Example sentences of "but [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | stated that he had the authority to give a supplementary grant of £100 , but asked Southern Division to plan ahead for 1994 and to produce a budget showing anticipated expenditure , to be sent to National Office . |
| 2 | Walker was one of the most active members of the steering committee appointed in 1853 to establish the museum ; and as secretary of the British Association in 1859–61 he helped organize the Oxford meeting of 1860 , which inaugurated the museum but became famous for its discussion of Darwinism . |
| 3 | It had not been used since 1978 , but became necessary because of the extent of the financial needs of the former Soviet republics , added to other world financial problems . |
| 4 | He then taught in a higher elementary school , but became critical of the local Bolsheviks ' lack of progress in educational and social affairs . |
| 5 | The purchase of UK government securities reached a peak of 3.2bn in 1983 but became negative in 1987 . |
| 6 | In institutional practice , ‘ English ’ in public schools tended to be marginal and somewhat disregarded , but became central in the culture of the grammar schools , in ways adumbrated and advocated in the Newbolt Report . |
| 7 | The issue had long exercised the evangelicals but became central in the 1830s and 1840s , coinciding in fact with the crisis of the domestic system in textile areas . |
| 8 | For a few months Joanne stayed at home , but became desperate to get a job and regain her independence . |
| 9 | Palmer originally specialised in acoustics but became interested in the physics of the Earth and in measuring ages by radiocarbon dating . |
| 10 | After she left at 16 she got a job in a pub but became interested in nursing as a career , being taken on as a trainee student nurse three years later . |
| 11 | The long period of gestation of the new legislation which began in the climate of reform typical of the 1970s but became entangled then in the fiscal and ideological retrenchment of the 1980s , reveals the complexity of the political debate and the variety of interests that had to be reconciled in drafting a new legal reference point that would modernize Germany 's approach to all questions of youth while at the same time express continuity . |
| 12 | The use of these names became accepted by the recipient for most were not used derisively but became natural names . |
| 13 | Open complexes formed at P A2b were resistant to an heparin challenge at superhelical densities ranging from -0.071 to -0.016 ( Figure 6 ) , but became sensitive at lower superhelical densities ( -0.006 or 0 ) . |
| 14 | NIP-derivatised human cells were tested as a model for targeted gene delivery , but became permissive for both modified ( displaying an anti-NIP antibody ) and unmodified ecotropic viral particles . |
| 15 | This mattered little while Antarctica remained virtually empty , as it did up to the end of World War II , but became important in post-war years when scientists and technicians of many nations began to work there . |
| 16 | She had protected herself but became aware that her womb was weeping for her . |
| 17 | After two hours , I reached firmer ground but became concerned that I could not see a four hundred foot escarpment which , according to the map , should have been less than a mile ahead . |
| 18 | She assumed he had gone out for a reason but became worried and phoned a friend . |
| 19 | I 'd hoped to telephone you whilst in London part of this last week for meetings of the British Association of Industrial Editors but got stricken by flu ! |
| 20 | ‘ She could still have wanted him but got tired of waiting — decided he was n't going to leave his wife . ’ |
| 21 | ( Baroness de Stempel , page 156 , and Philip Gould , page 226 ) worked as news reporter for the Associated Press in America , but got tired of covering fires , and ‘ waiting for celebrities to die ’ , so she moved to Britain four years ago . |
| 22 | While the convoy for Cerska turned around , a second convoy was allowed past a Serbian checkpoint some 20 miles from the encircled city of Gorazde but got stuck again soon afterwards in front of a huge hole in the road . |
| 23 | They pointed out that committee members were unrepresentative of the user body but got re-elected year after year . |
| 24 | The design of the dress robbed me of breasts but revealed white angular shoulders which added an extra foot to my thin white arms . |
| 25 | communicating to keep employees challenged and informed through informal but planned face-to-face contacts |
| 26 | Then there were those who were powerful , but lacked other virtues . |
| 27 | Compared with Pissed , Eddie had as much — if not more — skill , but lacked electric pace , Best 's killer instinct and a venomous shot . |
| 28 | For better or worse , he also was instrumental in promoting the blockbuster exhibition , notably the infamous ‘ Treasures of Tutankhamun ’ extravaganza of 1978 that attracted the public in droves but made tranquil enjoyment of a work of art an impossibility ( those who believe that the age of the rib-crushing blockbusters has ended , thanks in part to increased insurance costs , are herewith directed to the Museum of Modern Art 's current Matisse show — provided you have a ticket ) . |
| 29 | It was taken over by the Pittard Group in 1987 but made serious losses in the last three years . |
| 30 | This competence is a huge resource which should not be ignored but made explicit . |