Example sentences of "and [noun] but [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , in entering the arena , these early Christians found that , ‘ Our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against the rulers , the authorities , against the power of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms . ' |
| 2 | At the present time we are much in prayer for a lad called David and we would ask you all to join in prayer for him as he battles against his addiction to alcohol — remembering our battle is not against flesh and blood but against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms . |
| 3 | As a final note on the range of legal options , it should be pointed out that there have been several suggestions that a new form of incorporation should be introduced to combine some of the features of company and partnership but without the problems associated with limited partnerships . |
| 4 | No side has won successive grand slams since Wavell Wakefield 's England of 1924 , though it is worth recalling that what has become known as the Irish Problem deprived Wales in Barry John 's farewell year , 1972 ; they won handsomely against England , France and Scotland but like the Scots dared not venture to Dublin at the height of The Troubles . |
| 5 | In the course of this reading there can be pauses for discussion at appropriate points , when carefully chosen questions can be introduced to explore possible failures in the children 's understanding , not just of terms and ideas but of the interrelationships which the syntactic structures convey . |
| 6 | Mansell has often courted controversy and complaints but to the fans … to the people he 's a folk hero … a friend … the cheers of the crowd are his turbo charge … |