Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] but [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The daughter opens and closes the play on a swing , her hair free but a soundtrack of synthesised chords and foundry clatter emphasising this is no Fragonard . |
| 2 | Donegal in December 1979 but the story of uranium mining actually begins three years further back . |
| 3 | You will note that my Local Search reveals a repair grant of £704.48 registered on 3rd January 1984 but the period of three years requiring payment have now lapsed . |
| 4 | They were a bit laxer but a lot of them were very very strict . |
| 5 | For years the market has been dominated by Lotus 123 but the development of Windows has enabled other products to move into the market — notably Excel from Microsoft . |
| 6 | The combination of sucralfate plus bFGF ( 30 µg/kg/day ) resulted in a decrease in the ulcer area similar to that with sucralfate alone or bFGF alone but the combination of sucralfate plus bFGF injected into the peritoneum resulted in greater reduction in the ulcer area than that attained with sucralfate alone or bFGF alone ( Table II ) . |
| 7 | By the mid 1960s , not only was this area experiencing acidities less than pH 4.0 but the area of acid precipitation with values below pH 4.5 had expanded to include most of East and West Germany , northern France , eastern England and southern Scandinavia . |
| 8 | If the court finds the time limit unreasonable but the limitation on damages reasonable , it can allow reliance on the latter part of the clause only . |
| 9 | The project was originally scheduled to end in August 1990 but the Department of Trade and Industry asked SCDI to extend this by 7 months to March 1991 . |
| 10 | Not only is the subject unknown but the form of words is probably unfamiliar too . |
| 11 | Mr. Ian Hunter , Secretary General of the Association of Optometrists , wrote in reply to the Minister 's letter : ’ To restart national health service eye examinations for the over 60s would now cost about £25 million but the cost for not doing so will be two or three times as much because eye disease will remain undetected until treatment is less effective and more expensive . |
| 12 | More precise identification may be available in Cocaine Anonymous or in Bulimics Anonymous but the risk of these smaller Fellowships is that the meetings may become weaker through lack of numbers and relative inexperience of recovery . |
| 13 | Marc Bloch showed that on two estates in the heart of northern France there were in the ninth century only twenty-five servi ( slaves or serfs ) out of 278 householders ; whereas at the end of the twelfth century all but a handful of the population of these villages were serfs ; none slaves . |
| 14 | On the other hand , there are proved services available but no mechanism by which the public can be readily informed about them . |
| 15 | Entering into investment transactions that have been induced by misleading statements is not a contravention of section 47 but the result of a contravention . |
| 16 | Before league rugby , the Yorkshire RFU relied on clubs to put Cup and County interest first but the secretary of the Yorkshire Cup committee , Mr Dennis Fox said yesterday : ‘ If people are not going to play fair or straight , we are going to have to lay the law down . ’ |
| 17 | In May 1937 street fighting had broken out in Barcelona and was used as an excuse for outlawing the " Trotskyist " POUM , not in fact Trotskyist but a breakaway from the Spanish Communist Party in close touch with the British ILP.6 By 1938 the Communist Party had so entrenched itself through the use of Soviet aid and advisers that it was able to force the resignation of Prime Minister Prieto and to improve its position in the Cabinet . |