Example sentences of "but with an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the veterans were on the point of giving tongue but young Donald McCulloch was on his feet and moving into the middle of the ring , he was full of himself , sparkling with mischief but with an undertow of ardour . |
| 2 | For a 450 watt electro-pneumatic rotary hammer drill , the PL28 is compact , but with an overall length of about 12½in ( without the drill bit ) you need a fairly unobstructed area in which to work . |
| 3 | Oddly enough , Ghanashyam ( A Broken Branch ) approaches opera in the nature of the story it tells : originating in village festivities , the tale unfolds a rake 's progress towards perdition , in this case via drugs , but with an extra metaphysical twist when the spirit of the departed returns to inhabit his wife . |
| 4 | Peter Parker does his best for Ackerley , praises his work — minor , but with an odd verve — and tries to bring out the more endearing sides to his nature revealed in letters to friends . |
| 5 | In After Strange Gods he continued his investigation , but with an attitude far from simple romantic primitivism . |
| 6 | Last night a group of small children sang ‘ L'Internationale ’ , uncertain about the words , out of tune , but with an authenticity and optimism that is no longer possible in Europe . |
| 7 | It remained an integral part of a government department but with an attempt to try to introduce accountable management and run it in a businesslike fashion . |
| 8 | He took Jamie quickly through his story , finding him healthily excited by his part in it , but with an obvious undercurrent of anxiety . |
| 9 | In particular we find the cases of what are called ‘ uses ’ or trusts — transactions whereby a man legally transfers land to another , but with an understanding that the transferee will hold it for the benefit of the former , or for the benefit of those whom he will name in his will . |
| 10 | if the return to Conservatism is to be something more than the transient apparition of a spectre from the past , and its voice in national affairs not merely to be a sepulchral warning against the dangers of rash courses , the Conservative leaders must bestir themselves to some purpose … [ the Conservative Party ] must be ready to meet the programme of the Labour Party not simply with a non-possumus but with an alternative which will in some measure satisfy certain of the needs which Labour is concerned to satisfy , and at the same time avoid the perils with which it insists Labour policy is beset . |
| 11 | He was handed a microphone , but with an irony that summarised Labour 's plight , it failed to work . |
| 12 | The Club atmosphere is casual but with an exciting dash of cosmopolitan sophistication . |
| 13 | Despite much research , little is still known about the causes of autism , but with an incidence rate of four to five per 10,000 of the population , it ranks as a major form of mental handicap . |
| 14 | Bales are more convenient for feeding , but with an old-fashioned long-tined hay fork , it is not difficult to carry a good load . |
| 15 | I was most comfortable using the previous day 's shuffle but with an added stoop . |
| 16 | Per capita beef consumption is similar to that of the Netherlands at 16.8kg per annum , but with an annual Danish production of about 243,000 tonnes only Portugal and Greece rank below Denmark in the EEC . |
| 17 | He left Stowey with his thinking no farther advanced , but with an ever-growing admiration for Tom Poole and affection for his home . |
| 18 | The focus is therefore upon the services provided , but with an allowance made at the end for average housing and personal living costs , in order to make a sensible comparison between people living at home and those in institutions . |
| 19 | All of these guidelines tend to be narrative and concentrate on qualitative trends and areas of concern but with an accompanying outline of quantitative forecasts . |
| 20 | With a crown cover of 20 — 30 per cent , average erosion was 15.9 kg but with an 80 — 90 per cent crown cover it was reduced to 7.0 kg . |
| 21 | The large house at the end is still the shop but with an added provision — the Coll Bistro . |
| 22 | As detailed in earlier chapters , governors should be involved in the School 's Development Plan which must lay out both short-term aims and longer-term objectives in priority order but with an inbuilt degree of flexibility , should circumstances dictate a change of plan at any time . |
| 23 | The corners go through the sequence : BRU →DRB → FRD →UFL →ULB →UBR →BDR → … , as shown in Figure 6 , where the positions repeat after five steps , but with an anticlockwise twist , so we write this ‘ twisted ’ 5-cycle as ( BRU , DRB , FRD , UFL , ULB ) — . |
| 24 | It was brilliantly sunny , but with an autumnal edge , perfect walking weather . |
| 25 | On Wednesday 15 September 1779 the cutter , Black Prince , sailing under French colours but with an American commander , and crewed by a mixture of Englishmen and Irishmen , suddenly appeared off Fishguard on the west coast of Wales . |
| 26 | For those keen on flying but with an aquatic interest it would help make the perfect corporate day out . |
| 27 | It would also be mandatory for each SE to have a system of employee participation ; this would mirror the Fifth Directive ( see pp. 36–9 ) , but with an additional option based on the law of the Member State of incorporation , provided that employees ' rights of information and consultation were at least those prescribed by the SE employee Directive . |
| 28 | Its red wines have all the qualities of colour and body found in the northern Montagne around Mailly , Verzenay and Verzy , but with an added degree of delicacy . |
| 29 | But lying there beside her , listening to the susurration of the tide and looking up at the sky through a haze of grasses he was filled , not with post-coital sadness , but with an agreeable languor as if the long-committed Sunday afternoon still stretched ahead of them . |
| 30 | Try a taste of yesteryear , but with an oriental flavour . |