Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun] but they " in BNC.
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| 1 | the pink bits the bit that fits onto ridge , they 've got three screws in each piece but they only need two to hold them , so I 've taken the centre one out of each one and used it to do the |
| 2 | The Hanoverian kings were not uninterested in political life but they had difficulty comprehending the complexities of domestic and foreign affairs . |
| 3 | The wider interests of disabled people could not easily have been taken into account in that case but they were undoubtedly relevant . |
| 4 | was in the back room cos of the size of the fireplace and one in that corner but they 're in the way , that was only temporary while the house is upside down and I 've put two |
| 5 | You should avoid sails with full length battens as not only are they harder to control in lighter winds but they are also heavier . |
| 6 | We live in different worlds but they overlap . |
| 7 | You know , but they should be criticised out of hand what 's going on in this country but they bloody do n't ! |
| 8 | Yeah we do n't want you any more so go and , go and twiddle your thumbs in this corner but they 're still paying them twenty thousand a year . |
| 9 | The anthropologists have not solved all their problems in this area but they feel , with some justification , that where human behaviour is concerned , most of the arguments now being put forward by the sociobiologists as if they were major scientific discoveries were effectively disposed of sometime around 1865 . |
| 10 | Sandling fireworks are n't quite in this league but they do test their imports every week to make sure they 're up to scratch . |
| 11 | The Charity Commissioners understand that many charities are out of step in this matter but they do wish to see matters being regularised as soon as possible . |
| 12 | In other words , the range of prizes is bigger in entrepreneurial activity but they are less likely to be repeated across generations . |
| 13 | Crewe 's 2-1 win over Mansfield was their first in 10 games but they cut it fine , Cutler scoring the winner two minutes from time . |
| 14 | Not only will they see each other and converse in real time but they will be able to share and manipulate together the contents of their computer screens . |
| 15 | It may be that pupils ' needs are greatest in these areas but they are where teachers feel least capable . |
| 16 | You 're wearing the summer shorty for greater freedom of movement for your arms and legs but Howard 's got the full suit , for more protection in colder weather but they both work on the same principle . |
| 17 | That report from Kim Barnes , and we invited both the Oxford Bench and the Magistrates Association to discuss the complaints from Thames Valley Police in more detail but they declined our offer . |
| 18 | I 'm gon na have there are some crumbs in those packets but they 're impossible to get out . |
| 19 | I would take bus trips from the island to towns in southern Tunisia but they never lasted longer than a day . |
| 20 | It is true that there were first-class scientists at work in other countries but they were either greatly taken with large unprovable notions or were limited to a single field , whereas Galileo was original in dynamics , hydrostatics , mechanics ( strength of materials ) , optics and astronomy . |
| 21 | None of these allowable deductions is ‘ uncommon in other countries but they are more wide-ranging in Japan than is generally the case elsewhere ’ ( Elston 1981 p.515 ) . |
| 22 | I mean to say law in other countries but they 're always pleased to come here and take all our what 's it are n't they ? |
| 23 | take it in the end but erm anyway I got this diploma and er then I was quite annoyed because erm Social Services then erm pu the Welfare for the Blind was dealt with by the Public Health Department and a vacancy occurred in the Public Health Department for erm Blind Welfare Officer , or at least a Welfare Officer for the Blind and I applied for it and erm , they er did n't make an appointment because they did n't er get in other applications but they di they did n't offer me the appointment . |
| 24 | Mr Botham explained his reasoning , saying : ‘ Farmers have enjoyed exaggerated returns in recent months but they should remember that we as a country have to import many of our basic raw materials and as the pound has fallen costs have risen on a pro rata basis . ’ |
| 25 | Many fishermen have done well in recent years but they now face great pressure on the fish stocks . |
| 26 | The Committee 's report thus concluded that these practices were necessary in modern circumstances but they suggested that , because of haphazard evolution , the practices lacked coherence and the system should therefore be regularized and checked . |
| 27 | Themes in existence by 1950 were continued in subsequent decades but they have developed so extensively and changed so dramatically that their origins may now appear to be many years away . |
| 28 | Cartwright 's study in the early 1960s showed that doctors practising in middle-class areas not only had smaller lists of patients than their colleagues in working-class areas but they were also better trained and they had better contacts with hospitals . |
| 29 | False starts do occur in written language but they are far less common . |