Example sentences of "but [adj] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | But strange people , outcasts from public cinemas , can become members of the National Film Theatre by anonymous postal application . |
| 2 | But 70 people said yes they would like to come . |
| 3 | The reason HP is rated ‘ difficult to arrange ’ by more people than other credit types is not that people think it would be more difficult to arrange , but that people generally were quicker to apply any comments to it presumably because it has a more prominent image for them . |
| 4 | We hope that it will be especially helpful if you , your child or another member of your family group have HIV or AIDS , but that people who are less directly affected by the virus will also find it useful . |
| 5 | He also refers to Johnson 's condemnation in 1760 of the fashion for defaming and decrying the House of Stuart ; and he reports a violent argument between Johnson and a Whig called Taylor , during which Johnson not only insisted that the Stuarts owned the true right to the throne of England , but that people disliked the Hanoverians ( as Johnson himself did ) and were so disaffected by them that they had generally lost interest in the monarchy altogether . |
| 6 | President Mikhail Gorbachev , commenting on the letter in a speech to a meeting of Komsomol ( Young Communist League ) activists in Moscow on April 10 , stated that it should not be regarded as a call for a party purge , but that people at odds with CPSU policy should leave the party voluntarily . |
| 7 | But few people took seriously the idea of such a hulk of a man going without food . |
| 8 | Most of us have been warned about the health risks of high blood pressure ( hypertension ) but few people are aware that in several European countries the opposite condition of low blood pressure ( hypotension ) is regarded as a medical problem . |
| 9 | As a public figure hero-worshipped by countless youngsters , his drug-taking was a sad business , but few people in any field have ever used their fame better than his long-distance walks which have raised vast sums for charity . |
| 10 | He was scholarly , shrewd and literate ; but few people entirely trusted the ends to which that scholarship and shrewdness were applied . |
| 11 | Ignorance of science may still be widespread , but few people are proud of it , as many of my generation were . |
| 12 | Vehicles that can provide 100 kilometres of driving from 6 litres of fuel are on the market , as well as in manufacturers ' laboratories , but few people buy a car solely because of its fuel economy . |
| 13 | Eventually , John summoned up courage to ask permission to use different music : Ravel 's two-handed piano concerto in G. Presumably he was happier working with that , but few people found it an apt choice for the subject of the ballet , about a witch who destroys her lover . |
| 14 | There are 2,300 harmless species of snakes and only 400 poisonous ones , but few people take the trouble to find out which is which . |
| 15 | A non-pedigree dog is always referred to as a mongrel and , strictly speaking , this is the correct term for a non-pedigree cat , but few people use it in this way . |
| 16 | This may be the more usual situation but few people would give such freedom to total strangers . |
| 17 | He gave an impression of penetration , but few people were ever clear about his point of view . |
| 18 | Everyone will agree that fear is a powerful emotion , but few people realize that it is a friend and not an enemy . |
| 19 | But few people were listening any more . |
| 20 | Everybody knows that college teachers have long holidays , but few people appreciate the variety or intensity of the demands made on college teachers . |
| 21 | That , that was the , you know there was that sort of spirit , there were very few scroungers er well there were scroungers of course but few people who er who did n't repay if , if they had a drink they bought one back . |
| 22 | Worcester was burnt , and the shire ravaged , but few people killed : they had fled in all directions . |
| 23 | But few people realise the huge part they play in the lives of those who need help . |
| 24 | The plot spins endlessly but few people are going to have the stamina to remain interested in the final turns . |
| 25 | There was a point when I wondered if someone was having me on , but few people even knew I had written in . |
| 26 | ‘ We are all here as free men — not tenants , and not plaintiffs or slaves but free people who are determined to remain so . |
| 27 | But narrow-minded people are a good part of the reason for ‘ Killing Time ’ 's existence . |
| 28 | But old people ca n't cope so well with either . |
| 29 | It 's disgusting at his age , I agree , but old people do it and no young people say they ca n't . |
| 30 | The weather prevented many members from attending , but forty-five people did manage to make their way through the fog . |