | Not only that but a change in methods of working , in its ethos and what were seen as its privileges , such as index-linked pensions , was to follow . |
| 17 | That represents not merely an intensification of the use of the line but a change in its character . |
| 18 | The second half of the definition introduces quite a different concept ; development here means not a physical operation but a change in the use of a piece of land or a structure . |
| 19 | A change in kind ( for example , from a house to a shop ) is material , but a change in degree is material only if the change is very substantial . |
| 20 | ( a ) where there has been a change in circumstances of an exceptional and specific nature ( but a change in general economic , industrial or political circumstances will not justify failure to proceed with an announced offer ) ; |