Example sentences of "but [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Revolutionary theories may be accepted or discarded , but least cognisance is at taken of them and of what preceded them . |
| 2 | I hope that we will , I will debate even in this late hour , it 's not too late to debate this very important issue and let the people out there know that we are thinking of them , not just about the things that happened early on today but least that we are responsible enough to dis to discuss this motion and to press and press and press again so the government , hoping the government will do a U- turn , if you do n't you 'll be gone forever . |
| 3 | Not as we seen him a lot but least he could come and say alright . |
| 4 | One thing you can be sure of is that the panel will know the words of these characters very well ( they will probably be able to prompt you at any given moment should you ‘ dry ’ ) but each and every time the lines are spoken by a new voice they are different in their texture , humour , drama and music . |
| 5 | Images kept on coming at me which , like a crazy horse , I tried to resist , defiantly tossing my head high , but each new picture flashing into my mind enraged me more and more and I shook my head frantically from side to side . |
| 6 | In July the Southern 's south-east , central and south-west divisions were abolished , new passenger business manager posts created and a reduced number of area manager posts ( but each with increased responsibility ) set up . |
| 7 | Not only does the text tend to be repetitious but each item of gear if prefaced by an otherwise blank page informing us of the Key Point to be gleaned in that section , pearls of wisdom such as : ‘ A file is useful for sharpening the edges of your … hooks . |
| 8 | But each year fewer arrive . |
| 9 | Nick Skelton , on Burmah Serenade , and Germany 's Franke Sloothaak , on Walzerkoenig , could have taken the prize , for the rider clearing the highest course , but each made one error . |
| 10 | Sections comprise approximately twenty policemen and women , made up mostly of regular constables , but each has attached to it a number of full-time reservists . |
| 11 | But each station is autonomous and some are more music-oriented than others . |
| 12 | But each time their music is played on BBC Radio l , they are paid about £50 — simple mathematics explains the rest ! |
| 13 | I have been there three times , but each time they say I must go back to the Home Office and try to get my daughter a visa for longer than a six months ' stay in Britain ; otherwise she can not be admitted to school . |
| 14 | We have been in Britain more than a year now , so the Home Office has extended her visa , but each time they extend it it is only by three months or six months so that she is never eligible for school . |
| 15 | The dappled effect could be created through print or appliqué , but each had drawbacks . |
| 16 | Each is surrounded by a ring of five Ts but each T is shared between three pentagons . |
| 17 | There would have been different levels of accreditation according to competence , but each level ( Crown , High Court , Appeal Court ) would have been open to both solicitors and barristers . |
| 18 | But each will export cars to one another . |
| 19 | But each time this has been tried , it comes up against the apparently irreconcilable rivalries of the three figures who have dominated the French right for the past 15 years — Jacques Chirac , Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and ( to a lesser extent ) Raymond Barre . |
| 20 | None of the holders of an estate , except the tenant in fee simple when in possession , was fully owner , but each as he came into possession was a ‘ limited ’ owner . |
| 21 | They had ‘ had sex ’ before , but each had been guarded . |
| 22 | Just the two of us with nothing else to think about but each other for a few weeks . |
| 23 | But each time my heart stood still , expecting to find Jordi : yet it was never he . |
| 24 | Beecham said that any fool can conduct three concerts with an orchestra , but to go on improving is like going on a race track where it is possible to improve your time at first , but each new improvement involves great effort and often some danger . |
| 25 | His relations with the Grand Mufti of Central Asia , who is based in Tashkent , are tense , but each needs the other at the moment . |
| 26 | The basic design of the 200-acre triangular site follows the classic pattern of the patte d'oie , or goosefoot , but each axis is different . |
| 27 | But each afternoon it comes again , and it is nearer . |
| 28 | But each is still strongly protected by the very form of the performance mode . |
| 29 | Endill did n't notice until later , but each house the Bookman built was made entirely with Encyclopaedias , and he would use nothing else . |
| 30 | A crystal grows , to be sure , but each part of a crystal is simply a repetition of every other part ; the same monotonous pattern of atoms , repeated over and over . |