Example sentences of "[adj] but [pron] [is] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | what about the pantomime , I mean I do n't like to say this but there 's a society in Glasgow buying tickets for the children for pantomime |
| 2 | ‘ We are happy to do this but it is a struggle to meet our debt . |
| 3 | Agnew and Hill combining to get is clear but it 's a corner and that cross caused real problems to Leicester . |
| 4 | The first mention of belted Scottish cattle is dated to about 1790 but there is a theory that it received its belt originally from imported Dutch Lakenvelder cattle in the seventeenth century , a breed which possibly also contributed to the now extinct Sheeted Somerset . |
| 5 | The parts that are being looked at may be very different but there is a uniformity about the emotion generated . |
| 6 | ( No such lists can hope to be comprehensive but it is a pity that no reference is made to Geoffrey Beard 's indispensable and pioneering studies on decorative plasterwork in the Adam period . ) |
| 7 | Excavation has proved impossible but there is a story that hints at great finds . |
| 8 | I have no doubt that I will carry on running to keep fit but there is a difference between that and training to race well . |
| 9 | Infection control is only one element in the care of a patient but it is an indicator of standards and there is no disputing how vital it is when one considers the prevalence of nosocomial or hospital-acquired infection ( HAI ) . |
| 10 | ‘ We 're keeping our fingers crossed she 's going to be okay but it 's a worry when she 's ill in that area . |
| 11 | The moment of the break is not transcendent but it is a breaking free of the determinations of ideology — a moment in which the presuppositions that determine ideology are transformed by a critical response to them . |
| 12 | It may not be beautiful and certainly is not fast but it is a survivor , it stands no nonsense and it will be around long after the thoroughbreds have thrashed themselves to death on a rocky shore . |
| 13 | Benazir Bhutto looks to be strong but it 's a coalition of convenience not conviction , in a country where politics follows the rules of war , opposition means nothing , winning is everything . |
| 14 | seventy , yes she is , two pound twenty , there are mum ten I 'll give it in the change , two pound twenty up to now wanted a big one I looked at that but there 's a heck of a lot of erm |
| 15 | Cos the mortgages and that but there 's a lot of them , and kids causing it , and Christmas was coming well you know we just , that 's when they helped us at Christmas was really fantastic yes , true I never thought anything really out of this world how the how the people helped We got toys and everything for the kids ' Christmas , everything you could think of . |
| 16 | I du n no , as you say to see the culture things like that but it 's a bit difficult to put niggers down in their own country well what 's that then , is that , is that just the ferry between an island or something |
| 17 | Well now I do n't know whether you know anything about that but it 's a make words . |
| 18 | call it that but it 's an allergy . |
| 19 | karting is split up into different classes … age and engine size decides all that but it is a sport that anyone can have a go at … |
| 20 | Captain Gary Mabbutt , who hopes to make his first appearance of the season after injury , said : ‘ The game may be only a friendly but there is a lot of prestige involved . |
| 21 | Oh , we could have give that one to Reg as well but it 's a bit busted up . |
| 22 | There are obviously many types of typical CAB problems for which the telephone is not useful but it is a fact that there is a heavy demand , particularly from women , for telephone contact with the CAB . |
| 23 | Batty damaged ankle ligaments after a tackle by Coventry 's Stewart Robson on Saturday and Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson said : ‘ It was swollen and bleeding but it 's a lot better today . |
| 24 | Massive coverage may look good but it is a lot less valuable if it appears in media which are not seen by your ultimate target audience . |
| 25 | It 's not brilliant but it 's a lot better . |
| 26 | All thoroughly unlawful but there is a limit to public patience when the law- abiding feel they are not protected by officialdom . |
| 27 | Most of my workmates are very happy but it 's a pity about the plant closing in Galway . ’ |
| 28 | You 're er for the moment you 're not committed to a party , you 've just got to take an individual decision and I know Maastricht is very complicated but there 's a lot of gut feeling as well as precise knowledge about these things , so I want to take a vote . |
| 29 | Now , as you can see from the dots , the relationship is n't perfect in that everybody who 's older than somebody else necessarily earns more but there 's a sort of trend or a general pattern So there seems to be a relationship between the variables of age and income . |
| 30 | If , however , you are resident but there is a chance that you might move , the country where you are living would not qualify as your domicile . |