Example sentences of "[noun] but [subord] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The consumer will be informed to keep the product away from his eyes but if it does get in the eyes , to wash them out and seek medical advice . |
| 2 | In San Salvador , the Committee headquarters is a table under the shelter of three mango trees in the garden of the Archbishopric- Their files are kept in the garden shed where the CDHES has its offices but when it rains , there is no alternative but to close up shop . |
| 3 | A further situation might arise , however , in which the defendant alleges belief in consent on the basis of the victim 's consent to penetration but where it did not occur to him that she might not understand the nature of the act , although the risk of this was quite obvious . |
| 4 | From the problems identified it would appear that we should be asking not whether the family can provide more care in the future but whether it will be even able to maintain its current level of provision . |
| 5 | HP figures Sun tried its damnedest to come up with a full-featured workstation under $5,000 but when it looked at the margins , dumbed down the box to create the Classic . |
| 6 | At the time the offer had thrilled her , not because of the pearls but because it had indicated she would be in his life in the future . |
| 7 | Alright for six months but when it , it gets starting to think oh my God ! |
| 8 | We agree that the specific algorithm we used wold have been inappropriate if we were interested in examining seasonal or short-term changes in primary production , not because the algorithm does not include a grazing term but because it does not include terms for irradiance and quantum efficiency . |
| 9 | He stared wildly up at her cage roof but though it was buckled by the fall of the tree branch it was still intact and she could not escape . |
| 10 | Therefore , to a degree , the ‘ social gospel ’ was criticized not because it called for political action but because it called into question Victorian cultural and economic truisms . |
| 11 | As we shall see , a gene may increase in frequency not because it increases the fitness of its carrier but because it associates with other genes that do , or even because it is in a sense parasitic on other genes . |
| 12 | ‘ The debate is no longer whether the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative will spread to all schools but when it will . ’ |
| 13 | In January 1987 , yet another judge stated that the March ruling was , in fact , in breach of statute but as it had not been appealed against it had to stand . |
| 14 | She said ooh , you know can I invite a couple of friends , can I invite sort of you know , people back to lunch but when it 's sort of the list I mean , cos I I 'm not |
| 15 | She said : ‘ It was hard work but because it 's all my own work I 'm delighted . ’ |
| 16 | This situation is , of course , only one of an infinite number of models but while it is clearly impossible to generalize about the impact of party politics , any attempt to understand local public administration without reference to the party-political dimension is doomed to failure . |
| 17 | Pilot David Moore from Gloucestershire was at the controls of the forty seven year old Spitfire as it took part in an air display near Manchester on Saturday.The fighter plane looped the loop but as it neared the ground it plummeted down , bursting into flames.Firefighters were on the scene immediately , and confirmed that the pilot was dead.David Moore , who was 47 , flew with the Royal Navy for ten years before joining Rolls Royce as a pilot in the mid 1970s.He flew the company 's executives around Europe … but in his spare time he enjoyed piloting vintage planes like the Spitfire , which was owned by Rolls Royce.Today at the family 's home near Stroud , David Moore 's widow was coming to terms with the tragedy : |
| 18 | Whether the image of an ice cream cone or a hamburger is good or bad is not too big an issue but when it comes to nuclear weapons and political events which affect not only the happiness of countless people but which are also a matter of life and death , does it help to avoid value judgements ? |
| 19 | This may be a bit of an exaggeration but where it is true much damage is done . |
| 20 | ‘ Not so much because of the liver but because it spoils the effect of the first drink of the evening . ’ |
| 21 | Well it er it will be wood but whether it 's covered over whether it 's wood grain or whether it 's white or I do n't know . |
| 22 | For many reasons , I reject this , not only because it is vile in its implications but because it is theoretically suspect and unsubstantiated by research . |
| 23 | I know you only have to work so many Saturdays but because it 's sort of Christmas do they like everybody to work ? |
| 24 | MACAULEY Culkin 's Kevin may be a dab hand with a booby trap but when it comes down to straightforward , grimy-faced scallywaggery , there are a couple of Irish lads in Into The West who could give him a run for his money . |
| 25 | At Londonderry there has been a similar type of growth around a trans-shipment point but because it is further from the mainland it is a smaller centre , of about 90 000 people . |
| 26 | In 1931 Welford Beaton was greatly impressed with Fox-Movietone 's Quick Millions and he guessed it would be big box-office not because it was a gangster picture but because it was ‘ a good motion picture ’ and what was particularly good about it was the acting . |
| 27 | Not simply because it shows that you are enjoying yourself at that moment but because it actually contributes to your physical and mental health . |
| 28 | ‘ It suggests nothing of the sort but as it happens you are partly right . |
| 29 | In fact the revised economic development strategy which Professor Lock probably does n't have a copy of , refers to inward inward investment as being desirable erm and is of critical importance but whilst it will be vigorously sort in this way it has to be said that the bulk of North Yorkshire suffers from a relative lack of financial incentives from Central Government in terms of whose regional policy does not have a priority . |
| 30 | If he had been young , nothing would have kept him from joining the Tuscan troops but as it was , he felt an old man and useless . |