Example sentences of "[noun] but [prep] the [noun sg] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Trinity has remained the kingpin of Greek and Russian spirituality but in the West it has tended to retreat to the sidelines and many find it an impossible concept : God is seen as One and Jesus often becomes a sort of divine friend in a vision which robs the Christian mystery of much of its transcendent power . |
| 2 | We have excellent navigation equipment but on the day it is back to basics . |
| 3 | It took some time to get entry , there were delays , long sessions of questioning and trouble with certificates but in the end it was sorted out and we got on a plane in April 1974 . |
| 4 | It is a method that is nearly always used there days but at the time it was quite a new technique , certainly for a band like The Wedding Present . |
| 5 | The videotaping of the child 's statement comes at a crucial point in that process but for the child it is only one part of it . |
| 6 | The French are pragmatic to the point of openness over their illegal activities but in the end it is the smallest and most immoral of them all , Mossad , which is the most efficient . |
| 7 | It 'll be be much more straightforward when they 've got the whole thing on the computer but at the moment it 's a transitional phase . |
| 8 | There usually is a , a , a , vacant houses but at the minute it 's at a standstill . |
| 9 | Though this is not to say that abortion is a topic to be taken lightly as it is a human life a woman is dealing with and I think she should think carefully about all her options before she makes a decision but in the end it is her baby and up to her what happens . |
| 10 | They have suggested that the loss of associability suffered by a pre-exposed stimulus is determined not by the extent to which it is predicted by its antecedents but by the relationship it bears to subsequent events . |
| 11 | Action in the majority of adventure stories is seen both to affect and to be affected by character but in the end it is action that has the final word , in the romantic happy ending in which the heroism of man is affirmed . |
| 12 | You you 're chance will come in due course sir when we 're making comments but at the moment it 's just |
| 13 | British public opinion welcomed the Charter but for the government it involved repudiating the policies of protection and imperial preference , adopted in the depths of the world depression . |
| 14 | A bank deposit is an asset to the individual as the holder of the claim but to the bank it appears as a liability in its balance sheet . |
| 15 | In its defence the computer points out that the problem lies not in its answer but in the question it was asked in the first place . |
| 16 | Of course the bigger clients are getting the message and do keep in touch but with the rest it 's proving hard work teasing out the issues and reassuring there 's value in it for them . |
| 17 | It was recorded with the original Wedding Present line-up but by the time it was released in February 1988 , Shaun Charman had been replaced by Simon Smith . |
| 18 | He added : ‘ That is the only way we can clear the town of the problem but at the moment it is a bit of an uphill battle . ’ |
| 19 | The time taken to complete one revolution of the Earth is decreasing over aeons of time but at the moment it is , give or take the odd second , 24 hours ; this defines the solar day . |
| 20 | Over the first two days most of the home points had been garnered by the Big Four comprising Seve Ballesteros , Jose Maria Olazabal , Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam but in the end it was the third Spaniard and the middle-aged Irishman who rose to the occasion when their contribution was needed most . |