Example sentences of "but the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not me who distrusts the Minister 's ability to negotiate , but the farmers I met today who doubt whether he can deliver the goods . |
| 2 | Those who benefited from improved earnings , however , were not the rural poor , but the farmers who were able to take advantage of the opportunities the Green Revolution had to offer . |
| 3 | Now that 's a modern version , again I made that for a couple of years ago but the tradition there was you knitted on hands and you ladies will probably know , four pins , no seams , all on the circular , right up to the neck and then the cast on the sleeve there and again , no seams . |
| 4 | Mr Robertson said there were ‘ serious questions of substance ’ arising from Mr Hurd 's statement , which concerned not just amendment 27 , but the treaty itself . |
| 5 | But the Capron you 're talking about worked for MI6 , not MI5 . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But the physician who works in the royal household said that you wanted to see me immediately . |
| 7 | The wider ones were bridged by old railway sleepers — good army improvisation ! — but the rest one had to jump , and the banks were often mud . |
| 8 | He is yes we 're getting a text electric one in the dining room but the rest we 're paying for . |
| 9 | She recognized a couple of the museum staff but the rest who stared were strangers . |
| 10 | ‘ Er , I 'm not sure I 'll have enough for the tube fare to Liverpool Street , but the rest I can manage . |
| 11 | I 'd buzzed off one , but the rest I found hard to remember . |
| 12 | ‘ I may need you to show me where things are , ’ she turned to Jill , ‘ but the rest I can manage , even if I have to bluff my way through . ’ |
| 13 | But the other me , the gypsy , has fallen under the Evil Eye , and a shrill voice has pierced the air : Be accursed ! |
| 14 | Yes indeed , I mean many argue that in fact a law was n't required , and that the common law , as it 's developed and grown and , for example , in the Quinlan case , says that the withdrawal of treatment , the withholding of consent to treatment , is entirely lawful ; and some might argue that , by giving a law like this , which is rather narrowly drawn , you 've taken away a lot ; in other words , a doctor will feel , this I can do , but the other I ca n't do . |
| 15 | The implication of this for theology is that if it is really theology , it can only take place as God conveys his own Word to us and enables us to hear it ; but the Word itself always remains his and not ours . |
| 16 | It is much more geared to the administration of personnel records than was the bureau system but the experience we gained using the bureau has stood us in good stead for our own system . |
| 17 | But the experience I had was fantastic and it did n't take long before my salary was considerably more than that . |
| 18 | I , I was not present , I was not present but the committee itself , and regrettably the Chairman 's not here either , of the Planning Committee erm itself got into some difficulty by accepting and voting on a proposal to approve the application subject to the provision of a suitable link road . |
| 19 | But the road they were on now was different ; it was much narrower , lined on both sides with cypresses and pines . |
| 20 | If the roundabout suggests that the road you 're on is a fairly wide road and the road you 're exiting on is a fairly narrow road it will normally indicate you 're going from probably a duel carriageway , which you know you 're on if you 're already on it , but the road you 're entering might not be . |
| 21 | But the changes they have agreed on , if they are really carried out , will poke a big hole in party power . |
| 22 | A professional designer , Jean Bayle , with a track record for breathing new life into tired titles , was hired but the changes he favoured were deemed rather too radical and , in the end — as is often the case on Le Monde where the staff hold a significant stake in the company — the consensus view prevailed . |
| 23 | Not with height , but the changes I 'd seen , not just in my own life but in the fortunes of Danu . |
| 24 | Scientists , meanwhile , have shown that our activities affect not only the air we breathe , but the air which regulates our climate and even climates on the other side of the world . |
| 25 | The clubhouse has a dominant view , but the land it dominates is certainly , for a golf course , of above-average contour . |
| 26 | Credit was given for goods sold in the ordinary way , he said , only because the vendor believed the purchaser would pay , and fear of imprisonment benefited no one but the tallyman who forced his credit on the unwary poor . |
| 27 | National Railway Museum Curator of Operations Ray Towell , who has been with ‘ City of Truro ’ during most of the current tour , commented : ‘ It 's been a hectic and very pleasant few weeks to date but the welcome we 've had everywhere has been magnificent . |
| 28 | But the welcome which we have been given here exceeds all others . |
| 29 | But the woodland they create will be managed as it was in the past . |
| 30 | The screws they make are , are to be there in the body and the parts are in the bodies , but the bits they do n't use come back and then they are put back into stock again . |