Example sentences of "but [subord] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , it may be suitable in creative writing classes where such activities are common but where an exercise such as that proposed here would have the added advantage of providing an insight into Hemingway 's method . |
| 2 | then you can go to indirect pressure and try to control the flow of bleeding by using indeed direct pressure , away from the wound , but where an artery , okay , is running near a bone , so you can compress the artery against the bone squash it hard , and for the arm you 'd use this one under here called the breaking now press , move your biceps muscle away and press underneath there , you can perhaps try to feel it for yourself , did you do that this morning or not ? |
| 3 | My Lords , I think I made it perfectly clear what I did mean er I did qualify it by saying that of course there are times when patients do have to wait on trolleys for diagnostic purposes , for observation and for other reasons er but once an admission has been agreed , then that patient should be admitted , that is our policy and that is what we 're working towards . |
| 4 | Of course , some people will refuse to co-operate at all , but once an interview is under way most people will be prepared to answer questions so long as they seem genuine and relevant . |
| 5 | But once an instrument is recognised as being an Act of Parliament , no English court can refuse to obey it or question its validity . |
| 6 | I wo n't give advice , but if an emergency occurs I 'll be able to help . |
| 7 | But if an informer heard him denouncing the President as an idiot , what then ? |
| 8 | But if an incident has occurred involving violence or which leads to a soured atmosphere at work , management may consider that it has little option but to take action . |
| 9 | But if an insurer did fail , the industry would pay 90 per cent of all claims on both general and life insurance policies . |
| 10 | But if an entrepreneur perceives the possibility of gaining profit by offering to buy at a price attractive to sellers and by offering to sell at a price attractive to buyers , the opportunities he thus offers to the market can in principle be made available by anyone . |
| 11 | Given a clear run , with plenty of other values , they would almost certainly have played in 3NT , but if an adversary has overcalled in that suit they will be apprehensive of the no-trump game in case there are five immediate losers . |
| 12 | But if an alliance can not be made with the parents against what feels uncontrollably bad inside them , they may defect and identify with the ‘ bad ’ . |
| 13 | It is a treadmill , but if an artist is n't prepared to do it , there are two or three hundred others just waiting for their chance . |
| 14 | This doctrine is currently under review but if an alteration is proposed it is thought unlikely that the proposal would be to scrap the doctrine altogether . |
| 15 | But if an adult walked up to me and said come and have a cup of coffee my reaction would be I do n't know you . |
| 16 | For instance , a computer can search he words of titles and print out all items containing the relevant key terms , but if an astronomer asks for anything to do with black holes , he may find himself presented with material on the Black Hole of Calcutta , or titles in which the two words appear separately and accidentally , unless the search procedure is more tightly controlled . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't want to sell them , but if an offer came in that was right for the club and right for the player , then we would consider it , just as any club would in the lower divisions in the same position . |
| 18 | But if an intruder does sneak in , all is not necessarily lost . |
| 19 | Its body colour is exactly that of its food plant , but if an intruder shakes the branch and alarms it , the caterpillar suddenly lifts its head from its meal , exposing a scarlet face . |
| 20 | For instance , after the day 's business is over , which is normally at 10 p.m. , the government can put through unopposed items ( such as the nomination of committees ) but if an MP shouts ‘ object ’ the matter is postponed . |
| 21 | But if an application is made to patent a computer-controlled furnace it may well succeed and be granted a patent . |
| 22 | Try to protect yourself from interruptions — but if an interruption is unavoidable , do n't worry . |
| 23 | Any such notice must state whether the current ( or preceding , when allowed ) reference period is to be shortened , so that it will end on the first occurrence of the accounting reference date , or lengthened , so that it will end on its second occurrence , but unless an administration order is in force the period can not be extended so as to exceed 18 months . |
| 24 | The distinction between direct and mediated violence is one of importance , not just because of the mechanical advantage achieved by the mediation of acts of violence through instruments of various sorts , but because an intention to act violently can be indicated by the display of the weapons . |
| 25 | The commanding officer , General David Thorne said that was his impression too , as the wildlife — which he had swotted up on before taking over — tended , like the inhabitants , to keep to the fringes A helicopter pilot said he and his colleagues were particularly careful about the albatross , not because of any memories of the ancient mariner but because an encounter with these in flight could be fatal for bird and helicopter . |
| 26 | It 's thought , in fact , that they represent areas where ‘ midocean ’ ridges once formed below the continents , in the late stages of continental rifting , but before an ocean proper had opened ( cf. chapter one ) , so in a sense the kind of volcanic activity that is typical of oceanic areas in fact took place on dry land . |
| 27 | One of the officers decided to arrest Jarrett for suspected theft of the car , but after an altercation Jarrett was in fact charged with assaulting a police-officer . |
| 28 | The ingredients of some pesticides have been found not to be injurious to fish , but when an otter consumes a large amount of fish which have absorbed those chemicals , then the otter can become affected and may die or become sterile . |
| 29 | But when an idea or the picture is false , we are more conscious of it as a separate thing , for we can clearly see it as a preconception or a prejudice . |
| 30 | Econometrics appears to help in determining budgets , and in the deployment of media expenditure — but when an econometrician tells me I should adopt a ‘ drip ’ pattern on TV rather than a ‘ burst ’ pattern ( see page 115 ) , I want to know why . |