Example sentences of "[noun] in this but [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll admit I 'd like to have your confidence in this but it is n't an obstacle to our friendship . |
| 2 | There was some truth in this but I expect the practice still goes on today . |
| 3 | There is truth in this but it is also likely that , in a period which Eliot considered to be one of cultural decay before the onset of " barbarism " , he was genuinely sceptical about the importance or permanence of his work . |
| 4 | In this poem you get the feeling that Owen is not actually taking part in this but he has seen it happening before and so , unlike all the rest , it is not completely based on his own experience . |
| 5 | There was a certain reassurance in this but he did n't say how many or how , and there was the nagging thought that equally well-tutored scientific opinion could be found to argue with him . |