Example sentences of "[noun pl] but the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ramlal sat down on the steps but the chaprassi kicked him aside . |
| 2 | They still lack goals but the signs were they will come . |
| 3 | This seems a paradox but it is not : the system is geared to the needs of the operating units but the units are expendable so long as the system remains intact . |
| 4 | Embryonic fibroblast culture and replication banding has the advantage of providing a large number of slides and mitotic cells which could be used for several different probes but the disadvantages of having to pool a considerable number of embryos for the initiation of the culture and a lack of knowledge as to the source and lineage of the cells which become established in culture . |
| 5 | ‘ We started with lead labels but the squirrels ate them up . |
| 6 | Ambitious politicians with their sights set on Downing Street probably make lousy husbands but the likes of Norma Major , Rosemary Lamont somehow cope . |
| 7 | In practice , however , the decision as to what emission standard is to be adopted inevitably considers not only economic and technological aspects but the effects of air pollution on human health and the environment , as well as the political climate and public opinion . |
| 8 | In both cases Bourdieu 's assumptions of the linkages of knowledge to power place him , I shall contend , rather firmly in the camp of , not the structuralists but the poststructuralists , of not the modernists but the postmodernists . |
| 9 | Obviously all cases are not single remedy prescriptions but the principles of changing medicines and the interspersing of nosodes is no different from centesimals . |
| 10 | The acute depression lasted for a few months but the wounds healed enough for Gedge to build up a friendship with Duane , whose latent qualities he later recognised . |
| 11 | She continued to weep and suffer for many months but the tears were no longer helpless but purposeful . |
| 12 | It is also recognised that IGFBP-1 is just one of at least six distinct binding proteins but the functions and inter-relationships of these are also uncertain . |
| 13 | When Kent played Surrey in 1890 a fine spread was laid on for the gentlemen but the professionals ‘ were left to shift for themselves , and thought themselves lucky to get a bit of bread and cheese ’ . |
| 14 | The majority were from primary schools but the rangers can arrange educational activities for everyone from nursery school children through to college students . |
| 15 | Japan is known to have a high subcontract content in many companies but the figures were not available ; the difference between Japanese and other productivity figures was , however , so great that conclusions drawn were not invalidated . |
| 16 | Altered schedules may cause confusion for EastEnders enthusiasts but the fans ( see mostly men ) will usually get their own way ( see boredom , remote control , zapping , injuries ) . |
| 17 | The Cathedral arms were placed on the largest candles — not the tapers which the pious burnt in the side chapels but the candles which were placed on the high altar . |
| 18 | ( d ) hearings before the Panel are susceptible to judicial view by the English courts in certain circumstances but the courts have indicated that it would be rare for a Panel decision to be overturned ( see below ) . |
| 19 | The train was still moving between stations but the twins seemed to have lost all interest in knowing how long it took and relaying this information to the rest of the carriage . |
| 20 | Then when we came out we s went around London to see the sights but the decorations but why we went I did n't think anything to them at all this year . |
| 21 | Hardly a fish has been caught here for three weeks but the birds had had roach and dace up to 8 oz . |
| 22 | ‘ London may have faced the brunt of their criminal acts over the past few weeks but the attacks in Manchester clearly show that the IRA is prepared to strike anywhere , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Mr John Morgan , the driver , said the machine had sheared its mounting bolts but the problems were teething troubles . |
| 24 | A Department of Environment spokesman said : ‘ There will be a system for appeals but the details of how it will work have not yet been finalised . ’ |
| 25 | It 's a competition Rangers have dominated in recent years but the holders ' last defeat in any domestic cup match was inflicted BY Hibs two years ago , the year they won the cup at Hampden . |
| 26 | She had lived in Darrowby for several years but the townsfolk knew little about her . |
| 27 | Inside , the columns are often from ruined Roman buildings but the capitals have been made specifically for the church and therefore the general interior scheme is more congruous than examples in Rome . |
| 28 | Nitrogen-fixing bacteria inhabit the rhizosphere of some tropical grasses but the amounts fixed for sugar-cane and rice , about 30kg per ha per year at a maximum , are unlikely to satisfy crops , though they may be of significance in pasture and natural ecosystems . |
| 29 | Parliament legislated extensively against the combination of workers but the judges also , through their power of interpreting statutes and of making and extending the common law , were a powerful source of constraint on the emerging trade union movement in the industrial society of the nineteenth century . |
| 30 | The rules governing payment of UB and DB were changed in April 1991 to reflect the eligibility of part time workers but the Regulations to bring those new rules into effect were not made until the end of December 1992 . |