Example sentences of "but [det] [am/are] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old binders can still be found at farm sales , but few are in good working order and spare parts and canvases may cost more than the machines themselves . |
| 2 | Religion , above all things , should be utterly free from any suspicion of such shame , but few are in this latter end of the twentieth century . |
| 3 | Her portraits are largely of summer visitors , but some are of the seafarers who live all year round at Sheringham and have done so for generations . |
| 4 | The Junior Section has between 30 to 40 members but some are to be promoted to the Senior Section which has fewer members . |
| 5 | The Junior Section has between 30 to 40 members but some are to be promoted to the Senior Section which has fewer members . |
| 6 | The remaining 50 per cent will develop symptoms , but these are of a non-specific nature . |
| 7 | But these are of course the modern city centre outdoor shops . |
| 8 | There are other methods of storing food such as preserving , drying , or bottling , but these are of limited value if you live on your own , since , even if you entertain a lot , you would probably waste a lot of preserves or bottled food , as their condition quickly deteriorates once the jar or bottle is opened . |
| 9 | Functionalists accept that social groups can have differences of interest , but these are of minor importance compared to the interests which all social groups share in common . |
| 10 | There may be problems of a technical nature , but these are of little substantive consequence for sociological theory which is capable of being sustained , or not , by data culled from a variety of sources using a variety of methods . |
| 11 | Searches in connection with equipment such as motor vehicles may be carried out to see whether they are subject to credit agreements but these are of limited value since a negative search does not guarantee the target 's absolute title . |
| 12 | Allowance will be made for contingencies , but these are to be the exception rather than the rule . |
| 13 | But these are to be followed by RS/6000 with Oracle and HP 9000 with Sybase versions by the end of year , with Informix and Windows NT versions to follow in 1994 . |
| 14 | There are formal procedures for deciding how large a difference in the ds needs to be before we decide to take the interaction seriously , but these are beyond the scope of this book . |
| 15 | ( There are other reasons why complicated molecules based on silicon are less likely to occur , but these are beyond our present scope . ) |
| 16 | There are other , unusual defences , but these are outside the scope of this book . |
| 17 | But these are from students of well past days . |
| 18 | It is true one or two errors have been noticeable recently in the discharging of his duties , but these are in every case very trivial in nature . ’ |
| 19 | Some are in the hands of collectors or co-operatives of enthusiasts who see them as relics to cherish and maintain as part of our heritage , but these are in the minority . |
| 20 | There are possible offsetting arguments concerning internal structure , but these are in any case not unambiguous in their directional effect . |
| 21 | Remains exist of one or two stone Romanesque rotunda churches in Prague , but these are in poor condition and are , in general , small and primitive . |
| 22 | All religions possess truth , but all are to some extent erroneous . |
| 23 | Several variations exist which reduce this time scale such as studying the approach to equilibrium , using short columns , or meniscus depletion techniques can be employed but all are outside the scope of this text . |
| 24 | They may be vertical , horizontal , diagonal or even spelt backwards but all are in a straight line . |
| 25 | As an extra deterrent there are warning signs , but many are on roads where there are no cameras , a bluff for which the council makes no apologies . |
| 26 | March is slow although flounder start to return as April approoaches , but many are in poor condition . |
| 27 | But those are of no special interest from our point of view . |
| 28 | But several are in the pipeline and there have been trials . |
| 29 | Large females lay larger capsules , but most are between 9 and 10 mm high by 34 mm across . |
| 30 | Here , as elsewhere in Scandinavia , the chief buildings to survive are ecclesiastical ; some are based on the French or English pattern but most are of Baltic design , in brick , with decorative gables and on hall church pattern . |