Example sentences of "but [pron] of the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wayne Williams as Sportin' Life justly drew applause for his succulent rendering of ‘ It Ai n't Necessarily So ’ and Jo Ann Pickens had some touching moments as Bess ; but none of the female voices sounded entirely in their element . |
| 2 | The philosophies we have described do exert a very real influence on the shaping of penal systems and penal practices , but none of the various schools of thought has ever been totally dominant , even at the height of its popularity . |
| 3 | ‘ We have the worst aspects of capitalism developing in China like vast inequalities , corruption and profiteering , but none of the good things such as democracy . |
| 4 | The Archbishop of Canterbury , Thomas Bradwardine , died of the plague in August 1349 , but none of the chief officers of state succumbed , and amongst the titled nobility only the death of the Earl of Pembroke in August 1348 may possibly have been caused by the plague . |
| 5 | ‘ Passion 's prisoners , ’ she offered with acid amusement but none of the simple pleasure she usually took in alliteration . |
| 6 | In fact initially the erm if we 'd followed Government guidelines exactly , the rents would have had to have gone up by even more , by about twelve pounds a week , but because erm we were able to erm manage the finances erm more carefully , we were able to reduce that increase to seven pounds a week , but none of the Labour Councillors would say that that increase is acceptable . |
| 7 | But none of the assiduous folk who compiled these guides to English usage was prepared to contemplate the opinion that research is typified by the act of locating a person 's telephone number . |
| 8 | You know — ’ He pulled in his chin as he looked at her before continuing , ‘ It 's odd , but none of the other girls I 've brought to the house over the years have seemed to arouse your animosity . |
| 9 | ‘ Old-fashioned , I suppose , but none of the other options seemed remotely possible for you — or for me . ’ |
| 10 | The Irish News reported that the police had struck at the testicles of male demonstrators but none of the other papers reported this . |
| 11 | Well , I 'll tell you this , he was n't exceptionally strong , but none of the other lads ever fought with him . |
| 12 | I accept that , but none of the other districts are g are are making the point that 's Selby 's making , that the level of unemployment that they are encountering across the economy , not necessarily just in this sector of the economy , justifies the doubling of the of the of the allocation put forward . |
| 13 | She said she 's seen the film but none of the other family have seen it . |
| 14 | But none of the regional clubs will quantify how much they earn from the lucrative Clubcall telephone commentaries . |
| 15 | During the fibre pile decline , attempts were made to cover the pile with windproof material , but none of the resulting garments captured the interest of the consumer . |
| 16 | I refer in that context to the observations of Lord President Cooper in MacCormick v. The Lord Advocate in 1953 , when Lord Cooper , generally regarded as one of the foremost Scottish jurists of this century , said : ’ The principle of the unlimited sovereignty of Parliament is a distinctively English principle which has no counterpart in Scottish constitutional law Considering that the Union legislation extinguished the Parliaments of Scotland and England and replaced them by a new Parliament , I have difficulty in seeing why it should have been supposed that the new Parliament of Great Britain must inherit all the peculiar characteristics of the English Parliament but none of the Scottish Parliament , as if all that happened in 1707 was that Scottish representatives were admitted to the Parliament of England . |
| 17 | But none of the Serbian svats was willing to attempt such a feat . |
| 18 | Sharpe counted eighteen infantry battalions and four squadrons of cavalry , one of which , composed of Dragoons , rode very close to his hiding place at the wood 's edge , but none of the French troopers glanced left to see where the Englishman and his dog lay in the shadows . |
| 19 | But none of the above-mentioned theorists works this logic through in terms of the male-female relationship and the respective relation to language of men and women ; this is accomplished by Irigaray and Kristeva whose writings are interpolated into the novel , like the quotation from Shakespeare in Between , as the agent of parody rather than as its object . |
| 20 | But what of the long lay-off ? |
| 21 | 3.5 But what of the general level of awards itself , ignoring inflation ? |
| 22 | But what of the ordinary villager ? |
| 23 | But what of the personal pressures of working for an artist like Bryan Adams … ? |
| 24 | But what of the other icons of children 's television . |
| 25 | My daughter finds everyday learning fun because it involves doing things together , but what of the working mother , or the one who has other children demanding all her attention , or the low-income family — do n't they have a right to pre-school education too ? |
| 26 | But what of the actual evidence to justify this belief ? |
| 27 | But what of the fabulous Magpie team ? |
| 28 | ‘ But what of the young lady who was his companion ? |
| 29 | But what of the unled lives ? |
| 30 | The advantage is undeniably there ; but what of the ever-increasing number from middle-class homes without books ? |