Example sentences of "but in [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the summer we can go out and draw from direct observation , but in winter it is too cold , but when we get back to the classroom we can draw from memory the tree we have just examined and put down on paper as much as we have learned and remembered about the tree , its form , its colour , and its texture . |
| 2 | Chilling is the commoner danger , but in deserts there may be a risk of over-heating and that can also be lethal . |
| 3 | Sampras will finish the year in 81st place , Courier a more respectable 24th , but in doubles they have eclipsed their more renowned contemporaries and deserved to qualify for the Masters when Ken Flach and Robert Seguso were forced to withdraw at the last minute . |
| 4 | But in doubles they have eclipsed their renowned contemporaries . |
| 5 | But in theology we commit enormous howlers . |
| 6 | This section is personal to me and contains titles I want to recommend , but in October I am forced to put into it a book I absolutely detest . |
| 7 | She always had an interest in the arts , but in painting she is self-taught . |
| 8 | ‘ But in London I did — ‘ |
| 9 | But in London you are artists . ’ |
| 10 | But in London it brought belly laughs with a bawdy display of music hall humour and saucy songs . |
| 11 | Our first sight of the island was a sharp mountain peak jutting through the low cloud which unfortunately spoiled our view , but in minutes we were through the cloud and touching down on the long black runway which ran parallel to the shores of the fiord . |
| 12 | B would be more precise than A , for in A we should not know who was being spoken of ( " him " ) but in B we should find it stated ( " God " ) . |
| 13 | The pound climbed strongly against the dollar , jumping nearly three cents to $1.61 in New York trading , but in Europe it fell back almost three pfennigs against the Deutschmark after an initial boost from ERM speculation . |
| 14 | Two attempts to rescue him failed , but in July his former confessor Thomas Dunheved led a band which succeeded in freeing him . |
| 15 | Eliot had a bad attack of bronchitis in June , which forced him to stay in bed for a week , but in July his sister , Marian , and a niece arrived from America and he went with them to Suffolk for ten days — the first holiday he had been able to take all year . |
| 16 | But in Washington it caused a nasty row . |
| 17 | It is not easy for any of us to stop and chat to people that we do not know , but in ti me confidence grows . |
| 18 | But in Edinburgh they were opposed by extremely entrenched resistance from a determined group of employers . |
| 19 | It 's been here since 1925 , but in September it 'll close . |
| 20 | But in September there were obviously fresh instructions : ‘ The United States does now place a reservation upon all of its pre-Geneva substantive positions , ’ said the delegate . |
| 21 | But in Germany it also involved the apparently more advanced form of ‘ codetermination ’ , which aroused considerable interest . |
| 22 | But in Italy there 's no drainage . |
| 23 | through that but in total we are . |
| 24 | In Belfast they achieved minor fame ( on their bedroom wall a poster proudly displayed a Belfast Victim gig with support band The Undertones ) but in Manchester they slipped away into the endless dull circle of local pub gigs . |
| 25 | The four main zaibatsu were more than able to supply the financial needs of the two main political parties , but in return they expected state support to continue . |
| 26 | The lender gives you some of its money to use for your own purposes — but in return you pay interest on the loan . |
| 27 | She won James round to her way of eating , but in return he tries to alter her , too . |
| 28 | I said , ‘ I will give up everything for this orchestra , but in return I must ask that it be a lifetime 's possession . ’ |
| 29 | I will give you everything — everything you want and need , everything I never had — but in return I want , I demand , perhaps not your love , but certainly your respect . |
| 30 | ‘ But in Middlesbrough we are determined to ensure that the minimum number of houses are left empty for the minimum amount of time . |