Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] but [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lederer ( 1978 ) describes a similar study for spoken language interpreters , where a 3 — 6 seconds ' lag occurs as a base level but with a great deal of interpreting occurring much further behind the speaker 's words . |
| 2 | Reliance first of all , not on a working class mass base but on a peasant mass base . |
| 3 | A good course programme but with a poor instructor led to more trainee dissatisfaction than a good instructor with a moderate programme . |
| 4 | The room was twice the size of their back-street Holland Park offices but for a couple of hours all comers were invited to believe that Women 's Word was on the same financial footing as its big competitors . |
| 5 | No genetic variation has been described at the protein level but at the DNA level an insertion-deletion RFLP is observed with several restriction enzymes . |
| 6 | Although the ALP suffered an adverse swing of approximately 6 per cent , the most significant gains were made not by the opposition coalition but by the Democrats ( whose share of the vote increased from 6 to 11 per cent ) and by independent and environmental candidates . |
| 7 | Here was the connubial complement to Miss Havisham 's wedding feast but without the cobwebs . |
| 8 | The Yugo ( nee Zastava ) , built in Yugoslavia , managed to escape the Iron Curtain car jokes but at the same time escaped , completely , the attention of press and public . |
| 9 | ‘ Where , in the case of any fishing vessel , the Secretary of State is satisfied that — ( a ) the vessel would be eligible to be registered as a British fishing vessel but for the fact that any particular individual , or ( as the case may be ) each of a number of particular individuals , is not a British citizen ( and is accordingly not a qualified person ) , and ( b ) it would be appropriate to dispense with the requirement of British citizenship in the case of that individual or those individuals , in view of the length of time he has or they have resided in the United Kingdom and been involved in the fishing industry of the United Kingdom , the Secretary of State may determine that that requirement should be so dispensed with ; and , if he does so , the vessel shall , so long as paragraph ( a ) above applies to it and any such determination remains in force , be treated for the purposes of this Part as eligible to be registered as a British fishing vessel . |
| 10 | In its purest form , the doctrine advocated a return to subsistence economy but on a less individualistic and more communal basis . |
| 11 | The period of study depends upon entry qualifications but for the MPhil a minimum of 12 months full-time study is required . |
| 12 | Eating the right kind of food and having a balanced diet is important not only for weight control but for the well-being of skin , hair and every other part of us that we tend to treat in terms of beauty rather than health care . |
| 13 | With respect to women , the loss derives not just from a low level of labour force participation but from the nature of employment practices . |
| 14 | At first it looked like a perfectly routine maintenance operation but as a precaution those in the tunnel were evacuated and the heavy steel doors at the eastern end barred and locked . |
| 15 | This was a decision that would be taken after a climactic battlefield disaster but in the meantime two alternatives were to hand . |
| 16 | Example 2:1 Parcels clause of office suite ALL THAT suite of rooms on the floor of the building known as ( excluding the outer faces of the walls enclosing the said building and its roof and roof structure but including the structure supporting the floor of the said rooms ) and for the purpose of identification only edged in red on the attached plan Example 2:2 Parcels clause of open land ALL THAT parcel of land in and numbered on the Ordnance Map ( 1968 edition ) for the said district a copy of which is attached hereto ( including the entirety of the hedge and ditch on the western boundary of enclosure number but excluding the entirety of the hedges and ditches on the northern boundaries of the said enclosures and the entirety of the road on the southern boundaries thereof ) Example 2:3 Parcels clause of building excluding airspace ALL THAT building known as shown edged red on the attached plan but excluding the airspace lying above the existing roof of that building together with a right for the tenant with or without workmen to enter that airspace for the sole purpose of inspecting the building or carrying out any works for which the tenant is liable under this lease Example 2:4 Parcels clause with details of boundaries ALL THAT the floor of the building known as ( " the property " ) including ( i ) all non-loadbearing walls situated wholly within the red edging on the attached plan ( ii ) one half ( severed vertically ) of all non-loadbearing walls separating the property from any other part of the building ( iii ) all plaster or other decorative finish applied to any wall bounding the property and not included in paragraphs ( i ) or ( ii ) above or applied to any column or loadbearing wall within the property ( iv ) the whole of all doors door frames windows window frames ( including mastic joints or seals ) bounding the property ( v ) all ceilings bounding the property and any void between any suspended ceiling and the structural slat above ( vi ) all floor finishes and floor screeds including raised floors and floor jacks supporting such floors ( vii ) all light fittings and air conditioning units incorporated in any ceiling but not any other part of the air conditioning system |
| 17 | It is a sector where the multinationals dominated , but had to be coerced into action that produced export gains but at the price of deepening the dependence not just in the main products , but also in key component suppliers . |
| 18 | At Pilkingtons and Ford , benchmarking exercises were confined to manufacturing costs and work organization , whereas RX instigated a more profound organizational benchmarking , isolating competitive gaps in all aspects of organization not simply as a sporadic trigger exercise to prioritize change areas but as an on-going process . |
| 19 | Some Labour politicians continued to cling to their previous peace strategies but by the late 1930s the majority had come to accept that war was inevitable — a view confirmed by the events in Czechoslovakia , Austria and Poland which preceded the outbreak of the European war . |
| 20 | With 20 minutes gone , his debut might have entered the dream category but for a fingertip save from Andy Goram . |
| 21 | ‘ Not on a degree course but at the Cultural Centre for Foreigners where they 've been going since last September . ’ |
| 22 | I have great sympathy with the needs of village schools but at the end ofg the day we have to consider the needs of the children and I have no doubt in my mind that trying to open a school in Brockweir is simply not on for the children . |
| 23 | Unbelievably , our boats were still being laid up during the winter months but with a more professional approach being adopted from topside , this policy was soon to be abandoned . |
| 24 | Once , not long ago , an old film called National Velvet had been on television and when the young Elizabeth Taylor appeared on the screen he had at once been sharply reminded of Mary — and had exited , not with the escape key but with the switch on the set . |
| 25 | In our panel of voters the Conservative lead over Labour increased by 34 per cent amongst Sun/Star readers but by a mere 2 per cent amongst Mirror readers , which suggests the tabloids were able to influence their readers . |
| 26 | All such changes are related not only to people 's work lives but to the decisions of ( often multinational ) house building companies ; the latter increasingly investing in ‘ up-market ’ houses and retirement homes for people who have seen the value of their home rapidly increase . |
| 27 | Newcastle have gained Keegan 's kick-start inspiration and solid organisation on the football management merry-go-round but at the expense , it seems , of the subtle artistry Ossie Ardiles introduced . |
| 28 | They are largely monotone engravings but around the beginning of the 19th century a series of itinerant Irish artists recorded the Gorge in all its glory and colour . |
| 29 | This might not seem small in petrol engine terms but for a diesel it is quite dinky . |
| 30 | Apart from Gatting , who is seen as a near-certainty for England 's winder tour of India , others who may come back into the international reckoning are Chris Broad , Alan Wells , Matthew Maynard and John Emburey , while Neil Foster ( another South African tourist ) might have been considered for the winter tour but for a knee injury which kept him out of the Essex side for the last part of the season . |