Example sentences of "but [adj] [noun] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watson 's 1844 plan shows at least twenty-eight thatched buildings , but eleven years later the town had only two . |
| 2 | But Labour points out the recession has left youngsters with little choice . |
| 3 | Once again Leonora found herself fighting with the tiller in a dinghy threatening to stand on its head in a mountainous sea , but this time when the engine cut out she was plucked from the boat before she could hit the water . |
| 4 | Level 4 — recalculates the blackout and whiteout values by calling getBoundaries , but this time only the reference area is looked at . |
| 5 | In previous years the selection of the carnival queen had been organised by elimination contests in the town and surrounding villages , but 30 years ago the committee asked that young ladies should send in a copy of a recent photograph . |
| 6 | In 1923 , the collection opened to the public , but ten years later the mansion was declared a fire hazard and the paintings were moved to the recently built Philadelphia Museum of Art . |
| 7 | News of this reached Gawthorpe and a watch was set up , but one night when the vigil had become somewhat relaxed the Chickenley men managed to saw part way through before being disturbed . |
| 8 | But one day when the lord was off hunting the fox said : " Friends , we are all happy and contented , but our master sometimes seems rather sad and downcast . |
| 9 | The couple decided against surgery but 15 years later the failure figure had dropped to only 20 pc and they decided to take the plunge . |
| 10 | But two weeks later a friend in the motor trade serviced it for him and proclaimed the car to be in sound condition and a good deal . |
| 11 | The unprecedented judgment was then published in the All England Law Reports but two months later the grant of letters was ruled void by another judge . |
| 12 | But two years ago the idea popped up again , as part of the Lucas Aerospace workers ' alternative corporate plan . |
| 13 | A fine of $200,000 for violating customs laws brought her collecting to a halt in 1904 , but two years later the museum was open and Mrs Gardner was collecting again . |
| 14 | Eppelmann and a member of the commission overseeing the dissolution of the Stasi had proposed implementing such a procedure on March 21 , but two days later the state prosecutor , supported by both de Maizière and the PDS-led caretaker government [ for formation of which see p. 37260 ] , maintained that such a step would be unconstitutional and that the new Volkskammer had to decide itself what should be done . |
| 15 | On Jan. 4 miners ' leaders had called for a temporary halt to the march , after an offer by Prime Minister Yildirim Akbulut to hold talks , but two days later the march was resumed after union leaders had rejected a government offer of a 250 per cent pay rise . |
| 16 | They were later reunited by the Red Cross , but two days ago the shelling became so bad they were forced to flee . |