Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [noun] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | We opportunities are privatization but we 've also said that is a threat . |
| 2 | The Cossarts were Huguenots but had been living in Ireland for many years . |
| 3 | All counts are Electors but there are other Electors too . |
| 4 | If the joint venture is between firms that do not compete directly in the relevant product market , the exemption applies for five years ( from when the product is first put on the EC market ) regardless of market share ; it also applies if the participants are rivals but their collective share does not exceed 20 per cent of the relevant market . |
| 5 | There are three skin covered arm spines , proximal spines are rugose but towards the end of the arm , all the spines become more hook-like . |
| 6 | This is because the stamp duty on property transfers is 6% but the duty on share transfers is only 1% . |
| 7 | Many of the paintings are portraits but there is also a large , panoramic , hotly-coloured Expressionist canvas of the Judas kiss in the Betrayal of Christ , set somewhat exotically in North Africa . |
| 8 | The sergeant was sure Nicola 's husband was lying and that the stains were blood but knew he had no evidence to prove it . |
| 9 | The distinctions are consumptionist but the determination of the differences is absolutely basal . |
| 10 | Ticket prices are £7.50 but we have 10 pairs valid for the first day of the show ( Thursday 10 December ) to give away . |
| 11 | He says some overseas players are disasters but Courtney has been great for Gloucestershire . |
| 12 | All detergents are surfactants but not all surfactants are detergents . |
| 13 | Many of his friends were Covenanters but , although he supported their cause in principal and loathed the barbarous conduct of the dreaded Dragoons , he took no active part in the rebellion . |
| 14 | ‘ That does n't mean I think all men are rapists but … it means a significant proportion of the men around us in that situation of social breakdown would rape and I ca n't even begin to digest that notion . ’ |
| 15 | I know there 's an attitude at home — men are people but women are only women — but that 's not the same things as putting your women in purdah . ’ |
| 16 | Full fees are £125 but there are bursaries available . |
| 17 | In 1961 , for example , 14 per cent of all marriages were remarriages but , by 1982 , the proportion had risen to 34 per cent . |
| 18 | The Equal Opportunities Commission ( 1980 ) found three times as many women as men were carers but a later study of informal care discovered a larger proportion of male carers ( Green , 1988 ) . |
| 19 | Some have experience , others are beginners but already Eddie is looking for a local golf course that will accept their membership as a club to provide a base . |
| 20 | Well we 're not sure if the socks are record-breakers but they are certainly winners ! |
| 21 | The royal families of the local principalities were Nayar but many of the major landlords were Brahmins of the Nambudiri caste . |
| 22 | Obviously the Aussies are favourites but we pose the biggest threat . |
| 23 | In the U.K. , for example , four fifths of health service employees are women but over 90% of its top decision makers are men . |
| 24 | ( Truffles are fungi but not mushrooms . ) |
| 25 | The majority of victims were Jews but they were not alone — as many as 4,000 gypsies may have been killed there in one session . |