Example sentences of "but this [is] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Growth hormone is released into the blood during the first part of sleep , but this is affected by the 24-hour body clock to a small extent only , so that changes in the timing of sleep are followed almost immediately by changes in growth hormone release . |
| 2 | But this is bound to be so , granted Quine 's case for the role of theory in interpreting experience . |
| 3 | In the approach used in this text , the E-R model is used in conceptual modelling because it is much more semantically rich than the relational model , but this is mapped to a relational model because most commercial databases are relational and it is more convenient for logical mapping . |
| 4 | The change in relative prices brought about by devaluations may harm output in the short term , but this is offset by faster growth in the longer term . |
| 5 | In the USA the average is lower at 7 per cent but this is offset by a much higher expenditure per head on R&D workers . |
| 6 | ( Coal loses about 10 per cent of its potential energy in the conversion , but this is balanced by the reduction in pollutants produced during burning . ) |
| 7 | But this is done in such a way that it creates the presumption that the university and its authorities , the institution , are at fault . |
| 8 | But this is seen to be the reason why forces or energies are transferred or transmitted across what has continually been regarded by so many scientists as ‘ empty space ’ . |
| 9 | Some Latin American social scientists working on the topic have suggested a two-stage process , in which the penetration of capitalism initially leads to an increase in wage-earning workers , but this is followed by a stage of the intensification of capitalism , characterised by deproletarianisation and semi-proletarianisation ( Miró and Rodríguez 1982 ) . |
| 10 | On the undulating ridge there is a sharp descent — through Wyche Cutting — but this is followed by a fair climb to Herefordshire Beacon . |
| 11 | But this is followed by the rather more specialist firms listed in Table 11.8 , Hotel Plan ( under the Inghams and Swan Plan labels ) , and Blue Sky which also specialised in this area . |
| 12 | But this is dismissed as a merely verbal error . |
| 13 | A caller to a newspaper claimed responsibility on behalf of the ‘ Commander of the Combined Forces ’ ; but this is reckoned to be a hoax . |
| 14 | Look at the start of the play — Catherine is devoted to Eddie and Eddie is kind and even jokes about her independence — this is seen on page 21 , when Eddie says that Catherine will move away when she gets a job ( but this is said without resentment ) and Catherine denies it . |
| 15 | Wherever possible he uses machinery to help speed up the process but this is limited to a band-saw , a lathe and a thick strip of metal known as a bending iron . |
| 16 | [ There is another Talking Tape Service — Lothian Sound , but this is limited to Edinburgh I believe , and concentrates on extracts from the Evening News ] . |
| 17 | But this is overcome by the successive production series , which make it possible to incorporate improvements suggested by experience , once they have been fully thought out . |
| 18 | There was an apparently raised incidence of lymphoid leukaemia and non-Hodgkin lymphomas in the rest of Cumbria in 1984–90 among those aged 0–4 years , but this is based on only 13 cases and is difficult to interpret . |
| 19 | Neurotics may appear to be concerned for others , but this is based on unconscious hostility towards someone , so that their concern that someone may die , or fall very ill unless some particular action of their own is done or not done , really masks an unconscious wish for their death : ‘ … the original wish that the loved person may die is replaced by a fear that he may die ’ . |
| 20 | Deliberately , the colour has little force , but this is compensated for by its allusive subtlety . |
| 21 | For example , the declining firm needs an annual dividend yield of 20 per cent to compensate for the capital loss of 5 per cent per annum , whereas the supernormal growth firm has a dividend yield of only 2.66 per cent , but this is compensated for by an average annual growth in the share price of 12.34 per cent . |
| 22 | Engines suffer a slight loss of power on RME , but this is estimated at less than 2 per cent compared with diesel . |
| 23 | We found that the decision to end a marriage tends to be unilateral , and is more often taken by the wife ; there is widespread evidence of regret , but this is confined to one party in most cases ; while some members of the divorcing population allege that divorce is ‘ too easy ’ , these people will often say that they themselves have struggled with their marital problems for many years . |
| 24 | The efficacy of speed limits thus depends on drivers ' self-discipline , but this is known to be lax , particularly as modern cars are neither designed nor advertised to encourage low-speed driving . |
| 25 | The flights , like most charters , are cramped ; but this is outweighed by the great benefit of flying direct to Goa . |
| 26 | There is a major concern with the specifics of ministerial formation , but this is set within the department 's broader interests and is treated in a soundly academic fashion as in the other forms of professional preparation offered in the University . |
| 27 | A Macintosh version of Publisher also exists but this is marketed by Interleaf itself . |
| 28 | But this is avoided through the assertion that blacks are being given an unfair advantage by the hidden helping hand of the race relations industry . |
| 29 | A tight rope act is required but this is restricted by the near-vertical suspension cables . |
| 30 | Most of the stations are lined in pitched pine but this is lined in beautiful oak and oak panelling and er . |