Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] ' [noun] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do hope the members will recognise that the service has not be sitting on its laurels er between inspectors ' reports but that we have been modelling on one quarterly to er correct any omissions with respect to boundary or to make the necessary improvements in the service erm as , as recommended by the inspect and supported by members . |
| 2 | By fighting for pits to be kept open , the NUM was fighting not only for miners ' jobs but also for the survival of miners ' communities . |
| 3 | My blue period officially ends when we have a big leaving party for Kathleen and Katrina in a couple of days ' time but in fact it probably ends just about now . |
| 4 | At the time it was found that a major drawback in dual-purpose cattle was that they often failed to breed true : the offspring tended towards either the beef or the dairy type of the breed 's dual-purpose spectrum , partly because of breeders ' preferences but partly , it was believed , because the dual-purpose breeds were effectively hybrids : if they had begun to show too great an emphasis on dairy characteristics , extreme beef sires were introduced to draw them back to their dual-purpose role , and likewise extreme dairy sires were used when they became too beefy . |
| 5 | She used not to be so censorious of others ' behaviour but her own betrayal had , she thought , seared her more than she understood . |
| 6 | This is not , of course , for reviewers ' sakes but because its audience has a high proportion of AB viewers , the kind of people who tell you they do n't watch much television and who , annoyingly , are mainly telling the truth . |
| 7 | Some Minpins say they have seen his back legs , huge and black and very hairy , shaped like lions ' legs but ten times as big . |
| 8 | Controversy aside , the fact that Dykstra was called upon so often vouched for Rangers ' ascendancy but the Hateley/McCoist goal machine seemed to have developed a mechanical fault . |
| 9 | Mozzarella was originally made from buffalos ' milk but it is now a cows ' milk cheese . |
| 10 | It is usually made from cows ' milk but the whey resulting from the making of Pecorino , a hard sheep 's milk cheese , may also be utilised . |
| 11 | This section will focus on solicitors ' charges but will only consider them in outline . |
| 12 | There is a similar presumption of equality in relation to shareholders ' liabilities but it too can be altered by provisions in the memorandum and articles . |
| 13 | I listened to others ' crises but did n't want to accept that I was in the middle of my own . |