Example sentences of "but they [verb] the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their clothing and equipment was more functional , but they carried the same pattern of long sword . |
| 2 | Reports may be brief or lengthy but they follow the same pattern . |
| 3 | Er okay , different words to describe the same and indeed they did n't take out of any fund , but they achieved the same end result . |
| 4 | They 've got a different atomic weight , cos they 've got a different number of neutrons , but they got the same number of protons and they 've got the same pattern of electrons , and the pattern of those outer electrons is what decides its chemical properties . |
| 5 | But they mean something entirely different but they say the same words . |
| 6 | Tallis invokes Frege 's distinction between ‘ The Morning Star ’ and ‘ The Evening Star ’ , which are different expressions with different senses or meanings , as would be apparent if we tried to translate them into another language , but they have the same referent ( the planet Venus ) . |
| 7 | But they have the same source . |
| 8 | One was a hunt for witches , the other for Communists , but they involve the same function of the human mind . |
| 9 | Both Bell and Howell and Rank-Aldis make versions of this machine : bell and Howell 's is the Language Master , Rank-Aldis calls theirs a Card Reader , but they perform the same function . |
| 10 | They may disagree with each other profoundly , and compete to outdo each other relentlessly , but they share the same notion of the contest and adhere , more or less , to the same rules . |