Example sentences of "[noun] but [prep] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The formal discipline can sometimes tidy up muddled thinking but at other times it can interfere with the creatively developing interaction between trainer and trainee . |
| 2 | The Citroen BX has long been Britain 's most popular diesel-engined car but in recent months it has been overtaken by another model from the same French stable the ZX . |
| 3 | The central cable is a good one to start with and will lift a plain stocking stitch sweater but with little effort you can work two small cables to the left and right of centre and make the pattern even more interesting , especially for a ‘ V ’ neck sweater . |
| 4 | They were only three words but at that moment they were as pertinent as the universe . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not saying Eddie 's incapable of violence but in this case I think you 're on the wrong track . |
| 6 | It 's impossible to say if this element affected the Asian research scientist 's vote but in General Elections it is the issues , usually , which dominate . |
| 7 | WORKING IN ASF Larry was seldom involved with the flying of aircraft but on one occasion he stood in as Electrical NCO , on 15 Squadron , in lieu of F/Sgt Sanders who had done into hospital . |
| 8 | Some small captives become pets but within five years they are potentially dangerous and have to be put behind bars . |
| 9 | It is covered by scales ; in small specimens , disk diameter c. 2.5 m , it is possible to distinguish the centrodorsal and primary plates but in larger specimens they become inconspicuous . |
| 10 | There was other stuff in similar vein but by this time I had my hand on the Yale latch and was opening the door . |
| 11 | The task of bringing up children is tough for any parent but for one man it 's particularly difficult . |
| 12 | The relevant statute empowered the minister to set up such a committee but in this case he refused to do so on the ground that the complaint was unsuitable for investigation because it raised wide issues ; that if the committee upheld the complaint he would be expected to make an order to give effect to the committee 's recommendations ; and that the complaint should be dealt with by the Board rather than by the committee of investigation . |
| 13 | Normally I 'd also put out road blocks but in this case it 's already too late . ’ |
| 14 | Some people have notions of using the technology as an ambitious static analysis machine but in most cases it simply presents more data than anybody needs and will have to be restrained . |
| 15 | My Mam was ‘ the boss ’ at home but outside that house she was merely a wife and mother , never a person in her own right . |
| 16 | Judge David told them , their lives had been devoted to the relief of pain and suffering but in this case they chose to inflict considerable pain on a young woman in their care , isolated by their way of life . |
| 17 | I adore what other players get from Marshall amps but for some reason they 've never done the same for me , so this one 's going to have to prove itself , the same as the rest . |
| 18 | All farms have rats and mice but in recent years they have been coming through from the barn into the house and getting into the furniture . |
| 19 | I 'm confident we 'll get something from the match but at this stage I 'm not saying we 're going to win it . |
| 20 | The people of Lewis do not always present a sympathetic profile but in this case they had my sympathy and for two reasons . |
| 21 | In the Lepismatidae and Pterygota the hypopharynx is typically a simple lobe with a number of suspensory sclerites but in most Diptera it is a stylet-like structure pierced by the salivary canal and in some cases is used as a piercing organ . |
| 22 | He had lived outwith Scotland for only 5 years but during that time he had travelled further by land and had seen a greater number of interesting places than most people do in a lifetime . |
| 23 | Again it is generally definable only through social custom but in this case it has more significance since the breaking of social taboo may have adverse effect on the child . |
| 24 | In particular circumstances a director may owe a duty directly to shareholders ; that duty will not derive from his status as a director but from particular responsibilities he has voluntarily taken on . |
| 25 | You may as well sleep under a hedge or in a doorway , and get arrested for being a vagrant , and get put in jail where you 'll be treated like muck but at any rate it 'll be warm and you 'll be made to have a bath . |
| 26 | He is one of the finest strikers so I suppose you ca n't totally blame the defence but by this time I thought we were in for a beating . |
| 27 | Originally , he was on a six-month contract but despite disappointing results he was able to re-negotiate his contract . |
| 28 | She accepted the fact that she was probably ready for further responsibility but at that stage she had no idea what the responsibilities would be . |
| 29 | At the start North Down man Ian Lyle shadowed Rowan but after two miles he lost contact and Albertville 's Paddy Branagh took up the pursuit , moving to within 30 metres of Rowan . |
| 30 | If in the year in which the benefit is given to the taxpayer the amount of the relevant income is less than the amount of the benefit then the individual is only taxed on the amount of the relevant income but in subsequent years he can be further charged if there is further relevant income but never in excess of the amount of the benefit ( s740(2) ) . |