Example sentences of "but [pron] are [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Look , I know it 's a dodgy topic , ’ some one remarks in Amis 's Stanley and the Women ( 1984 ) , ‘ but you are lower class , are n't you , darling ? ’ ; to which the admirably candid reply is : |
| 2 | Ten years earlier a cartoon by David Low had depicted him as rejecting an appeal for advice by Austen Chamberlain ( soon to reappear on the stage of Baldwin 's life ) and saying , ‘ But you are Foreign Secretary . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Ah but you are British tourist . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ But we are upper class , are n't we ? ’ |
| 5 | Most are two week holidays , but there are one week holidays in early and late season . |
| 6 | A good slo-cooker will come with a recipe book , but there are many recipe books that deal with slo-cooking , such as Slow Cooking Properly Explained by Dianne Page , or Marks and Spencer 's One Pot Cooking . |
| 7 | Dinner is not provided but there are many eating establishments within easy walking distance . |
| 8 | Now I 've used that as an illustration because I think these are some of the best materials that have been produced in this country , but there are other learning inventories and tests which can be used to help teachers find out whether they think that children have got these dyslexic difficulties . |
| 9 | She does not provide dinner , but there are thirteen eating places within two miles , ranging from pubs to classy restaurants . |
| 10 | There are no railway workers among the bridegrooms , but there are 4 factory workers and 4 coal-miners . |
| 11 | assuming that you choose to purchase a microcomputer , there is the choice of hardware In practice it is often the selection of software which determines this choice , but there are certain hardware features which are likely to be important . |
| 12 | Model styles can vary considerably , but there are certain general points to be conscious of when constructing them , ie : |
| 13 | Not so big and showy as on a knitting machine , but there are two metal rods sticking up — enough for any self respecting machine to us as a radio aerial ! |
| 14 | But there are two internment Christmases , half-forgotten episodes separated by 35 years in wars between the same countries , that deserve a retrospective . |
| 15 | But there are two spin-off implications for hoteliers . |
| 16 | Harsh chemicals can leave hair dry and dull but there are gentle herbal based alternatives : |
| 17 | Hungarian shops are not bulging with consumer goods like TV 's and so on , but there are excellent clothing and accessory shops with bargain prices . |
| 18 | Qureshi and Simon 's ( 1987 ) work , on exchanges of assistance between elderly people and their kin , and Wilson 's ( 1987 ) findings on grandparents ' support for their grandchildren , both show that women as well as men give economic support to younger generations , but there are some gender differences in the type of support given . |
| 19 | The colour range is generally pink or mauve but there are some colour variations about , namely ‘ Midnight ’ with very deep blackcurrant purple flowers . |
| 20 | The content changes with time , but there are some core questions , ‘ so we can track trends , ’ says Gerry Boyle , Communications Manager at Greenock . |
| 21 | But there are some thing she ca n't change , like the way he shoves his hand into his pocket , his preference for classical music to Dire Straits , and looking at buildings rather than eyeing up the latest cat-walk creations |
| 22 | But there are some silver linings peering over the edges of this dark cloud of history . |
| 23 | But there are some policy decisions with which , I think , the courts in a case can , if necessary , interfere . |
| 24 | Well they would say it 's i i but but there are old testament type of belief , I think . |
| 25 | Psychiatrists may increasingly be working alongside general practitioners , but there are few training posts in community psychiatry . |
| 26 | But they are man-made capital rather than environmental capital . |
| 27 | Shades of wine and roses may be beauty staples , but they are major complexion enliveners nonetheless . |
| 28 | Microlights take a bit of getting used to ( 1,000 feet looks an awfully long way down ) , but they are marvellous viewing platforms . |
| 29 | Again there are several very competent programs available and they would certainly provide considerable advantages over manual systems But they are general purpose in their construction — ie. they were not specifically designed for personnel applications The main deficiency is that the reporting facilities ( iQ the way in which information can be presented ) do not generally go beyond well formatted listings with totals and subtotals In my view , more advanced numerical analyses are required , especially for factors such as wastage and sickness/absence . |
| 30 | An OR symbol X may have lots of productions , but they are all unit productions . |