Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun] but [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I like all this and that bit but she has er , you end up to go on the dirty little foxes and you get on and there 's so , runny nosed yobbo kid about twelve , gets on |
| 2 | Of course there are cards on the market with more memory and processor power to drive expensive monitors at high resolutions ( like 1280 by 1024 ) and 256 colours but they cost well over £1000 . |
| 3 | The Slavophiles were critical of serfdom and political oppression but they sought a way forward which would draw on what they perceived as Russia 's peculiar strength : the social solidarity expressed in both the Orthodox faith and the traditional peasant commune . |
| 4 | Erm , what happened was the cathedral council one light in at a cost of four hundred and fifty pounds but they could n't afford the second light , so we got some money from erm the residents who contributed some money , we got some money from the school and there was a shortfall of sixty six pounds thirty one pence for the total bill , so the chairman er . |
| 5 | Germany 's Romanesque work is extensive , of long duration and outstanding quality but her Gothic work is more restricted . |
| 6 | Professional counsellors faced with the same client would be clear that it is their task to explore emotions and they allocate the time to do it ; social workers have the mixed task of practical and emotional support but they have a restricted caseload and the time to build up a relationship . |
| 7 | Q I have always had fine , flayaway and dry hair but it was fairly thick and grew quickly . |
| 8 | The fragmentation and inequities of prewar arrangements were highlighted in 1937 by an influential report from the Department of Political and Economic Planning but it took the Second World War and the Beveridge Report of 1942 to change perceptions sufficiently to legitimise a greatly enhanced role for the state in the provision of health care . |
| 9 | Some authorities specify three sinks for dishwashing and allied work but it is hard to see any justification for them . |
| 10 | ‘ I pay respect to his brilliance and subtle astuteness but I am proud of what I did . |
| 11 | Farm work means long hours and low pay but it 's a great improvement on last year for David Smith . |
| 12 | Not only are these mosaics of great beauty and rich colour but they provide accurate data of the costume and appearance of Justinian 's period and illustrate the hieratic splendour of the Byzantine court . |
| 13 | Keeping your fingers crossed and plunging on is one way of dealing with tricky situations which may gain a reputation for the school that it has firm and strong management but it can have costs in the loss of a number of unhappy families . |
| 14 | This may well be a pleasurable and interesting occupation but it will not in any way further the quest for the universal philosophy so urgently needed , unless those students and specialist authorities use the opportunities afforded them to serve humanity more widely and wisely than by merely producing yet more literature for yet more students . |
| 15 | Councillor regrets that er we 're bringing council rents up by nine and half percent but what we 're doing is in fact precisely what his government is recommending us to do , so I 'm a little sup so would councillor kindly at some point explain why he regrets his own government 's policy . |
| 16 | Thornton , 32 , was constantly frustrated by Eubank 's weird and unorthodox antics but he had nothing exceptional to throw into the pot . |
| 17 | In 1944 we may have had shattered limbs and horrendous wounds but we were young and until we were wounded had been fit . |
| 18 | It showed no appreciable difference between young and old women but it declined with age in men . |
| 19 | But I you know hopeful I know that th th th quite a large and high numbers but what we agreed was if we were working on the basis of something like on one person every six weeks |
| 20 | The policies require the support of the local authority and proper resourcing but they provide an ideal framework for schools seeking to become more responsive to their pupils and the Communities they serve . |
| 21 | I suppose there must have been the usual quota of cold , wet and windy days but I ca n't remember them . |
| 22 | We have argued for a revised theory of the relations between state and people : one reflecting the role of states in managing social relations and moral careers but one which recognises too that states , in representing a general or ‘ national ’ interest , have an important emotional significance . |
| 23 | This has been the aim of a large part of mankind 's intellectual and moral striving but it is our self-awareness and not intellectual procrastination which is the key that opens the door to the self . |
| 24 | Of course there have been discussions between the Trust and civil servants but nothing has gone to PESC ( the expenditure talks ) . ’ |
| 25 | When we train we go through many moves and set pieces but we also have a joke . |
| 26 | that if we pass on some of your comments at the end of the section , maybe they 'll be able to arrange , maybe in two or three months time a visit that most of us can make , particularly those of you who missed it , because it is an important experience , but obviously quite difficult to arrange , because it involves real tenants and real people but we can pass that back , and I 'm sure the officers will consider it . |
| 27 | Rider Haggard offered this strange combination of a Gibson Girl and an embodiment of ancient divinity as the nucleus of adventure stones in his characteristic mixture of vigorous narrative and personal philosophy but his portrait of a distant ideal , strongly affected by his own reticences and sublimations and those of his time , is hard to take seriously today . |
| 28 | As yet this technique has limited spatial and temporal resolution but it does offer a means of looking at human brain activity in a fairly safe way . |
| 29 | Gathering accurate information and perceptions on which to base our work has been a time consuming and laborious exercise but we have all learnt a great deal in the process and the model which has emerged appears to be acceptable to all of those who have been involved and the information networks have begun to do their time honoured job . |
| 30 | For most men the interior light of the mind is dark as in a black and white picture but we can make the dawns rise and colours come as in a coloured picture . |