Sentence examples for but were often from inspiring English sources

They wanted to be strong, they said, but were often caught up in their own emptiness.

The traveling rings remained, but were often neglected and missing parts.

They paid, but were often excluded from key moments in meetings.

Mass-bombing runs could have set production back but were often inaccurate.

Home secretaries could be infuriated by the Corporation, but were often vigilant within government in protecting sacred BBC territory.

Moderate rebel groups still existed but were often led by corrupt warlords, and lost fighters to more competent jihadi factions.

These revealed a great depth of scholarship but were often controversial and divergent from the trends of the time.

Reports about the fate of those who had been deported reached the ghetto, but were often not believed.

Her name rarely comes up in interviews with dealers like Betty Parsons, who opened galleries in the '40s but were often the same age as Mrs. Halpert.

They insist their loans are rarely given directly for tar sands projects but were often simple cash loans to companies involved in Canadian tar sands exploration.

The family members, for their part, installed microphone detectors, jammers, and scanners but were often reduced to whispering and using sign language in their own homes.