Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [noun] but [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were some individual exceptions but the state of the Church of England seems to have changed little in Sussex over the next ninety years . |
| 2 | In 1957 there were still some 300,000 Bretons but the breed was heavily crossed with the similarly coloured but unrelated Friesian , in much the same way as the red-and-white Bretons had been crossed with Shorthorns and eventually replaced by the Meuse-Rhine-Yssel . |
| 3 | And er but it was only about half past five I did n't I never stopped till the I just kept going now tha well about half past four , I started to pack up and I realized my sandwiches were still in my snack box so I I 'd I 'd had one one earlier on whilst I was still working but yes the lady there she made us a couple of cups in the morning , er cu cup of coffee , I think about what yeah about half ten time but the time I painted a little bit and I thought oh I 'll stop and have a fag , with my coffee and I had a cup of tea later on in the afternoon but er I did n't stop , I kept going , you know and then course by time I got to my drink , it was cold it was cool , so you drink it straight down |
| 4 | I had often rehearsed the choice phrases which I would use on this very occasion but the sight of the animal restrained me ; if he had come to consult me professionally I could hardly start pitching into him right away . |
| 5 | Each team had a couple of scoring opportunities and a few short corners but the game dragged on to a scoreless draw . |
| 6 | In contrast , all but one of the eighteen cottagers who had some common rights but no land in 1575 had disappeared altogether and had been replaced by others . |
| 7 | Each Contracting State must designate such a Central Authority to receive requests for service coming from other Contracting States ; the expectation , borne out in practice , was that this would involve not the creation of some new agency but the designation as Central Authority for the purposes of this Convention of some existing office or ministry . |
| 8 | His reaction was not some other endearment but a tightening of his holding of her and saying again , ‘ Oh Peggy . |
| 9 | There were a few catholic families but the majority and the consensus derived from presbyterian Scottish/Ulster stock . |
| 10 | ‘ Laura Ashley ’ sales everywhere were boosted by this royal connection but the effect in America was electric . |
| 11 | Their tourist forward Fairbank and old campaigner Hobbs took advantage as Wigan relaxed by contributing some rugged runs but the team lacks an attacking edge . |
| 12 | Lee Chapman helped himself to a hat-trick in that 6-1 victory but the onslaught really stemmed from Wednesday 's failure to cut out Dorigo 's overlapping runs . |
| 13 | I would not for a moment be without these sterling qualities but the imagery of this great movement is vivid and declamatory and Bach 's intention was surely to arouse the passions of his audience . |
| 14 | Of course , we had many political differences but the twin oppressions of being Irish lesbians and immigrants brought us together and gave us a strong framework upon which to build our own movement and within which to begin articulating our anger at English feminism . |
| 15 | It is also possible to have locating systems fitted to all muzzled ferrets but a snag is revealed when a number are used together . |
| 16 | There were several technical innovations but the spirit of the time made it likely that the man of the moment would be someone in whom technical boldness and artistic pretension would be sustained by the need to preach . |
| 17 | Courtaulds had explored the possibility of creating its own melt-spun operation but the capital investment required and the problems of market penetration suggested a collaboration deal was the best way forward . |
| 18 | It is not possible in a text of this nature to go into the details of security interests in any great depth but a number of questions arise with respect to the creation of such interests by a company . |
| 19 | Departments have their own legal advisers but the view of the judges , who will be required to interpret and apply the legislation , may be thought valuable . |