Example sentences of "but [pron] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It sounds unkind , but nothing of the sort was ever remotely true of Borg . |
| 2 | But nothing of the kind has happened . |
| 3 | He expected to have to face an immediate follow-up attack , but nothing of the sort happened . |
| 4 | But plenty of the money spent by the parties in those frantic few weeks of the election itself , particularly on newspaper advertisements , will be fresh funds — which has to be good news for the media and agencies . |
| 5 | In the inch wars , Ryvita helps you win — so goes the old advert punch line , but which of the two main Graphical User Interfaces is likely to be the one to give you the best operating environment ? |
| 6 | Owen knew from the title that this was a member of the Egyptian Royal Family but which of the Khedive 's numerous progeny it was escaped him for the moment . |
| 7 | She wanted a house in the famous street but which of the residents would consider moving . |
| 8 | He has asked questions all over the village , but none of the answers have solved this dreadful crime . |
| 9 | Wayne Williams as Sportin' Life justly drew applause for his succulent rendering of ‘ It Ai n't Necessarily So ’ and Jo Ann Pickens had some touching moments as Bess ; but none of the female voices sounded entirely in their element . |
| 10 | But none of the employees are expected to take on extra duties after a hard day in the shop . |
| 11 | But none of the promises can be fulfilled without first a child being born , or , to be more precise in Abraham 's patriarchal world , a son . |
| 12 | In Chicago everyone knew Fingers but none of the promoters thought they were worth taking a risk on . |
| 13 | Pour off as much excess fat from the roasting pan as you can , but none of the juices ; pour these into a saucepan and return the meat to the turned-off oven . |
| 14 | Pour off as much excess fat from the roasting pan as you can , but none of the juices ; pour these into a saucepan and return the meat to the turned-off oven . |
| 15 | Like much of France , vineyards were found scattered throughout the region but none of the eight farms visited grew any grapes . |
| 16 | The Irish News reported that the police had struck at the testicles of male demonstrators but none of the other papers reported this . |
| 17 | Make each succeeding effort a little harder , but none of the repeats should be all out . |
| 18 | But none of the boys who played with him at St Mark 's Roman Catholic Primary School in Shettleston could ever have guessed they were in the company of a very special talent . |
| 19 | But none of the assiduous folk who compiled these guides to English usage was prepared to contemplate the opinion that research is typified by the act of locating a person 's telephone number . |
| 20 | In the last week of September the newspapers were full of reports of the recent battle and rumours of his current whereabouts , but none of the patrols sent in search of him managed to find him until , on 1 October 1779 , the Morning Post commented despairingly : ‘ Paul Jones resembles a Jack o ’ Lantern , to mislead our mariners and terrify our coasts . |
| 21 | Boardwalk was no flying machine , a big clumsy four-year-old who had yet to win a race , but none of the opposition had any form . |
| 22 | Mercer would know me everywhere on the tram , I thought , but none of the other three would . |
| 23 | Called COMMODORE FORCE , it will feature all the things you know and love from the old ZZAP ! , but none of the things you did n't like ! |
| 24 | It pays particular attention to the Corydoras that share its colour pattern like the Corydoras sterbae , haraldschullzi and robinae , but none of the confrontations are violent . |
| 25 | Terry was really taken at the time with bands like The Cardiacs , but none of the rest of us could get off on that impressive-sounding , orchestral rock band kind of approach . |
| 26 | It was another seventy years before it arrived in Sussex , then more by accident than design , at least in human terms ; Bede recounted that a Scottish monk , Dicul , had set up a small monastery with five or six brothers at Bosham in the 660s but none of the natives were willing to follow their way of life or listen to their teaching . |
| 27 | But none of the larger firms has done so yet , so the obvious conclusion to be drawn is that either they prefer to live dangerously or they still do n't believe that anyone would actually go after them for their personal assets . |
| 28 | That one was associated with the English dance explosion , but none of the tracks on this are dance records and they do n't pretend to be . ’ |
| 29 | But none of the shops delivers and there 's no village store around here . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ But none of the hospitals we went to in this country did a single thing to help us . |