Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] but [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The law does make provision for a person on a child-abuse register to know and to challenge that decision but the information does not have to come through the school record . |
| 2 | He looked in that direction but the blindfold prevented him from seeing who had spoken . |
| 3 | Your Royal Highness , Ladies and Gentlemen my name 's Rod I normally masquerade as the Chief Racing Coach for the Royal Yachting Association but I 'm not here in that capacity this afternoon but the coordinator rather a grand title for the Year of Youth Sailing and I 've been asked to give you a short ten minutes or so briefing on where we 're up to with th this project this year erm I know there are many familiar faces around so I apologize to those of you that may know some of this information already . |
| 4 | The board itself saw the advantage of this course but the chairman , Humphrey Browne , was worried that privatization would lead to a crippling strike . |
| 5 | In most cases it is not the jury who takes this decision but the prosecution , who , with the judge 's agreement , accepts the defendant 's plea of guilty to manslaughter under section 2 . |
| 6 | Two solicitors challenged this decision but the House of Lords held that since , in administering the scheme , the Society was acting in a public capacity in the interests of all solicitors and members of the public who employed them , the legality of its decision was to be judged according to principles of public law , not private law ; and so judged , what the Society had done was a proper use of its statutory powers . |
| 7 | Here the tall and lanky Simon Lay , kitted out in high heels and hip hugging skirt , as Chrissie , the shy lass out for her first contest , evokes some sympathy but the character is merely a vehicle to introduce a stream of smutty dialogue into the proceedings . |
| 8 | It is inevitable that much will be omitted in this study but the bibliography lists several larger and more detailed works on specific aspects of Charles and his effect upon European history and culture . |
| 9 | The Sex Disqualification ( Removal ) Act 1919 , designed to facilitate the admission of women to the House of Commons but worded in such a way as to be apt to give them access also to the House of Lords was seized upon by Viscountess Rhondda as having this effect but the Committee of Privileges refused to endorse her claim and the House rejected it . |
| 10 | The summary table above makes use , in several places , of a more finely detailed task classification than elsewhere in this chapter but the range of success rates is still very wide . |
| 11 | Inevitably the officials in the department exercise some influence but the extent of this varies and is difficult to assess . |
| 12 | There is no general agreement as to the answer to this question but the figure may lie somewhere between 50 and 80 per cent . |
| 13 | We lack up-to-date and large-scale British data on this issue but the model of linear flows , in which children are net beneficiaries , does seem to fit the evidence of smaller studies discussed elsewhere in this chapter . |
| 14 | Not only this room but the cinema itself . |
| 15 | Some civic-minded soul had attempted to lay gravel at some point but the track was pretty soft and there were tyre marks , showing somebody had been down there pretty recently . |
| 16 | Its production is not a once-and-for-all process but a tool in its own right , complementing the many other processes that contribute to the Museum 's development . |
| 17 | The family was still of some standing but the merchant firm of Höchstetter had become bankrupt in 1530 with the failure of a heavily financed speculation in mercury and the end of a dream of world monopoly in that substance . |
| 18 | Nothing nakedly visible , indeed not even a faltering step could be discerned during this event but the imprint was there , the unsettling moment had begun . |
| 19 | We know they can play this game but the defence is shocking . |
| 20 | Jeremy , 30 , and Ruth Leech were due to marry earlier this month but the love-match was called off because Jeremy had to play a tournament in the States . |
| 21 | Wickham told them : ‘ The note to Wainfleet was written this week but no paper like this was found in the office . |
| 22 | I know that the number of black athletes running for London Irish causes some amusement but the club is absolutely ideal for the young or up-and-coming athlete , and the people who run it deserve a lot of credit . |
| 23 | Nearly a half consider it to be fairly useful in this respect but a quarter to be not very useful , and 10 per cent not at all . |
| 24 | If , however , Rueschemeyer were making not a positive statement about substantive differences between law and medicine in this respect but a statement about general beliefs in such differences he would be on surer ground . |
| 25 | We feel we do a great deal of work in this area but the majority of it is incorporated in thematic work or incidental . |
| 26 | ‘ I approached it with some trepidation but the satisfaction of passing was immense , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Few TVs now use this frequency but the government has yet to announce the end of 405-line TV . |
| 28 | Apparently , for the ‘ exclusively heterosexual ’ X , homosexuality is not a submitting to another man but a competition with , a displacing of , him . |
| 29 | This is a frank recognition of the tension created by cases where there is the supreme harm ( death ) combined with some culpability but no foresight of the risk of death . |
| 30 | A considerable proportion of euro-credit lending takes this form but the granting of large loans of over $50m has encouraged banks to provide funds via loan syndication . |