Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] but [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To summarise therefore , the teaching of Jesus on this subject is intimately bound up with his establishment of the Kingdom : it is not a condemnation of wealth as such but a much-needed perspective on the material world in an age of materialism . |
| 2 | ‘ In the eyes of all but a small percentage of Irish people , the so-called armed struggle has degenerated into a campaign of sickening sectarian killing of fellow Irish men and women . ’ |
| 3 | What was it that was happening , with this stilted mist hanging , obscuring the view of all but the immediate path ahead . |
| 4 | GIGN , with the finish of all but the parachuting stage within sight , gave up all chances to sleep for 58 hours to pull out a three hour lead over the second placed team , L'Arche . |
| 5 | For example on 31 March 1991 , Chelmsford prison had a certified normal accommodation of 244 but an actual inmate population of 403 , making nearly 13,000 prisoners were sleeping two or three to a cell ( NACRO , 1991b ) — typically in prison cells which were built in the nineteenth century and designed for a single inmate . |
| 6 | But in every age there have been poets who were uninterested in thus cutting their poems free of any but a linguistic reality , poets who are ‘ realistic ’ and ‘ mimetic ’ in the most straightforward senses of those two complicated words . |
| 7 | Unless the US , upon withdrawal , left sufficient indigenous military strength to enable south Korea to defend itself against any but an overt act of aggression , US withdrawal could be interpreted as a betrayal by the US of its friends and allies in the Far East and might well lead to a fundamental realignment of forces in favour of the Soviet Union throughout that part of the world . |
| 8 | The rigours of the winter 1920–1 and the Kronstadt rebellion stripped away the exuberance and illusions about ‘ war communism ’ for all but a tiny minority within the Bolshevik Party . |
| 9 | Tobacco advertising revenue ( at £60.4mn ) is marginal ( average 2.4% ) for all but a tiny number of publications ( source : Media Register ) . |
| 10 | The All Blacks , who took control of the game through a massive 23–11 lineout advantage and the athleticism of their pack , were in command for all but the final quarter . |
| 11 | They will I a agree with that but the nice thing is that if they can get out there and get at 'em and get another goal that will build their confidence and their stamina and everything up and I thi really do think Alan that they have a chance . |
| 12 | At first he seemed fumbling and awkward when under cross-examination but the prosecuting counsel said something which annoyed him , and he responded fiercely and eloquently . |
| 13 | The water closet had been patented in 1775 but the widespread use of water carriage for sewage needed abundant water supply and good leakproof glazed drains . |
| 14 | His regular visits to the hospital for treatment finally ended in 1991 but a psychiatric nurse still visits him every fortnight to help him with the bouts of depression he suffers . |
| 15 | After parting from Madame Gebrec , Melissa returned to the library with the intention of working there for the rest of the afternoon , but time and again she found her mind straying from the accounts of former religious wars and the acts of unbelievable cruelty committed by both sides to the more recent clash of ideologies which , it seemed to her , differed from the old in little but the relative sophistication of the weaponry . |
| 16 | Because experience of a child death is casually associated with non-use of contraceptives , where infant mortality is high among first births , as in all but the Western Hemisphere region and in developed countries , the first experience of a child death tends to occur when the woman is young , and she is then less likely ever to use contraceptives . |
| 17 | Dependency levels rose between 1979 and 1990 in all but the geriatric sector , the greatest increases being found in private residential homes where the largest percentage increase in the number of residents had occurred . |
| 18 | Theodora noticed the blinds were drawn in all but the central block . |
| 19 | But the lack of finance in all but the commercial sector is inhibiting . |
| 20 | He appeared in all but the initial match of 1919–20 to make the left-back position his own , and then in every one of the 3rd Division championship seasons of 1920–21 . |
| 21 | None the less , unison doublings should be very sparingly employed in all but the full orchestra . |
| 22 | It was begun in 1380 but the tall tower was not built until after 1500 . |
| 23 | Control was lost in four of them in 1977 but the Labour Party regained its monopoly of these strategic authorities in 1981 before they were abolished in 1986 . |
| 24 | Unemployment is one third lower than in 1987 but the key point is that the number in work keeps going up . |
| 25 | In the former , the DoI budgeted to spend £24 million in 1982–83 but the true figure will be about £ 14 million , an underspend of 40 per cent . |
| 26 | Kelly 's outstanding win in Milan-San Remo last month was one of the most courageous since the event was first run in 1907 but the uphill finish in the Belgian classic will favour the younger men . |
| 27 | The treaty had been renewed for 20 years in 1974 but the Yemeni government had indicated that it would oppose renewal in 1994 . |
| 28 | Earth tremors caused structural damage in Angra village in 1988 but the nuclear plant 's operators , state-owned Furnas Centrais Electricas , denied that the reactor had been damaged , although it has since been closed several times for " repairs " . |
| 29 | As regards other cancers in this age group , there is a small , non-significant excess during 1984–90 but no overall excess if the whole period 1963–90 is considered . |
| 30 | Yes but a similar to that but a little bit darker . |