Example sentences of "[noun] but [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He scored some great goals but missed some sitters . |
| 2 | Both Athelstan and Cranston gripped the warm bowls and sipped at the rich stew which scalded their mouths and lips but put some warmth into their frozen bellies . |
| 3 | This reported in 1979 , recommending the removal of a tier ; the government responded , by eliminating areas but enlarging some districts , in 1982 . |
| 4 | Editor , — S Kinmond and others ' study of early versus late umbilical cord clamping shows an apparent improvement in outcome with a simple intervention but raises some questions . |
| 5 | Hannah was growing her hair but wanted some shape and softness around the face . |
| 6 | Therefore , producing the package rather than one product means the firm gains the economies of scope but loses some economies of scale in the product that it would have produced more intensively . |
| 7 | Farley brings a serious , concert-platform manner to the songs , she does n't stick to soprano arias but includes some adaptations of choral numbers from Happy End and Berlin Requiem as well as Mrs Peachum 's ‘ Ballade von der Sexuellen Hörigkeit ’ . |
| 8 | Ultimate responsibility for admissions lies with the Modular Course Co-ordinator , an academic working essentially full-time in a management role but retaining some involvement in teaching . |
| 9 | He can not ‘ frame a general notion by abstracting from particulars ’ to form an ‘ abstract idea ’ of ‘ man ’ 'wherein , it is true there is included colour , because there is no man but has some colour , but then it can be neither white nor black , nor any particular colour ; because there is no one particular colour wherein all men partake . ’ |
| 10 | Probably a ‘ must ’ for a dedicated career secretary but requires some determination . |
| 11 | Thus for many families there is no choice but to spend some time on income support . |
| 12 | The national debate concerning Canada 's constitutional future — particularly Quebec 's role within it — which had been under way since the collapse in June 1990 of the Meech Lake Accord [ see pp. 37519-20 ] , continued in June but showed some evidence of a greater willingness to compromise by both the separatist French minority and the English-speaking majority . |
| 13 | ‘ If you have privilege you have no option but to accept some kind of obligation . ’ |