Example sentences of "but [be] [verb] by a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guaranteed loan stocks are corporate bonds that are not secured by a fixed or a floating charge , but are guaranteed by a third party , typically the parent-company of the issuer . |
| 2 | The following criteria would have to be satisfied : ( i ) the disposition would have to be contained in a will and be charged on the heir under that will ; and either ( ii ) involve a sum of money , or ( iii ) involve property but be heard by a provincial court . |
| 3 | Such conflicts may increase the risk of depression but be resolved by a subsequent change in employment status . |
| 4 | United had more than enough chances but were defied by a 21-year-old Australian goalkeeper who left Old Trafford after Peter Schmeichel was installed as first-choice . |
| 5 | Three Iraqi F-1 Mirages , believed to be armed with Exocet missiles , attempted to attack allied vessels in the Gulf on Jan. 24 , but were intercepted by a Saudi Arabian F-15 . |
| 6 | Under pressure from earnest appeals and strong personality of the dedicated Rivers , Jane nearly consents to marry him and share his missionary vocation in India , but is prevented by a telepathic appeal from Rochester . |
| 7 | Of these , ironically , the grandest of all Scottish interiors , Hamilton Palace , was stripped and demolished , but is recorded by a small selection of photographs here . |
| 8 | The rubber of the tread is a hard rubber , but is backed by a softer , shock absorbing one , and the two are injected into the mould simultaneously . |
| 9 | I began to speak , but was silenced by a stern look from the Inspector and a raising of his hand . |
| 10 | In two of three of the morbidly obese subjects , this early rise in APGPR concentration in urine was not seen but was followed by a slow rise in urinary APGPR immunoreactivity at four to six hours . |
| 11 | October 1962 had seen the gravest of Cold War crises but was followed by a growing move towards détente in Europe . |
| 12 | Ruth went down the stone stairs that curved to the ground floor and followed the archways that led to an inner courtyard that might have been uncomfortably hot but was tempered by a cool fountain that arced water over a frolicking marble dolphin and child below . |
| 13 | E is more straightforward : Bodleian MS Laud 636 ends in 1154 , but was written by a single hand to 1131 , in Peterborough , as local material indicates . |
| 14 | She still had her clothes on but was covered by a grey duvet . |
| 15 | Mr Dubcek led the Prague Spring political thaw in 1968 but was overthrown by a Russian invasion . |
| 16 | Indeed , there has been a widespread belief that this is true : in November 1982 a former Green Beret colonel , James B. Gritz , financed by the actors Clint Eastwood and William ( ‘ Captain Kirk ’ ) Shatner , led an attempt to locate and free American POWs , but was apprehended by a Laotian army border patrol . |
| 17 | A little calmer , I began to write on the ground with the stick , ‘ Howard is a nut ’ , but was distracted by a tiny blue van in the south and was determined not to let it go by . |
| 18 | Streat worked to try to achieve common purpose and interest with American textile interests but was handicapped by a certain reluctance to go too far and by MacArthur 's reluctance to receive a joint Anglo-American mission in 1950 . |
| 19 | An altercation took place at the entrance to the circuit when the irascible John McDonald sought to block the bus with his car — the idea of drivers striking and being independent of their owners struck him as positively mediaeval — but was resolved by a little gentle persuasion and a show of force by an angry Jacques Laffite . |
| 20 | His slightly pulled drive might have run into trouble but was deflected by a rolled up hosepipe . |
| 21 | The referendum was monitored by 12,000 members of the security forces , 490 delegates from the Catholic Church , 50 international observers and 300 foreign journalists , and was considered the cleanest and most peaceful poll ever held in Panama , but was marked by a high abstention rate ( the turnout was only slightly over 40 per cent ) . |