Example sentences of "but [pron] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may boldly say , no one but my self in the Kingdom has the like variety of ‘ em … ’ , but his characteristic works are his engraving of scales , dials , and sectors . |
| 2 | But my instructions for the lads have always been that if you go to a job for a lady particularly and then a man comes along and starts to get stroppy , you 'll have to explain to the lady you may have to leave it temporarily and go back . |
| 3 | For the previous five years I 'd worked solely as a sports photographer , and had really enjoyed it , but my work on the Hoggar Marathon was different , because I was just as interested in the scenery that surrounded me as I was in the race itself . |
| 4 | cole was good but my man of the match has to be beardsley — cant see why liverpool sold him ( souness is a mystery to me ) … |
| 5 | The passage could be read as ‘ this is not my ‘ Histoire de l'oeil ’ , but a male story that I have been subjected to ’ , or as ‘ this is not ‘ L'Histoire de l'oeil ’ but my story of the eye which is not a his-story but a hystery , i.e. a female story ’ . |
| 6 | Erm I I I I will apologize if I am wrong but my interpretation of the table is that erm could you say chairman wh which of three rows of We 're dealing with the the top part of the table all vehicle travellers , |
| 7 | But my contacts in the trade — I am using three , all very discreet and understanding men — tell me the number of stones involved is very substantial . |
| 8 | It would be an easy excuse for me to concur , but my running throughout the preliminary rounds and semi-final really indicated that this was not the case . |
| 9 | But my language on the platform 's entirely different to what I speak |
| 10 | ‘ But my form for the South West in the Divisionals must have been better than I thought . |
| 11 | But my opinion of the book is much the same now as it was that day in Kathmandu . |
| 12 | Forgive me , but my command of the German tongue is slight . |
| 13 | But its twin at the College of Technology has been scrapped after members of Darlington Health Authority were told that some people were embarrassed to attend in front of their peers . |
| 14 | Product D is a growth performer in the overseas markets but its performance in the home market has declined from the previous year . |
| 15 | But its relationship with the voluntary sector , though mainly collaborative , is under threat . |
| 16 | We have seen that Locke agrees that some things which we know , such as that all numbers are even or odd , could not be learnt directly from experience , and that he explains that he never meant otherwise , for what experience gives us is not knowledge itself , but its materials in the form of ideas . |
| 17 | But its challenger in the share race , Middlesbrough stockbroker Wise Speke has also suffered as the market takes cover during the current bout of election fever . |
| 18 | It turns out that The Vision of Elena Silves operates on a more secular footing , but its meditation on the transcendence of human love over the coercions of church and state is a quietly compelling achievement . |
| 19 | The price of this combo is excellent for a twin channel amp , but its shortcomings in the lead department may keep it from playing in the World Series and confine it to the Junior League . |
| 20 | Labour may not be in the business of re-connecting with the past , but its attachment to the future is still confused . |
| 21 | But its governors of the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries were certainly administrators and soldiers , not settlers , and they returned to their English , French or Savoyard estates . |
| 22 | The rubber industry was badly affected by the depression of the 1930s , but its position as the second most important export was not threatened . |
| 23 | ‘ Practice ’ need not be eschewed as part of higher education ; but its presence in the curriculum must be justified in terms of the opportunities it affords for the student 's critical reflection . |
| 24 | The history of punk as a musical genre is complex and contradictory but its attitude to the prevailing orthodoxies of the record industry and of progressive rock was extremely simple . |
| 25 | Sensible advice , really , but its positioning in the book says everything . |
| 26 | Mineral extraction is an activity as ‘ natural ’ in Cornwall as is coal mining in South Wales , and it provides much local employment , but its despoliation of the landscape is no longer acceptable . |
| 27 | But its skill at the wheel remains a matter of legitimate debate while the audience is temporarily neglected . |
| 28 | The percentage growth in both sales and group profits over the period from 1985 are impressive but its objectives to the end of this decade and half way through the next are even more so , especially since a clear and detailed strategy for its achievement is firmly in place . |
| 29 | Not only has there been a reluctance on the part of directors to enforce such a remedy on behalf of the company by suing fellow directors , but its adoption in the context of insider dealing does very little to help the real victim . |
| 30 | The misery which unemployment inflicts on human lives can not be measured ; but its impact on the Exchequer was all too calculable . |