Example sentences of "[noun sg] but in [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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) ) . |
| 5 | In commercial terms that 's like committing suicide but in artistic terms it 's been much more fulfilling . ’ |
| 6 | Like many a similar building it had declined in status but in recent years it has been handsomely restored to its former glory . |
| 7 | On those cases it , it usually evens itself out er it usually says oh due to roundings I 'll ignore that erm cos I 've actu erm I 've gained through the unit statement on , cos I 've had one of these stand alone policies , and not wishing to pay the one pound ninety I 've actually knocked it on the head now and incorporated it with another policy , but erm when we looked at it all , overall I 've got a nil unit situation but in some months I actually had negative units , some months I had a , a sort of like point zero one of a unit positive . |
| 8 | In an organisation such as a hospital , communicating is a means to an end but in some organisations it is an end in itself . |
| 9 | The origins of Osiris are shrouded in mystery but in early times he was a fertility god , whose death and rebirth were connected with the cycle of the agricultural year . |
| 10 | The rules of the scheme provide that the application for arbitration must be made within nine months of the date of return from the holiday but in special circumstances it may still be offered outside this period . |
| 11 | They do not have the ego-satisfaction of having thought up a brand new idea but in practical terms they do well ; The pioneer has developed the field and born the development costs . |