Example sentences of "but [prep] [pos pn] [noun] [pers pn] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( It turns out that there may be a number of lexicons used by the skilled reader — for input and output processing , and for input of words by sight or sound — but for our purposes it is sufficient to talk of the lexicon as the store of word meanings . |
| 2 | ‘ End of an era ’ is a phrase too often used to lament a death , but in her case it is appropriate . |
| 3 | Leslie is loving , soft and very feminine away from the job but in her uniform she is a real professional . ’ |
| 4 | But in its way it is more exciting and more of a challenge than the current enthusiasm for plate tectonics and sea-floor spreading . |
| 5 | I do n't remember him doing much digging in the garden but in my memory he is always mowing the lawn and fussing over a particular type of grass which evaded the blades and sprang back upright after the mower had passed over it . |
| 6 | Clearly , the telephone interview is attractively cheap , but in my opinion it is also a technique which could well irritate the respondents approached . |
| 7 | This may be difficult , but in my view it is possible . |
| 8 | ‘ It is something to be cherished and nurtured , adapted and improved , but in our country it is in mortal danger . ’ |
| 9 | This is potentially a glorious voice — one senses that instinctively — but to my ears it is at present just a voice , an instrument . |
| 10 | But to my eye it is beautiful . |