Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] but [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | James has been er talking down the footie yeah , yeah talking a load of bloody rubbish but he 'll start speaking all of a sudden wo n't he ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | On the whole , your readers seemed very supportive of Steffi Graf but I would like to reply to one letter in particular , that in defence of Seles . |
| 4 | The 58% who identified less dependence on farm income as a benefit represented those for whom the farm provided a considerable proportion of total income but which could not provide a living income on its own . |
| 5 | She said : ‘ We have our own happy memories of that church but we wo n't be there this time . |
| 6 | If the judicial function were wholly automatic , then not only would the making of decisions in the courts be of little interest but it would not be necessary to recruit highly trained and intellectually able men and women to serve as judges and to pay them handsome salaries . |
| 7 | As Branch Manager Ian Davies said ( speaking as a confirming bachelor ) ‘ five good men have bitten the dust ; normally men of sound judgement but I will forgive them this one mistake ! ’ |
| 8 | This is partly a question of social mobility but it may also be a response to the sort of repetitive jobs many of these people are performing . |
| 9 | Such a state of affairs would , of course , protect serious public discussion of matters of social importance but it would also debase much of the discussion of public affairs . |
| 10 | We must protect children from abuse of this type but we must also protect them from abuse by the system . |
| 11 | Our press date prevents us giving details of this run but it must have been quite a spectacle if it went ahead as reported , and would have provided a fitting finale to an outstanding season of operations . |
| 12 | He will certainly be out for the rest of this season but I 'd hope he 'll be back for the start of next season if all goes well . ’ |
| 13 | Shildon is in charge of this inquiry but it could become impossible for either of you to continue working here . ’ |
| 14 | Not so much now because of ill health but she used to . |
| 15 | and the trade union movement , the liberation struggle , when you look at it it gives you great hope in terms of human capacity but they will need other kinds of help in order to reconstruct and let me say this because it is important and I do n't say it with any kind of arrogance we have one kind of miracle occurring in South Africa that people ignore and that is that out of the hell of racism we have produced a leadership which is the strongest leadership in the world against racism . |
| 16 | At best this achieves virtual elimination of the transfer problem ( 'I learned a lot of good stuff but we could never apply it here ! ’ ) as it demands a clear ‘ contract ’ being made between any individual and his/her organisation ( his ‘ managers ’ or superiors ) before any training takes place . |
| 17 | See my jazz feature in this issue for an example of what I mean ; it has n't meant less coverage of Classical Music but it will mean we 're acting upon a good number of our readers ' wishes . |
| 18 | ‘ It will improve the standards of Irish rugby but it will require a few more seasons until we see the real value of the hard competitive stuff ’ . |
| 19 | certainly I think er we 'd be looking perhaps for a minimum of er er of one mile but I ca n't advise you on any level of agreement as to as to what any definition of it . |
| 20 | point , okay that was a bit of wide ball but I might have taken offence at that . |