Example sentences of "[det] [noun] but [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ca n't contact the ‘ Bears ’ direct on that rig but they might just be able to pick up an emergency signal . |
| 2 | Let's suppose BA did get its foot in the City Airport 's door — they would obviously use some of their Heathrow 's landing slots and operate on that route but they would also want to fly to Birmingham , Glasgow , Manchester and perhaps Edinburgh . |
| 3 | It is entitled to see ( and debate , if necessary ) the annual accounts and report of each industry but it can only question the minister on those aspects of the industry 's activities for which the minister is responsible . |
| 4 | In ten years ' time we shall no doubt still be using the techniques discussed in this chapter but we may also have opened up new avenues of research by widening the range of materials examined and by using other scientific techniques which at present are only at the development stage . |
| 5 | What he was saying made sense in some respects but she would never , ever forgive Lizzy for the charade of the last eighteen months . |
| 6 | We must protect children from abuse of this type but we must also protect them from abuse by the system . |
| 7 | I am certain that in time and with courage one of us will leave this place but we must always remember that our first enemy is ourselves . |
| 8 | He told us that he expected to be posted to the front at some time in the next few weeks but he would still be home by Christmas ; an officer had told him that the bloody Huns would have been sent packing long before then . |
| 9 | DOWNPATRICK are well out of the running for championship honours this season but they can still play a significant role in the destination of the Lombard and Ulster Section I trophy . |
| 10 | The Apache is better than most in this respect but I would nevertheless regard it as an excellent-four seater with the fifth seat reserved for occasions when no baggage is being carried . |
| 11 | Er , Madam Speaker I 'm very much aware of the case that the my honourable friend has er mentioned because he has written to me er about it and I have looked into the circumstances er of it and I understand that the employment service have made no final decision on that particular site and I 'd be happy to respond to my honourable friend er once I 've had a chance to discuss it further with the Chief Executive of the employment service whose responsibility it is but if I could just say to my honourable friend the principle of integrating er the work of the job centre and the payment of benefits on one site is a good one which is for the convenience of er people who make use of the job centres er and er as er er the honourable er gentleman , the member for Workington is indicating from a sedentary position , was a recommendation which was supported by the public accounts er committee and I believe and I believe that it er makes sense to proceed on a value for money basis with this policy but I will certainly look at the particular example in my honourable friend 's constituency with interest . |
| 12 | Many people have assisted in producing this report but we would especially like to thank Dave Maley of Falls Community Council for typesetting and designing the report . |
| 13 | There may be many things you would like to say in this report but there will only be room for important ones . |
| 14 | Partly for this reason , no decision has yet been taken on this matter but it may well feature quite soon on the agenda of the Welsh Advisory Body . |
| 15 | It is not only easier to remember everything this way but it can actually be more fun too . |
| 16 | Yeah again it 's not brilliant to do it this way but it will just fit on . |
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| 19 | I want to convey that meaning but I would rather not use that word . |
| 20 | The news will be in New York by that evening but it will never get into print . |
| 21 | You may work on a surgical unit which is entirely devoted to dealing with these problems but they may also occur in general surgical wards . |
| 22 | Group travel can relieve some of these pressures but it can also result in ‘ ganging up ’ , for the silliest of reasons . |
| 23 | Hawking thinks it can go either way but we will never know . |
| 24 | It 's just a pity that the castle itself is a little bit indistinct I mean , when you stand away from it you ca n't er you can hardly see the castle there and er , it is an attractive castle , photographed many times but I would just like to see that shown up a little more in the picture . |
| 25 | Yeah they have to be deep littered all winter but they could perhaps do with a clean though that 's not bad in there . |
| 26 | Not only would they point to economic forces which limit those choices but they would also point out that the resultant individual choices lead to an impoverishment of products , to the Sun and not the Independent , to Sunday Sport and not News-on-Sunday . |
| 27 | ‘ The situation could arise whereby we all own different bits of the same story but we will only know that when we go to one of the television networks with a proposal . ’ |
| 28 | We may conceive several alternatives but we can only act on one of them . |
| 29 | I 'm not sure we can actually make ginger bread , but , I 'm not sure we 've got any ginger but we could certainly make some biscuits is what we 've got |
| 30 | He felt that Cambridge were knocking a little harder at the door each year but it will still need something special to break Oxford 's hold on the race . |