Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] but [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four years and two months ago or a few months but the gas man sort of found it dangerous . |
| 2 | The skua colony turned out to be impressive , with few eggs but a host of great and Arctic skuas all intent on protecting their chosen nest site at all costs . |
| 3 | I think about buying some fags but the headache 's still there behind my eyes and I have the feeling smoking a cigarette would make me want to throw up . |
| 4 | There were still a few stars but the moon was down , and there was a faint grey glow to rimward . |
| 5 | There have to be some standards but a track record is more important than spending three weekends away being taught something you already know , and I 'm quite happy to stand or fall on my personal record . |
| 6 | Freedom to charge higher rents will reopen some doors but the court orders still necessary to remove tenants could block real advances . |
| 7 | ‘ Beyond the walls are some vineyards but the weather blights them . |
| 8 | Usually there is family and peer-group support at such times but the book provides a privacy , an intimacy , that seems appropriate at this particular period . |
| 9 | Europe has its fair share of such operators but the king of them is the Coventry based Atlantic Group who have established themselves under the banner International Task Force . |
| 10 | Quotations would be asked for to ascertain the cost of such improvements but the committee decided that the outlay would be a justifiable expense in order to make provision for those who regularly use the tables . |
| 11 | Quotations would be asked for to ascertain the cost of such improvements but the committee decided that the outlay would be a justifiable expense in order to make provision for those who regularly use the tables . |
| 12 | Most of us realize that there may be valid reasons behind such requests but the expansion of Korea 's armed forces , though born of necessity , does not fall within current policy decisions of the NSC . |
| 13 | Large numbers of people have benefited from the positive aspects of many of these policies but the casualty list has also been appalling . |
| 14 | Competent market research should cover these aspects but the ergonomist can remind the policy-makers that such evidence is needed and that it should be acquired by studies of people which are properly conducted . |
| 15 | There are sometimes larger issues of whether what the system does is acceptable or not , for example in weapon systems , and the ergonomist as a citizen will have his own opinion on these matters but the ergonomist as an ergonomist is confined to questions of efficiency . |
| 16 | There was no easy solution to these problems but a number of alternatives could be considered . |
| 17 | There is an opportunity to explore these feelings but the reader is rushed along and such matters are not allowed to interrupt the flow of the story . |
| 18 | Elsewhere , there is a change in the character of figural composition between these dates but the use of figures is established before c. 150 . |
| 19 | This , these are the arguments they present , I mean I I 'm not inclined to , I 'm , I 'm inclined to think they 're somewhat bogus these arguments but the argument of continuity is there . |
| 20 | The drivers of the all-conquering Silver Arrows had to work very , very hard to overcome these challenges but the race was decided by an extraordinary series of mishaps that befell this normally super-slick team . |
| 21 | ‘ We do n't know who is spreading these rumours but the reason seems to change with each caller . ’ |
| 22 | She is , in her professional capacity , the site of convergence of many discourses but the generator of none . |
| 23 | The shock and adjustment curve followed the same pattern in all countries but the timescale differed . |
| 24 | Analogue sources of information may continue to play an important role for many years but the heart of multimedia will increasingly be the fast and flexible world of digital information . |
| 25 | There are many theories but the mystery surrounding Stonehenge is as perpetual as the stones themselves . |
| 26 | They can settle down more easily in those circumstances but the questionnaire is saying , please will you fill in the answer the following questions and let us have it back . |
| 27 | The applicant applied to the High Court for judicial review of those decisions but the application was dismissed . |
| 28 | Nora had smiled at and nodded to Wolff several times but the affair was almost over before they found occasion to be casually alone together . |
| 29 | In my day well every man had an allowance er and we bought our own provisions but every man er they were supposed to be by the commissioners but you got I think seven and six pence a day each man got seven and six pence and we clubbed that money together and bought our provisions er like that . |
| 30 | I had not at that time met any Americans but the sight of them prowling through what was now my favourite town , talking in their unfamiliar accents to anyone who would listen , rubbed me up the wrong way . |