Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] but the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He suggests that authenticity can be understood as relating not only to the language selected to be taught but the task on which the learner is engaged and the social setting which is created in the classroom . |
| 2 | The phenomenon lasted perhaps thirty to forty-five seconds , long enough for a lasting impression to be gained but the phenomenon was very clear and distinct leaving the Woodwards very puzzled by the unexpected sight . |
| 3 | In the north , only a small part of Sutherland remained to be surveyed but the area was relatively inaccessible . |
| 4 | One injured animal had to be destroyed but the rest were recaptured . |
| 5 | Within its shaking beams , there was nothing to be heard and nothing to be felt but the scream and roar of the wind , and the clattering percussion of objects striking the walls and the shutters , and the thunder of water outside , becoming louder and louder under a chattering ground-base of discarded boulders . |
| 6 | The Papuans were supposed to be consulted but the method — reference to tribal councils — provided only nominal assent . |
| 7 | The laundry women and the scrubbers had asked for dinner to be provided but the committee felt that ‘ the wages of these employees were quite adequate ’ and the application was rejected . |
| 8 | Artegall himself is rendered helpless when he loses self-control through Radigund 's allurements , allowing not only himself to be debased but the continuance of a disorderly Amazonian government . |
| 9 | The Jury said that he would be charged with the theft of the ring , and was going to be hanged but the ring had cost eleven pence and one halfpenny . |
| 10 | ( 2 ) That a secure accommodation order could only be made if the provisions of subsection ( 1 ) were satisfied and the justices had to consider the statutory criteria and then formulate their reasons within the criteria ; that the justices ' reasons clearly demonstrated that they had not considered whether the order was necessary to protect the child from harm if he was likely to abscond from other types of accommodation ; and that , therefore , the appeal would have to be allowed but the court would make an interim order restricting the child 's liberty for three weeks within which time the matter should be reheard ( post , pp. 93C–F , 94H — 95B , 96G–H , 98D ) . |
| 11 | Plans to install new mortar in inside walls and to alter air conditioning equipment had to be abandoned but the move would save taxpayers ' money . |