Example sentences of "[noun prp] but [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the abbey church of St Seurin at Bordeaux , for example , he could see Roland 's horn , the sound of which might have summoned reinforcements to Roncesvalles but which Roland , more careful of his reputation than of his life , had refused to blow until it was too late . |
| 2 | Britain may not need to flaunt nationalism in the way characteristic of the United States but its education system can no more ignore the task of sustaining the national identity than education systems in any other nation-state . |
| 3 | Stone Roses , Happy Mondays and the Inspirals have all been tipped to break the States but THEY CHARLATANS may have the best chance of all . |
| 4 | Stone Roses , Happy Mondays and the Inspirals have all been tipped to break the States but THEY CHARLATANS may have the best chance of all . |
| 5 | She had n't mentioned David Markham but his presence had hung between them like a spectre and his name had n't been mentioned since . |
| 6 | These receive tax concessions for operating in Mexico but their location is so close to North America that they are near their distribution networks and markets , and other North American facilities . |
| 7 | Both are influenced by Marx and Hegel but their work progresses in different directions . |
| 8 | Her work might be in Detroit but her home , her life and her boyfriend Chris are rooted firmly in Chicago . |
| 9 | Ineligible bank bills are accepted payable by banks whose paper at present is not rediscountable at the Bank of England but whose names trade in the money markets . |
| 10 | It was programmed to close on 14 December but its success was such that the organisers ( the Réunion des Musées Nationaux in Paris , the Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin and the FIAT group in Venice ) decided to extend the showing . |
| 11 | I like Coronation Street but my favourite is Neighbours . |
| 12 | He thought of trying this fancy on Cameron but his face looked so closed and dark , eyes narrowed and mouth-corners turned right down , that it forbade pleasantry . |
| 13 | He had completed his secondary education in Jamaica but his mother implored him to continue in England . |
| 14 | If a manufacturer in Hong Kong sells his goods to a merchant in Manila the payment which he receives is no doubt sourced in Manila but his profit on the transaction arises in and is derived from his manufacturing operation in Hong Kong . |
| 15 | He is disliked among liberal Serbs but his method of pillaging in Bosnia and Croatia has made him a very rich man and in the fragile economic state of former Yugoslavia , rich men are very powerful . |
| 16 | There is provision made for a rudder assembly on the Seayak but my version came without one so I can not vouch for its effectiveness in steering . |
| 17 | A second after that and , her heart suddenly racing , Fabia dashed over to the phone — and was sorely disappointed that the call , though an outside one and not Reception , was not from Ven but his secretary . |
| 18 | He had outlived both James Dean and Montgomery Clift but his film career was floundering . |
| 19 | Right : John Watson struggled manfully with oversized M28 McLaren but its career was shortlived |
| 20 | The Helliwell family not only supplied Ethel of the Iron Will but her twin sister Alice , and elder sisters Elsie and Mabel . |
| 21 | Well there was er the one who had the most important influence in my school life was Albert Edward , do you remember the printers , he was a teacher and he used to teach standard four , that was your last standard in the junior , and he had a big influence on , on me because er he wanted me to go into the printing trade as an apprentice , but I , me leaving school at thirteen and going into full-time work straight away I could n't do , do that but oh there was er , , he was an officer during the war he was in the and there was oh our , our school teacher , we used to call , we used to call him his name was actually Arthur I think , but he was always , he was a little bit addicted to the lit little whisky bottle , he used to keep a little bottle in his desk and he 'd be having a nip of whisky , but he was what was approximated as a sports master now , he used to look after the football team , we used to call him , I suppose his name was Arthur but his name was . |
| 22 | Like his ancestor , King David , he will rule over Israel but his reign will be for ever . |
| 23 | The sergeant glanced across at Blanche but her face betrayed no emotion at all . |
| 24 | My step brother , Tommy , do you know the original well Mr was a sales rep for Bokes couriers , and er his wife used to make pickles , homemade , and she us Mr used to give his friends a jar of pickles occasionally and er from that the idea of selling them , cos it ou after they 'd started distributing amongst his friends he got the idea that there was a market for it , so my step-brother Tommy er started to work with Mrs we used to call them Mrs but her name was , Street you know where Street is , well on the left hand side of Street about oh at the back of the first row of houses in Street , there was a , a small open space and Mr had a big shed put there , and er started buying the pickling onions and er all the women who wished to started skinning onions at so much a bag for Mr and er he 'd gradually built himself up but me step- brother Tommy was er working full time helping Mrs to pick the onions and , and that , that 's how Mac 's Pickles started was just from a mere fact of him being a commercial traveller and he 'd di distribute them to his friends and created the , a market for himself really ac actually they , they , they did have a van driver and a van , a van to deliver them as they gradually increased the supply and they used to deliver them all , all around the area . |
| 25 | In this respect , interest in the celebrated networks , managerial staff who receive technical support from RX but whose contract is defined solely by time or task , has overshadowed the more important alterations to the relationships between RX and its supplier network ( Judkins et al. , 1985 ) . |
| 26 | The presenter was as black as Viv Richards but his accent was West End and not West Indies . |
| 27 | The Preston North End boss celebrated his 44th birthday on Sunday but his fate had been sealed 24 hours earlier with the 2-0 home defeat against Hartlepool . |
| 28 | He used to live in Thirsk but his mistress became too ill to look after him . |
| 29 | Miles Cursham of ‘ Furious ’ , the Commander Flying , that the object of the operation was the safe delivery of the Hurricanes to Malta but my protest went unheeded . ’ |
| 30 | This argument was accepted by the House of Lords but their lordships refused to allow the plaintiffs to assert their rights under copyright law . |