Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [pers pn] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Matisse and all the others saw the twentieth century with their eyes but they saw the reality of the nineteenth century , Picasso was the only one in painting who saw the twentieth century with his eyes and saw its reality and consequently his struggle was terrifying , terrifying for himself and for the others , because he had nothing to help him , the past did not help him , nor the present , he had to do it all alone and , in spite of much strength he is often very weak , he consoled himself and allowed himself to be seduced by other things which led him more or less astray . |
| 2 | Gedge thought Charman was technically the worst of all the contenders but he liked the right bands in The Folk Devils , Josef K and The Three Johns , and more especially , he had an obsessive interest in The Fall . |
| 3 | this is a good word because it well it 's not because of the associations but it stresses the femininity and that 's what a lot of the sixties feminists lost , I think was their own femininity because they saw it as man 's imposition |
| 4 | ‘ Obviously , there have been some controversies but we believe the competition is catching the imagination of the fans . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I have earned a comfortable living from Party Planners but I lost the bulk of my money as a Lloyd 's Name , ’ she said . |
| 6 | Such statistics aid our understanding of population movements but they mask the bewildering complexity that was the reality of the situation . |
| 7 | My friends have other sports but I like the boxing even though I get a bit of stick of my friends about being hard . ’ |
| 8 | These corners are sometimes almost more difficult for the men than for the women , as we use longer skis but I handled the course well and produced a 3rd place , my most encouraging FIS race result for some time . |
| 9 | The treaty was not , predictably , adopted by the member states but it encouraged the governments to look again at reform . |
| 10 | Not all the differences in approach to economic and monetary union have been ironed out between the French and the West Germans but they concern the speed and extent of the shift to a supra-national system , for running the community 's economy . |
| 11 | These are less safe than with-profits policies but they offer the attraction of potentially higher investment returns . |
| 12 | There were roads but they skirted the mountains and looked dangerous even from this height . |
| 13 | I went ahead and asked all the usual questions but I knew the answers already . |
| 14 | It is difficult to capture accurately the complex patterns of motivation that produce an individual 's actions but I think the position of Paisley , Beattie , Foster , and others can be better understood if we distinguish motivational background and front stage . |
| 15 | Obviously the Aussies are favourites but we pose the biggest threat . |
| 16 | Ideally the Civic Society would like to see far more drastic policy change , possibly thinking in terms of forty hectares but we realize the minimum possible would be the thirty point five hectares which is hanging over from the first phase of the structure plan , and so that must of course be regarded as committed . |
| 17 | ‘ I know that people are not going out of their way to create problems but I believe the national side has a great role to play in terms of providing players with status , confidence and a substantially increased market value . |
| 18 | So erm I I , I mean I can understand that we have a a specific need to er address the member of who signs what cheques but I think the matter of cash is covered by two , the chief executive is answerable to a board for financial matters . |
| 19 | They agreed to pay him thirty three thousand pounds but he rejected the offer . |
| 20 | The pages ( 990 of them ) are full of helpful screen diagrams but I missed the ‘ idiot 's ’ step by step command style that I 've convinced myself I need in a manual — but then Windows 3.1 secrets is n't FOR idiot 's . |
| 21 | I do n't know the details but I recognize the symptoms . |
| 22 | You could also find some letters that were confused , they did n't share common features but they sounded the same and they tended to be confused as well There was a lot of enthusiasm from the work of the neuro-psychologist th with the discovery of cells which appeared to be sensitive to particular features . |
| 23 | Never any argument — well , there were arguments but you knew the answers to them . |
| 24 | The insurance companies anticipate maintaining the premium rates at current levels but they retain the right to review them from time to time , subject to giving each insured person 60 days notice of any change . |
| 25 | The Insurance Companies anticipate maintaining the premium rates at current levels but they retain the right to review them from time to time , subject to giving each insured person 60 days notice of any change . |
| 26 | We could get the 80 per cent shade using heavy traditional materials but we chose the most appropriate |
| 27 | Simple text editing can be performed and files loaded and saved to and from other directories but it lacks the power of SideKick 's notepad , in fact it 's even more basic than Spotlight 's offering . |
| 28 | She had asked to borrow his pyjama bottoms but he drew the line at that . |
| 29 | We have had the chance of training courses but we get the information too late . ’ |
| 30 | Normally he mistrusted the use of women but he foresaw the opportunity of infiltrating her into Tweed 's company in the future . |