Example sentences of "the [noun sg] but [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally , however , Sturge found the Civilization Society 's policy ‘ inadequate to meet the case but as it involves a violation of my peace principles I can take no part in it ’ . |
| 2 | A severe drought is not a common feature on the field but when it occurs it may be in any month from April to September . |
| 3 | Pilot David Moore from Gloucestershire was at the controls of the forty seven year old Spitfire as it took part in an air display near Manchester on Saturday.The fighter plane looped the loop but as it neared the ground it plummeted down , bursting into flames.Firefighters were on the scene immediately , and confirmed that the pilot was dead.David Moore , who was 47 , flew with the Royal Navy for ten years before joining Rolls Royce as a pilot in the mid 1970s.He flew the company 's executives around Europe … but in his spare time he enjoyed piloting vintage planes like the Spitfire , which was owned by Rolls Royce.Today at the family 's home near Stroud , David Moore 's widow was coming to terms with the tragedy : |
| 4 | ‘ Not so much because of the liver but because it spoils the effect of the first drink of the evening . ’ |
| 5 | Wilkins also told magistrates that he had n't deliberately tipped his drink over the bar but that it had been an accident . |
| 6 | What is theoretically and politically interesting and puzzling is not that it has been defended by the powerful and the better-off sections of the community but that it has been so widely accepted by those who suffer as a result of its continuance . |
| 7 | ‘ It suggests nothing of the sort but as it happens you are partly right . |
| 8 | The point , though , is not that his poetry exceeds the truth but that it fails to keep up with the truth , since it can not fully express the Friend 's merits : No one was ever taken in by Shakespeare 's disclaimers of ability , and few people will imagine that , whoever the Friend was — if indeed there was a real-life Friend — Shakespeare has failed to do justice to him ; if anything , rather the opposite . |
| 9 | In time a limit may be reached , not because of the depth of the pit but because it becomes too wide and approaches land that must not be disturbed . |
| 10 | While ‘ The Prophet ’ was asleep , a violent rainstorm swept across the countryside but when it ended and the farmer went to see how the fugitive minister had fared , he found that , miraculously , an area around the sleeping man had been left untouched by the rain . |
| 11 | Erm it 's the executor 's job to administer the will but if it 's known that there 's a mistake of course the executor on behalf of the estate can sue the solicitor . |
| 12 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the encouragement of savings is important not simply because it gives security to the saver but because it provides funds for investment in the future of our country ? |
| 13 | Not so high because of the glass but because it 's got to have double folding shutters . |
| 14 | Specificity means that not only is a function lost or impaired after damage to one part of the brain but that it survives damage to other parts of the brain that , in turn , produces other effects . |
| 15 | Anyway Rick spent what seemed like an eternity before he got the fish near the net but when it showed for the first time it soon became apparent why it had been so stubborn , the fish was massive ! |