Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are , of course , differences between science and religion but they are institutional differences in the kinds of rule which govern ‘ how to go on ’ . |
| 2 | In my opinion , working to ensure that your family is well fed is good religion but I remember how careful Dad was about his Good Friday movements . |
| 3 | He would have liked to reduce speed but he was worried about what might be coming up behind him . |
| 4 | Your worships , er , there 's nothing at all more sinister in the failure to stop and failure to report than than that , i th that is a a true record of the er er er of the incident as far as Mrs was concerned erm and it is something which erm comes about an accident which came about probably through the inexperience of the children er , running across the pedestrian crossing thinking that they have priority erm and not having regard to other road users er , and Mrs was travelling at slow speed but it was she was put in a difficult position by the the way in which the children ran across the road . |
| 5 | These may not result in typical Doitsu scalation but they can affect the body shape . |
| 6 | Culture and identity are part of the story of racial sensibility but they do not exhaust that story . |
| 7 | The services referred to below are described as they would relate to a Northern Ireland exporter but it should be realised that similar services are of just as much importance to importers . |
| 8 | It 's an old remedy but I think |
| 9 | Yvonne Harper-Wake , who puts scores of women through her Tums & Bums exercise classes , replied : ‘ Most people phoned hoping for a magic remedy but it does n't exist . |
| 10 | Zach gave her a withering glance but it was so overdramatic she and the others burst out laughing . |
| 11 | The quest for respectability was very much part of the drive to increase audiences generally and to ensure that motion-picture theatres were not confined to any down-town ghetto but it was also part of an even more fundamental question . |
| 12 | He , he , he was er more or less well off , still in , in Terrace but you know he was , they seemed to be well off and probably were . |
| 13 | Eamonn de Stafort , public relations officer for SPAG , said two cattle had already died from lead poisoning but it was not certain whether dust or water pollution was responsible : ‘ What we are worried about is what will happen when the lake starts to dry up completely ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ To be a member of the Labour party you had to be a member of the staff association but I did n't know at the time , ’ says Davies . |
| 15 | Your Royal Highness , Ladies and Gentlemen my name 's Rod I normally masquerade as the Chief Racing Coach for the Royal Yachting Association but I 'm not here in that capacity this afternoon but the coordinator rather a grand title for the Year of Youth Sailing and I 've been asked to give you a short ten minutes or so briefing on where we 're up to with th this project this year erm I know there are many familiar faces around so I apologize to those of you that may know some of this information already . |
| 16 | I mean , for example , I mean I 'm not saying this is an association but you might find in your dream , if you look to say I 'm back at school , then your association would be but I am at school now , the London School of Economics , do you see what I mean ? |
| 17 | In September , O'Brien called a meeting in an attempt to establish a Derry branch of the association but it never got off the ground ; indeed even at the height of the civil rights movement NICRA had branches in north and south County Derry but in the city itself the principal civil rights organisation was the DCAC , which although affiliated to NICRA , was completely autonomous . |
| 18 | Now correlation , in a similar way , measures something similar to association but it gives you a bit more detail . |
| 19 | Best said : ‘ I can see the thinking but I think it 's stupid . |
| 20 | ‘ I know friends think I 'm a bit outdated in my thinking but I do n't understand women who just live with men . |
| 21 | A poor attendance rate can signal condoned truancy but it needs to be used with other measures of attendance , and on a regular basis , to help schools to improve pupils ' attendance . |
| 22 | They 're in love with rhythm but they still believe in songs . |
| 23 | That improvement upset the old fifty-yard rhythm but it did n't much matter . |
| 24 | But they were on this bonus system you know , they were you know on the bonus but they were n't quarry men . |
| 25 | I sensed the warmth screaming out of the atmosphere to be replaced with the absolute zero of his clinical persona but I could n't stop myself . |
| 26 | ‘ They said he is a great big boney giraffe of a horse but we were determined to prove them wrong , ’ said Mrs Mary Stoddart , whose husband , David , bred the horse . |
| 27 | He is a very nice horse but we have not been able to test him in Dubai , ’ said Conway . |
| 28 | James Kilpatrick had lost his share in the horse but he was well satisfied as he had been truly vindicated . |
| 29 | ‘ He is not the most robust horse but I knew he was in good shape . |
| 30 | I 'd be able to get on the horse but I 'd be ruled out of the Olympics because betablockers are banned . |