Example sentences of "[adj] in [adj] [noun] but [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Proprietary life assurance companies are no different in this respect but it is very difficult to ascertain the amounts of profit arising from individual contracts and the exact period of time over which they can be said to have been earned . |
| 2 | We know that this is only a small proportion of the people who are unemployed in this area but we hope we have made their Christmas a little bit more enjoyable . |
| 3 | It is n't easy to be assertive in sexual relationships but it does get easier as you practise . |
| 4 | In other words , the range of prizes is bigger in entrepreneurial activity but they are less likely to be repeated across generations . |
| 5 | So it 's not a progression all in one way but I have to say that even by the standards of the Lloyd George era , the battle by memoir which we now see for considerable sums of money has become more than a cottage industry , it 's a production line industry . |
| 6 | None of these allowable deductions is ‘ uncommon in other countries but they are more wide-ranging in Japan than is generally the case elsewhere ’ ( Elston 1981 p.515 ) . |
| 7 | The couple have now left Ross on wye , Jonathans girfriend says that it was only a small minority who were involved in racial abuse but it was so unpleasant they now feel they ca n't live there any longer . |
| 8 | It may be that pupils ' needs are greatest in these areas but they are where teachers feel least capable . |
| 9 | As regards the salaries of the U S A we 've read and seen about so many companies that pay sky-high for v various salaries and other schemes , we do n't want that in this country but we do want a degree of evenness and I would repeat as somebody has already said , that your salary has gone up fifty six percent which is very , very high . |
| 10 | They would frequently receive strange glances from those in other booths but she just ignored it . |
| 11 | The golf tee structure may not be usable in all situations but it is likely to become more widely used as staff costs increase . |
| 12 | Crewe 's 2-1 win over Mansfield was their first in 10 games but they cut it fine , Cutler scoring the winner two minutes from time . |
| 13 | The Hanoverian kings were not uninterested in political life but they had difficulty comprehending the complexities of domestic and foreign affairs . |
| 14 | has been affected on the revenue front mainly in the medical publishing but to some extent in the erm in the financial sector although we 're still absolutely market dominant in that sector but we 've increased the circulation there by ten percent . |
| 15 | This was rare in Jewish custom but it was demanded in the Passover celebration ( Mark 14:22 ; Matt. |
| 16 | I 'm new in this place but you 've got to learn fast or go under . |
| 17 | The Committee 's report thus concluded that these practices were necessary in modern circumstances but they suggested that , because of haphazard evolution , the practices lacked coherence and the system should therefore be regularized and checked . |
| 18 | ‘ We 're unbeaten in eight games but we have n't been able to win them and the players were saying beforehand that we were going to give someone a good hiding . |
| 19 | The Apache is better than most in this respect but I would nevertheless regard it as an excellent-four seater with the fifth seat reserved for occasions when no baggage is being carried . |