Example sentences of "[noun] but [pers pn] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could do good but it does more bad |
| 2 | ‘ He 's had trouble with campers , who 've broken down his fences and left fires that have caused a lot of damage — not Guides or Scouts , of course , who you know are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks but he puts all campers together and calls them all nuisances . ’ |
| 3 | This is essentially a digging tool but it has another function I have always found particularly useful . |
| 4 | Community is part of the job but it needs good management ( paying teachers , costing the use of premises , the division of time other than that which is needed to provide the national curriculum ) as well as a personally felt sense of value . |
| 5 | Mr Lamont declared the Tories stuck to their election pledges but he faces immense pressure to balance the books . |
| 6 | ‘ Anders is not in that category but he has other things to offer . |
| 7 | angina but she takes this spray |
| 8 | I 'd have hoped the England team would have been selected on quality and experience but it seems those qualities are not important any more |
| 9 | ‘ I would have hoped teams were selected on quality and experience but it seems those qualities are not important any more . |
| 10 | China is already a big exporter of tungsten but it has major reserves of titanium , tin , copper . |
| 11 | THERE is another festival of sport this Sunday but it requires some channel switching . |
| 12 | This approach to viscoelastic theory is reasonably successful in the low modulus regions but it requires considerable modification if the high modulus and rubbery plateau regions are to be described . |
| 13 | This kind of access to recording facilities is not of course practicable in many language teaching situations but it has considerable potential on intensive courses where students have many contact hours . |
| 14 | Such a word may be useful to a literary man but it throws little light on Green 's intentions except when he uses it in a negative sense ; in one chapter he states a subject was ‘ unpicturesque and consequently not worth an artists attention ’ . |
| 15 | There are final decisions still to be taken over the introduction of the speed controls but it seems likely humps would be in place by September this year . |
| 16 | Size provides a cushion to the vicissitudes of markets but it creates other problems . |
| 17 | John Smith may of necessity have toured the prawn cocktail circuit of the City but he represents those parts of the UK deeply suspicious of its working . |
| 18 | Since then he has turned in some useful performances for the under-21 and England B sides but he has some way to go before becoming a player of real international class . |
| 19 | Not only does it close four more pits but it threatens five power stations in the area . |
| 20 | Not because of anything to do with the school but he needs special help — I think we should think about your feelings . |
| 21 | ALAN Kernaghan is ready to book a World Cup passage to America but it means waving goodbye to Middlesbrough . |
| 22 | The element of performance referred to under Dramatic playing occurs as part of a participant 's expression but it has such clarity and selectivity of communication to other participants that it acquires the ‘ adjectival ’ , descriptive characteristic of performing . |
| 23 | well ha you , what you have is you have erm the ship , first of all you have the ship , it 's a plain ship on a white background , then you have the lights on a black background and then you have that blue bit in the middle but it takes three shots |