Example sentences of "[prep] other [noun pl] but [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought I would have plenty of other opportunities but nothing could have been further from the truth . |
| 2 | No doubt you can think of various acts which are crimes in this country but not in other countries ; and of behaviour which is against the criminal law of other societies but which is not criminal in Britain . |
| 3 | Thus the male is required to identify with other males but he is not allowed to desire them ; indeed , identification with should actually preclude desire for . |
| 4 | ‘ We do n't think we are out of line with other companies but there is a lot of room for improvement . ’ |
| 5 | I mean I , I was quite fascinated having lunch one day with a journ a Melbourne journalist erm and this was about six months after Murdoch had taken over the Melbourne Sun all this and we were chatting away and I actually threw in the stuff which were saying about how papers are there to make profits these days so that 's what drives them and that journalists journalists on newspapers such as Murdoch 's papers , write what they 're supposed to write and she and I got quite out of with one another and and the bottom liner was that she , she absolutely totally and utterly denied what we were saying and I said to her okay if you were given a story to write you know and it was opposite to how you would view it , what would you do and she said oh well I , I would have to write it and the issue with the Murdoch papers and it 's quite interesting because I mean I 'm sure you can with other newspapers but I , I 've just got a bit more is that Murdoch never ever writes a minute or a memo to his editor or staff saying this is what the line is ever . |
| 6 | I can see that perhaps if they want to have a er they may feel they need to stray into other boundaries but I did feel that when I read what Huntingdon district council proposed which was if you like , to completely re-drawing the electoral map for the entire county I was n't actually looking at something that was designed to deal with the interests of the citizens of Huntingdon district council , I was looking at the straightforward political proposal which would be far better to come from a political party than from a district council . |
| 7 | It is true that there were first-class scientists at work in other countries but they were either greatly taken with large unprovable notions or were limited to a single field , whereas Galileo was original in dynamics , hydrostatics , mechanics ( strength of materials ) , optics and astronomy . |
| 8 | None of these allowable deductions is ‘ uncommon in other countries but they are more wide-ranging in Japan than is generally the case elsewhere ’ ( Elston 1981 p.515 ) . |
| 9 | I mean to say law in other countries but they 're always pleased to come here and take all our what 's it are n't they ? |
| 10 | Now in the same way over the four years when you are in overall control of the Council you suggested that Conservative money , the of council tax to pay for public transport but you never spent all the money on public transport , instead of which you on as you admitted which will be used in other directions but your last budget |
| 11 | Various other types of stationarii , to which general category most of these personnel probably belonged , are known in other provinces but none in Britain . |
| 12 | take it in the end but erm anyway I got this diploma and er then I was quite annoyed because erm Social Services then erm pu the Welfare for the Blind was dealt with by the Public Health Department and a vacancy occurred in the Public Health Department for erm Blind Welfare Officer , or at least a Welfare Officer for the Blind and I applied for it and erm , they er did n't make an appointment because they did n't er get in other applications but they di they did n't offer me the appointment . |
| 13 | They would frequently receive strange glances from those in other booths but she just ignored it . |
| 14 | Simple text editing can be performed and files loaded and saved to and from other directories but it lacks the power of SideKick 's notepad , in fact it 's even more basic than Spotlight 's offering . |
| 15 | She did get visits from other visitors but they wore off because of her awkwardness . |
| 16 | Furthermore , it raises yet again the economic and political implications which too frequently take second place to other matters but which are of the greatest importance for West Belfast . |
| 17 | I 'd recommend this badge to other Brownies but it 's better to do in a group . |
| 18 | That and I appreciate one or two might want to go and work on other divisions but I if generally they were kept on the division that they are now then it could be a very gradual process of going back into uniform . |
| 19 | Afterwards I will have to knock on other doors but I am sure that yet again the right door will open at the right time . |
| 20 | I do n't know about other artists but I know I have this urge to chronicle everything . |
| 21 | Parents are not concerned about other children but their own and the photo may well stir up some resentment which can best be countered by inviting the press in on a regular basis and ensuring that as many children as possible get their picture in the paper . |
| 22 | She did n't care too much for other dogs but her pet hates were chickens and cats . |
| 23 | I ca n't talk for other sports but I can stress again that we 've got the highest ratio of black members of any golf body in the world . |
| 24 | It seems they had been beaten up in some way by other prisoners but we do not know who . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ The goals I scored for Charlton and Wednesday were basically created by other players but I think it 's just a matter of time before they start going in again and it should help my game when Geoff Thomas is fit , ’ he added . |
| 26 | Textiles workers , Greater London Staff Association , Apex , tailor and garment workers , they were all wooed by other unions but they all had the good sense to merge into the G M B. In the next few months we 'll be joined by members of E F T A T. I am delighted that the Special E F T A T Conference voted in favour of the G M B. I welcome that decision and I pay tribute to the many colleagues who worked so hard to achieve that victory . |