Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the bat detects echoes not with its ears but with sensitive regions close to the ears , the functioning of which was impaired when the bat 's ears were plugged . |
| 2 | By the late 19th century many northern populations were decimated ; the survivors lived half-starved in squalor and disease , unable to continue their traditional lifestyles but without viable alternatives . |
| 3 | They are a frontal assault of the Devil not only upon believers but on human beings everywhere . |
| 4 | These may seem obvious steps but in many cases aspects of the detailed planning for quarry development have been missing and delaying progress . |
| 5 | So that was the journey waybill and that was handed in at the end of the day and from that and a visual check of the tickets that were returned by him to the ticket office , they could tell which tickets were missing and therefore they were sold to him and er there be , there was the odd shortages but in those days if anybody was short in his takings by , I think it was about sixpence in those days , he was the subject of a another warning by letter and if he persisted , well then he was brought in to see the Traffic Superintendent who erm , could suspend him for two or three days , so he lost pay for two or three days . |
| 6 | Members of the Irish Dail feel pressure , they say , to look after constituents , because their support may slip away not only to rival parties but to other members of their own . |
| 7 | The democratic forms of the Council and committees and the rigid hierarchical structure of the service have some great strengths but in many ways are not geared to the modern task of managing thousands of people and hundreds of millions of pounds of assets . |
| 8 | Miliband 's position led to serious criticisms , not just from traditional instrumentalist Marxists but from other structuralists who recognised the importance of updating Marxism to take account of ideological hegemony and the pluralistic nature of politics in modern capitalism . |
| 9 | The Christians believed that by the death of Jesus , the suffering servant of Isaiah , God had formed a new covenant not only with the Jews but with all peoples of the earth . |
| 10 | I say publicly that they are mistaken in trying to push this Bill through in the face of severe and fierce opposition , not just from committed Labour supporters but from rank-and-file Conservatives and from people who have no particular political We were lucky enough to see my hon. Friend the Minister of State a couple of times , and we tried to explain to him how we in Leicestershire would lose out . |
| 11 | True , the issue may be complicated by tax and other considerations but for most choices this very basic analysis helps greatly to clarify the financial arguments on both sides . |
| 12 | In the first chapter of his autobiography , we have an interesting record of this struggle , which he wrote down in English words but in Greek characters , in order that his thoughts erm should n't be accessible to his family . |
| 13 | The initial strategy planned by APU was to examine pupils ' performances not in the recognized school subjects but in certain areas of development — the verbal , mathematical , scientific , ethical ( subsequently changed to social and personal ) , aesthetic and physical . |
| 14 | Many have been homeless , not just for the past six months but for several years and they have been pushed from pillar to post within that area . |
| 15 | If that power was sufficient , the holy spirit , if that power was sufficient to raise Christ from the dead , you not think he 's able to exert that power in your life and in my life to make us live lives that are pleasing to God , of course it is so we do n't do it ourselves , just let me in closing mention one other thing , this relationship we have needs to be maintained , you know for any relationship to grow , one needs to spend time with the other person , I do n't give a lot of credence to the saying that absence makes the heart grow fonder , it does with somebody else , it 's true , it does not make it grow fonder of that person the person is you know who you , you heard this story so often , like particularly like going back during the last war , folk who were separated sometimes for , for , not just for months but for several years , there they were in concentration camps perhaps , in prisoner of war camps , separated for years , they come back home they 've got to get to know each other all over again you see that a relationship on a human level as well as in our relationship with God is dependent on , on association , it 's dependent on companionship , it 's dependent on spending time with the other person and in our relationship with Christ this is achieved by , by prayer , by knowing and understanding God 's word , by having fellowship with other Christians and fellowship with other Christians is not just meeting them and passing the time of day with them , oh that 's fellowship but it 's far more than that is required , there 's the fellowship in worship , we worship together , of course I can worship God at home of course I can do it , so can you do it and we , we should do it , but there 's that re , there 's that need , that requirement as God 's people we come together to worship him in a corporate act , in the sacraments , in , as we mentioned in , in earlier on in taking the bread and the wine and remembering the lords death , there 's a sense in which I can do it by myself |
| 16 | ‘ Attempts were made to conciliate between Diameter and their clients but in many cases the bureau suffered the same frustrations experienced by the complainant , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Some small captives become pets but within five years they are potentially dangerous and have to be put behind bars . |
| 18 | Milton gathered his ideas not only from older books but from contemporary pamphlets issued by those frequently characterised by the social and cultural elite — then as now — as being on the lunatic fringe . |
| 19 | Erm and in due course , they are hoping , that body is hoping to extend not just to independent schools but to all schools and be a design and technology education association for all schools . |
| 20 | It is covered by scales ; in small specimens , disk diameter c. 2.5 m , it is possible to distinguish the centrodorsal and primary plates but in larger specimens they become inconspicuous . |
| 21 | In an address to the congress , Ricardo Parodi , the secretary of international relations of the General Confederation of Peruvian Workers ( CGTP ) and a representative of the World Federation of Trade Unions ( WFTU — previously dominated by trade unions of the former Soviet bloc countries but with numerous affiliates from Third-World countries ) , stated that " classic " and " traditional " protest and struggles had to be accompanied by " realistic " and " concrete " proposals to halt the spread of right-wing neo-liberal policies across the continent . |
| 22 | It will prove essential reading for a wide range of physicians , dentists and health care workers not just in tropical countries but in other regions of the world too . |
| 23 | It will prove essential reading for a wide range of physicians , dentists and health care workers not just in tropical countries but in other regions of the world too . |
| 24 | Before April 1 Council tenants paid for water and sewerage services along with their rents but under new arrangements payments should go direct to the water company . |
| 25 | The two sheikhs managed to keep control in their communities but in other ones there were disturbing incidents . |
| 26 | All farms have rats and mice but in recent years they have been coming through from the barn into the house and getting into the furniture . |
| 27 | The fact that it is transcendent confers on it the boon that its enduring is not dependent on appearances but on mental factors . |
| 28 | Despite the very real and sometimes overwhelming difficulties faced by schools and teachers as a result of underfunding and professional unrest , there are encouraging signs of change and reform which , if successful , could have a significant impact not only on children with special needs but on all children . |
| 29 | In general wives were now thoroughly enjoying the experience after initial reservations but in two cases the wives were unhappy . |
| 30 | I have meant to write to you a hundred times during the last three weeks but at all hours of the day I have been busied with teaching and beating and supervising footballings until when at last after all the animals were caged up and I at last had some peace , I have been too sad & too weary to write anything . |