Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [adj] [noun] but [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maconochie was a pioneer in unrelated disciplines but it was as a penal reformer that he was most influential . |
| 2 | We left there , we left about half five , six in the morning did n't we and we were getting lost in and we knew it was in the village in that town but we could n't find it and we kept getting lost so we all pulled her up and he went back and he said to this man can you tell me where the |
| 3 | I mean to say law in other countries but they 're always pleased to come here and take all our what 's it are n't they ? |
| 4 | I can hear a chuckle in some quarters but I feel he never let England down . |
| 5 | More than 90 per cent of people in this country are against hunting in any form but we still have to pay in our rates for the cost of police to protect those who hunt . |
| 6 | It is true that there were first-class scientists at work in other countries but they were either greatly taken with large unprovable notions or were limited to a single field , whereas Galileo was original in dynamics , hydrostatics , mechanics ( strength of materials ) , optics and astronomy . |
| 7 | Tilts is not to downgrade their importance in social relations but it does put basal production first . |
| 8 | Nature conservation is not a primary policy aim in these Parks but it tends to follow as a secondary consideration from the primary aims which are to conserve the social and cultural heritage of the Region , improve employment and make more use of the Region for recreation and education . |
| 9 | Most designers have an intuitive but unformalised picture in these terms but it is of great utility to produce these pictures in flow diagram form so that any differences of view are revealed and can be reconciled by discussions during the process of agreeing the diagrams . |
| 10 | We would like to set up a SPRED group in this area but we need helpers . |
| 11 | There is undoubtedly truth in this argument but it must be placed in perspective . |
| 12 | In these weavers the importance and complexity of the nest seems to have focused co-operative behaviour in this area but it will be interesting to see whether further research shows an extension of the behaviour to incubation or rearing in any of them . |
| 13 | He did not explain how this latter figure squared with McAteer 's figure of two thousand ; Nationalists and Unionists often threw figures at each other in this way but it was not always clear exactly what they meant . |
| 14 | You 're wearing the summer shorty for greater freedom of movement for your arms and legs but Howard 's got the full suit , for more protection in colder weather but they both work on the same principle . |
| 15 | That is , it had a similar status to the Banbury lane in medieval times but it is one which it has kept and developed in response to changing circumstances , whereas the Banbury Lane has failed . |
| 16 | It was mentioned in this section that the staff had a commitment to combat racism in any manifestation but it was acknowledged that this was not the same thing as multicultural education . |
| 17 | The court is likely to fix a directions appointment in all cases but it is not obliged to do so . |
| 18 | L190 has a good start in clean air but it looks to be the unfavoured end of the line . |
| 19 | There is still a creative role in developing campaigns but it comes after a firm foundation of fact has been established . |
| 20 | Libya was still a Kingdom in those days but it had no aviation legislation , so the entire investigation was conducted in accordance with Annex 13 , though with considerable emphasis on the British interpretation of it . |
| 21 | John Piper may have been a foolish man in many ways but he was always friendly and generous to all classes of people . |
| 22 | What he was saying made sense in some respects but she would never , ever forgive Lizzy for the charade of the last eighteen months . |
| 23 | The medical evidence showed that excessive oxygen was a cause of blindness in premature babies but it was not the only factor which caused blindness . |
| 24 | Move on now to look at an area that 's er not frequently er does n't impinge a great deal on life in this country but it certainly does for travellers and for many people in the developing world . |
| 25 | We ought to have a national conservatoire of music in this country but we do n't . ’ |
| 26 | Moderator it ca n't be very often that a young minister contradicts a giant of the church in open assembly but it did happen several years ago . |
| 27 | The wider interests of disabled people could not easily have been taken into account in that case but they were undoubtedly relevant . |
| 28 | One can easily argue against its privatisation in emotive terms but it would have been more helpful if both your correspondents had taken the point that the UK economy is not exactly in robust good health . |
| 29 | Claudia was getting used to feeling like a red rose in full bloom but it did n't make her like the feeling , or the man whose remarks caused her discomfort . |
| 30 | ‘ He will be out of prison in three years but I have to live with this , ’ she said . |