Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [prep] [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed it is this alienation that is the welling source of their pride and self-esteem but in order that it can thrive a psychic and political boundary has to be drawn around it . |
| 2 | The latter airlifted $2.2 billion worth of weaponry to prevent Israel 's defeat but on condition that it did not press home a counter-attack . |
| 3 | Not only having gone to higher standards of were but also looking to account a motion which has already been passed by the Environment Committee on the fourteenth of September nineteen ninety three and what I was basically saying was that erm incinerator should come to That 's Life that the current E E C proposals on erm that that and I know that 's not a rule but in fact when Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution is actually considering this want to draw their attention to a motion which in some cases were saying that we would expect the highest possible standards if those developments were to go ahead with the . |
| 4 | They focus not on areas of need but on areas where they want to be seen to be giving , and that 's usually where the spotlight happens for the moment to be falling . |
| 5 | Otherwise , whether we eventually accept or reject any particular religious belief , it may not be on the basis of understanding but of mis-understanding that we choose . |
| 6 | — A bit like a car boot sale but for clothes and it happens indoors . |
| 7 | be careful of the roads because a car ca n't erm ca n't always stop in time it 's up to you not to walk out in front of them cos they can say oh well you should be able to stop in time but in practice if you drove to be able to stop in time if somebody stepped out in front of you you 'd never above about five miles an hour you know ? you must sort of stick to the speed limits I do n't believe it we got gaining on the car in front . |
| 8 | Johnson : ‘ Sir , a man can not make fire but in proportion as he has fuel . |
| 9 | It is held together not by command and obedience but by influence and what may be called allegiance … |
| 10 | We 've been told that er everything 's done in , in the relation to the trustee but of course when you 're talking about massive sums of one point seven billion , our members er who are seventy five/eighty olds who suffered the problem of the inflatory years , their pensions have n't kept , kept pace with the with the people that are retiring now . |