Example sentences of "but [adv] [noun] or " in BNC.

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1 Here we have to work around not only a collection of possessions which have become part of our lives , but also carpets or curtains or wall coverings we feel we ca n't afford to replace .
2 ‘ Committees ’ means both actual committees but also individuals or organisers listed as committees .
3 But sometimes events or thoughts or even characters take charge when you 're working .
4 Apart from the irrelevant actor there , it seems worth observing that the sonnets are not in fact dialogues , but either monologues or poems of direct address , and that their dramatic quality is due to a sustained effort of imagination rather than the conditioning of a career .
5 as well as a host of other academic successes — but neither Arnold or his successor , Dixon , ever took more than eight boys a time and most of them carefully selected — few were born deaf .
6 We do have a rolled joint in a pocket of a jacket but neither Lucker or I acknowledge it .
7 But neither Reg or Ron would ever condone crime and they are not trying to influence kids . ’
8 But neither government or industry have shown much interest .
9 During this time of testing , a sufferer from alcoholism mat say that he or she can not be alcoholic because he or she does not drink in the mornings or is still in regular employment or still has a home and family or perhaps only drinks wine and beer but never spirits or only drinks at the weekends .
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