Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Nana 's opinion this was not only a common occupation which gave a woman vulgar , loud manners but it was also bad for trade . |
| 2 | The last Minister for the Arts but one , Tim Renton , made a remark to me about the difficulty of speaking up too energetically for the arts sector in the House of Commons , for fear that the other MPs would say , ‘ Ah , poor chap , he 's gone native ’ . |
| 3 | This book 's purpose is to show Charles as an archexponent of Carolingian political practice in an age when new ( as well as old ) problems beset all Charlemagne 's successors but none more so than Charles . |
| 4 | Obviously there has to be guidelines but we find cycling very compatible with quiet enjoyment of the forest . |
| 5 | Well , there 's nothing , as I understand it there is nothing in the Law Society guidelines but there are certainly references in the professional conduct guidelines which Mr has referred to in the course of this report er which referred to the extent of solicitors in the situation . |
| 6 | It is difficult to give precise guidelines but it is now our practice to recommend that oral iron be given until the haemoglobion concentrations and red cell counts are normal , and that these are remeasured at about three monthly intervals for a year and further iron given as necessary . |
| 7 | He says ; After the farewell tour I concentrated on acting and my future and I did not want to sing Dr Hook 's songs but I now understand people will want me too . |
| 8 | The evocative China Heart , with its shifting layers of sound and teasing instrumental textures jumping dramatically into a demented tango , remained the best of the songs but none of them were at all suited to Fionna Duncan 's voice or delivery . |
| 9 | couple of his songs but his albums . |
| 10 | Alternances was built on fragments of Romanian folk songs but there was also a feel of this in the Scherzo too for its somewhat frenetic and flamboyant violin melodies brought to mind the gypsy fiddlers of Eastern Europe . |
| 11 | I heard nothing from students about a baby with alleged dog 's ears but plenty about biochemical investigations and possible treatments of Down 's syndrome from Professor Jerome Lejeune . |
| 12 | If she heard laughter that was n't there it was not her ears but her brain which was at fault , and she wished to preserve her experience intact in order to present it freshly to the specialist whom she intended to consult when her holiday was over . |
| 13 | I mean no was ringing in my ears but I could n't say that . |
| 14 | I could n't believe my ears but she repeated it : I realized I had not properly understood my own needs . |
| 15 | It led to some job losses but it was justified in the company 's longer-term interests — and therefore the interests of the majority of employees . |
| 16 | Regrettably this has resulted in a number of job losses but there was no alternative given the length and depth of the recession . |
| 17 | She could not communicate with their static sky-fires but she watched/felt/learned of the realities of Spiderglass on the Earth of a century before , back when industry meant manufacture or service and did n't encompass its environments or political power . |
| 18 | Curle , who started at Bristol Rovers , said : ‘ It 's easy to be intimidated by the Rovers fans but we 're not afraid . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It might not be popular with the fans but we 've got to do that to keep our noses in front . |
| 20 | ‘ It would be easy to spend heavily to appease fans but we wo n't do that . |
| 21 | Da Silva said he had tried to reason with the fans but they had drawn guns . |
| 22 | Best 's skills mesmerised defenders and charmed the fans but his lifestyle attracted the press , the police and the parasitic attention of the Creatures who thrive on the back of stardom . |
| 23 | They used to be Bangor fans but I think I have won them over to Glentoran . ’ |
| 24 | Ageing skin , a problem recognised for centuries but one never properly understood , until today . |
| 25 | There are occasional references to fullers during the 13th and 14th centuries but theirs must have been a small scale operation compared to that encountered further downstream around Cirencester . |
| 26 | There is another function of playing dead that has been depicted for centuries but which , until recently , was thought to be no more than a fictitious folk-tale . |
| 27 | ‘ I feel local justice has been dispensed very successfully over the centuries but we are now increasingly facing the prospect , due entirely in my view to financial pressures , of seeing the closure of many local courts and everything being centralised elsewhere . |
| 28 | Writers , poets and bards had been telling the stories for centuries but it was not until the Victorians that a visual interpretation was recorded and that was essentially romantic and ill-informed . |
| 29 | There was a hint of sadness now in Madame 's eyes but her mouth was set and determined . |
| 30 | She had her father 's pale blue eyes but her long black hair and honey complexion had been inherited from her mother . |