Example sentences of "[det] but the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an understood thing , I think the kids used to do this but the parents used to , |
| 2 | Well even m er my kiddies er not An er Joan so much but the others seven o'clock was the latest they ever went to bed . |
| 3 | 50 pewter chamber-pots cost 6d. each but the bedpans , of which there were 20 , were more expensive at 9s.6d. each . |
| 4 | but she said there were n't many people there actually and I got that but the proceeds |
| 5 | Well , apparently that used to be the official advice er and , and we were correct in that but the authorities have now changed their minds and they no longer want us to pour waste chemical down the drains and I gather that the official advice now is that surplus diluted chemical should be poured , and I 'm quoting here , on to more or less level and bare soil in the garden or on to level gravelled paths , avoid disposal in areas around ponds , erm water courses and so forth , dishes and , and what have you and as far as undiluted chemicals are concerned , that 's stuff still in the bottle , the advice there is to talk to your local authority cos they have different regulations in different areas . |
| 6 | No major change in the strength of all the main constitutional parties is expected once counting ends tonight and all but the Conservatives say they are pleased with their result . |
| 7 | But then a week later my clubs turned up ( all but the woods ) so I changed the claim I had made to insurance company just so if covered the woods the money came very quickly for once . |
| 8 | Offerings of food are placed before the figure and so it assumes a role almost equal to that of a human , and it is in this light that it becomes understandable why the sanctum of Indian temples is usually taboo to all but the priests who attend the icon and perform the ceremonial prayers . |
| 9 | The multitude parted , the enclosure opened its gates , the press photographers descended and engulfed her , shielding her from the view of all but the tabloids . |
| 10 | A list of available photographs could be included with the mailing for all but the certainties . |
| 11 | All but the Palestinians appeared to realise that Syrian military involvement was now inevitable . |
| 12 | There should be a heavy excise duty on sugar , higher taxation of motor fuel , and an extension of VAT to all but the necessities for healthy life , principally unsweetened cereal products and raw fruit , vegetables , fish , meat , eggs and pasteurised milk . |
| 13 | Here , there was no ambiguity ; no difficulty over marriage or courtship ; no women at all but the camp-followers , or the whores who were for sale , with other merchandise , from the second , vagabond camp that stood as a fringe to the first . |
| 14 | Place them on a sandy layer over seed compost in trays , adding more sand to cover all but the tips . |
| 15 | All but the patients with grade 4 had subsjectively benefited from the operation , and 19 of 25 unhesitatingly declared willingness to repeat the operation in a similar preoperative situation . |
| 16 | Gail Adshed , 18 , student ( right ) : ‘ I 'd buy all but the tights . ’ |
| 17 | Systematically pushed to the margins in the labour market , past the household power of active parenthood , soon deprived of all but the trimmings of public influence , are they not all victims in the age-bound society of the contemporary West ? |
| 18 | On a more personal level , Riley has said : ‘ The game is the same but the stakes are higher for women – – You need time to reflect , you are alone essentially , and I knew that I could n't give the time and thought to bringing up children or caring for another person on an intimate level . |
| 19 | In this passage , Wittgenstein mentions one argument for saying that the thought is not the same as the sentence — two sentences ‘ one in English and one in French , may be said to express the same thought ; since the thought is the same but the sentences different the thought is not the same as either of the sentences . |