Example sentences of "but [pron] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some local societies which had previously formed branches of that organisation may have survived as benefit clubs but nothing of substance is known about these , nor about such non-affiliated organisations as the Liverpool based British Mariner 's Association which in 1857 was to be found at 6 , Columbian Buildings at that port . |
| 2 | But nothing of course would induce me to make a miserable thing out of you and a fool of myself . |
| 3 | It is sometimes supposed , more extremely , that direct acquaintance or introspection is so uncertain or fallible that not merely no analysis but nothing of value can be got by means of it . |
| 4 | On the other hand LOEX has always made material available on loan but nothing for retention . |
| 5 | ‘ Drop in when you 're passing ’ , they say , but nothing but humiliation faces those who do , and see someone else at the desk that was once their 's and find everyone too busy to chat . |
| 6 | I thought it was interesting as well that the stuff I got from the I and R V with it , was a lot about audio description and the tape and how much it cost and how wonderful this was and it was the first time it had ever been done , but there was nothing , as is always the case , there was nothing actually about what the film was about , it was full of sort of , this is the first time it 's done , but nothing about sort of this is the film about , about this , this is what the story 's about , you know . |
| 7 | But nothing in politics is forever and Mrs Thatcher 's luck could run out . |
| 8 | They were n't desperate or anything , but nothing like Dad , and he only had the farm to run . |
| 9 | Mr Deputy Speaker , no I did not know the exact amount of the recommendation but I of course assumed there was likely to be some pay increase and I have made an increase in grant which I am just about to explain to the house which will go some way to meet the requirements of local authorities and there are other assets and resources they have er which I will illustrate later on in my speech . |
| 10 | But I of course have the advantage of being one who condemns that degree of maladministration whether it applies in the democratic sector or in the quango sector and unfortunately , unfortunately despite all the corruption , I I 'll give way to the honourable gentleman if I could just er finish the point I 'm making , unfortunately despite all the corruption and all the mismanagement and all the fraud for which the Secretary of State is personally responsible as Secretary of State . |
| 11 | In initiating my original purchase I incur an obligation to make a payment in money , but I in turn have to have a source from which I can acquire the money in the first place , and this will , directly or indirectly , put me into at least a temporary relationship with a great variety of people , including the reader who purchased this book from a bookstall and paid out money , some small fraction of which will eventually find its way back to myself . |
| 12 | But my In Love body forgets about food and sleep and produces its own adrenalin to keep me flying through every hour . |
| 13 | Some of you er may take it amiss if I were to describe you as veterans but my by contrast , this is my first annual public meeting and not just as chairman . |
| 14 | The crowd was still there , but someone in uniform was pushing his way through and starting to harangue the singer . |
| 15 | ‘ But plenty of liquid and two paracetamol will do the job for much less cash . ’ |
| 16 | And not always ironical , either , as Layton commented : ‘ The discussion would be lively , boisterous , and prolonged ; no fistfights , but plenty of abuse and insult … |
| 17 | An appropriate name for a drama group of few words but plenty of action . |
| 18 | As polythene liners have little elasticity , they are installed without water being added , but plenty of movement should be allowed for , so that , when the water is gradually introduced , the wrinkles can be smoothed out and the liner moulded to the contours of the hole . |
| 19 | There was then a single race , the Rouge Flamande , but plenty of argument about whether it should be uniform red or pied . |
| 20 | THE risk of war with the former Soviet Union may have vanished , but plenty of fighting is still going on ; not least over which military bases should be shut down as the Pentagon tries to trim $1.1 billion from its budget over the next four years . |
| 21 | Two men still missing , but plenty of time yet . |
| 22 | There is less panel-beating here than your dusty preconceptions would have it ( none , actually ) , but plenty of po about the face and burly beats and , having heard the Ocean Colour Scene single , this is vital . |
| 23 | NO cigarettes , no alcohol but plenty of sugar in your tea — that 's the recipe for long life recommended by Courtaulds pensioner Tom Wilford . |
| 24 | Around each bend , a new configuration of arches , pillars , temples , cathedrals and amphitheatres peels into view , eroded rock forms which geologists have sought to describe in architectural terms , but which in scale and complexity dwarf the largest creations of man . |
| 25 | The process of abstraction of reality produces the ‘ phantoms formed in the human brain' which are also ‘ necessarily , sublimates of their material life process ’ but which in turn are most significantly ‘ empirically verifiable and bound to material premises ’ ( Marx and Engels 1974 : 47 ) . |
| 26 | After what seem an eternity , but which in reality could only have been about fifteen minutes , the paramedics from the county ambulance service arrived , and under David 's supervision the serious business of trying to lift Len out began . |
| 27 | First there is an increase in misdemeanours — the type of behaviour a girl might be ticked off for at home but which in care results in her finding herself further up the custodial ladder in a Community Home with Education . |
| 28 | We would then treat arithmetic as a set of manipulations which ( in theory ) could be built up from these more primitive operations , but which in practice are supplied as basic computer instructions for efficiency . |
| 29 | A lot of accidents occur on slides , for instance , which are mostly designed for use by seven to 12-year-olds , but which in practice are used more by preschoolers . |
| 30 | Indirect discrimination involves some pre-condition or obstacle which , on the fact of it , applies equally to men and women but which in practice less women ( or men ) can comply with than men ( or women ) . |