Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might appear strange to classify a retailer as a manufacturer but this will only happen where he is under a duty to inspect the goods and fails to do so . |
| 2 | The opening round of fixtures brings together fierce rivals Pegasus and Portadown on Saturday , and two of Ireland 's rising young starts , Lyndsey McVicar and Claire McMahon — who will be training alongside each other for most of the season in preparation for the finals but who will face each other in the first league fixture — went along to the Ulster Garages at Belfast 's Boucher Road , to help launch details . |
| 3 | This ‘ second dispute ’ argument was not advanced by counsel for the steelworkers but emanated from the bench . |
| 4 | Another fake defector operating at the same time was Top Hat ( whose real name remains unknown ) , who also planted a lot of false information on the West through the Americans but did in 1965 expose the spy Frank Bossard , who worked in the Missile Guidance Branch at the Air Ministry and had been selling secrets to the GRU for some while . |
| 5 | More recently there has been some support for an approach which interprets the contract as a whole but it is by no means unanimous . |
| 6 | What gave him pause was not lack of sympathy for the enterprise but the appalling difficulty of handling his grandmother in relation to Leon . |
| 7 | The RUC , aware of the dilemma , have expressed sympathy for the inconvenience but lay the blame firmly at the door of the bombers . |
| 8 | Poole remarked that the choice of Stravinsky music horrified many people ( this was long before the composer had been understood or accepted by general audiences ) and the score ‘ made great difficulty for the cast but none at all for John ’ . |
| 9 | Mr Beavers , 37 , a married man with two children , won a bravery award for the rescue but is suffering from viral fatigue syndrome which strikes at the nervous system and brain . |
| 10 | In my experience , children find it extremely frustrating to be fired with enthusiasm for a topic but then to find that they simply do not have the skill to express themselves . |
| 11 | The neighbourhood ( for which physical limits may be assigned ) acted as a base for a group but , often , these groups could be more accurately defined by housing and class interests than purely by locality . |
| 12 | The exercise proved valuable not only in securing support for the projects but also in identifying issues requiring clarification or more closely reasoned argument . |
| 13 | Some high-class fillies contest the Group Two Sun Chariot Stakes , including Tessla ( 3.00 ) , who was winter favourite for the Oaks but has yet to win this season . |
| 14 | I remind the hon. Gentleman that this year I secured not only a good standard spending assessment for the police but an urban crime fund for the Northumbrian police of £3.66 million . |
| 15 | I actually bought the guitar off the shelf but I did n't know what it was . |
| 16 | So far no one has claimed responsibility for the bombs but an Animal Liberation Front supporter passing the Minister Lovell incident denied any knowledge . |
| 17 | For the time being you will retain hands-on responsibility for the operation but afford us any assistance we require . |
| 18 | If a person seeking party status has parental responsibility for the child but has not been named as a respondent , the court must grant his request . |
| 19 | The aim of such a meeting would not be to see whether any staff members have particular responsibility for the event but to try to develop a shared understanding of why it occurred . |
| 20 | No group had claimed responsibility for the kidnappings but a statement issued by the Palestinian Revolutionary Factions ( PRF , a group believed to have links with the radical Fatah Revolutionary Council or " Fatah rebels " ) on Aug. 7 claimed that Christen and Erriquez would be released within 24 hours . |
| 21 | I must have been with the vet for an hour but the driver was still waiting to take me home . |
| 22 | Some work had been done there by 1372 , but in 1375 inquiry was made into allegations that Lewyn had received money for the work but had failed to carry out the repairs . |
| 23 | She left Philip to his labours , thinking that this time she had given him the money for the materials but none for his labour . |
| 24 | As SSC has only consultative , not decision-making status , this means that a recommendation will go to F&S not from SSC as a whole but from the Board members who sit on both SSC and F&S , and . |
| 25 | Some exclusion clauses do not totally exclude liability for a breach but only restrict it . |
| 26 | Where the action is for unliquidated damages and the defendant delivers an admission of liability for the claim but disputes or does not admit the amount of the plaintiff 's dam ages , then : ( 1 ) if the defendant offers to pay in satisfaction of the claim a specific sum which the plaintiff accepts , the provisions of this rule shall apply as if the defendant had admitted part of the plaintiff 's claim ; and ( 2 ) in any other case , the plaintiff may apply to the court for such judgment as he may be entitled to upon the admission , and the court may give such judgment , including interlocutory judgment for damages to be assessed and costs , or make such other order on the application as it thinks just . |
| 27 | He said that the company had admitted liability for the car but pointed out that all their drivers have immediate access to facilities to correct any vehicle defects . |
| 28 | It is our human duty and pleasure to understand the locust as a locust but we are equally morally compelled to find ways to control their self-destructive rampages . |
| 29 | Another who will always be remembered for his all round ability was " Punch " Burgess , who it was said had a trial for the county but could n't contain his impatience . |
| 30 | Another beneficiary was the freshman , Pitcher , brought into the side as a bowler but who proved rather more successful as a batsman . |