Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were all sorts of different views of the future , but everyone had the same ideas about what was worth preserving . |
| 2 | Oh I , I like them but I prefer the crisp ones . |
| 3 | I had a perm on Friday and then rushed off to the dentist for an emergency white cement type filling to fill my Friday 13th loss ( ! ) — maddening to have to go back again as it is the other side of town , but I walked the two miles or so home , along with Bella . |
| 4 | Yesterday afternoon was misty and bitterly cold , but I walked the four miles to Wuthering Heights and arrived just as it was beginning to snow . |
| 5 | Now I I 've chosen an example w with a Conservative Secretary of State and the Labour majority , but I ask the Noble Lords on all , in all parts of the House to think it could work the other way round , because a Labour Secretary of State could exercise exactly these powers in an area where with a er Conservative majority on on er on on the local council or councils and I ask the House to think of this , not in a party er as a as a party issue between Labour , Conservative or Liberal Democrat , I just ask you to consider whether it is right for a Secretary of State of any political persuasion to er secure by appointment to a police authority a political control from the centre of that police authority , because that is what the Government 's presents proposals would still achieve and er it is our view and it is the view of which is which is finds expression in Amendments five , eight and eleven that the we should return to the tripartite system of p of policing which policing is a partnership between the Chief Constable er the local authority in the area and the Home Secretary , that er tripartite arrangement has worked extremely well for thirty years , there have been minor conflicts in some parts of the country , but nothing to justify the wholesale removal of of of the partnership which is now proposed . |
| 6 | I only managed to see the second programme when still perhaps a little punch-drunk from over-exposure to Bournonville at the Copenhagen festival , but I relished the four examples of choreography by Mark Morris and Lar Lubovitch , particularly when they showed off Baryshnikov . |
| 7 | Yeah , but I mean the bright ones do the the bypass sheet they have the fractions one , and they |
| 8 | As someone who made little enough progress beyond Youll Cup school tennis and county junior teams in 20 years , I remain to be convinced but I enjoyed the three hours I spent reading the book . |
| 9 | I had n't the remotest idea , but I followed the little rails which were used by the tiny railway to carry food up to the dining rooms … |
| 10 | But I like the scary ones . |
| 11 | But I thought the supernatural voices was , was Gothic was n't it ? |
| 12 | I put that as an amendment , not reiterating the entire Labour budget , but I asked the Liberal Democrats , who purport to want to erm provide that sort of service to vulnerable people could they not accept that extra half a million pounds as an amendment , and two out of the group abstained , the rest of them voted against that as an amendment . |
| 13 | Oh , there was dancing , masques and reels , gaily clad courtiers talking in groups , but I caught the fear-filled glances and realised what might happen . |
| 14 | ‘ Helloooo — I 'm sorry to ring you at home but I represent the High Hills Park Golf Course and Leisurama Centre and we 'd like you to open our new Theme Park and Sub-Aqua Scuba Centre . |
| 15 | The guide was most boring but I remembered the poetic bits . ’ |
| 16 | However , there is scope , in future years , should the Committee wish to develop the site , but I recognise the limited resources of the Civic Trust and I would only wish at this stage that the Trust continues to visit the site and also encourages and supports educational visits . |
| 17 | We have got to be spot on with the depth to which we are digging — too much and the water will be too deep and the reeds will not grow — but I think the new reeds will be good and strong , not the spindly rubbish we are getting as a result of the dry conditions , ’ said Mr Macklin . |
| 18 | There are several models on the market — in fact , I 've got quite a collection outside my office — but I think the best ones are those made of clear plastic , with a couple of suckers for sticking to the glass and a removable tray for easy cleaning . |
| 19 | Mr Bellingham said : ‘ We do n't want to condone anyone who breaks the law but I think the extreme sentences on these men are completely out of order . ’ |
| 20 | There are many themes to the novel but I think the main ones are : ‘ What is a gentleman ? ’ and ‘ How do you find contentment ? ’ . |
| 21 | But I think the twenty pounds extra for another telly is the one that er you might like to comment on this morning . |
| 22 | Of these , Wild and Horenstein ( ) are undeniably impressive , but I find the present performances have an even greater sweep to them . |
| 23 | The sentence should have read it : ‘ It proved possible to maintain a limited number of local foster placements which would not have met the central standards of a specialist fostering team , but which met the temporary needs of certain local children more appropriately . ’ |
| 24 | This was achieved by examining brooches which are pairs , those not paired but which are very similar and those which are of a different design but which share the same characteristics . |
| 25 | How could a policy be devised that satisfied the aspirations of the local majority , but which provided the same rights for other nationalities ? |
| 26 | ‘ I stood behind him , but you caught the outer edges of it . ’ |
| 27 | But you think the environmental benefits of the western relief road outweigh its dis-benefits ? |
| 28 | Oh yeah , oh there 's hundred 's of jobs want doing round here again , but you do the same ones over and over again and I think to myself what a waste of a day . |
| 29 | VISITORS to the Disney theme parks near Orlando , Florida , have a wealth of new-build state-of-the-art hotels to choose from , but none reaches the gaudy heights of the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel . |
| 30 | Thousands of young hopefuls were interviewed but none possessed the elusive qualities Selznick sought . |