Example sentences of "but it [be] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is not to say that Parliament does not have a significant influence on the pattern of public expenditure , but it is exercised in various indirect ways at the formative stage of determining the pattern of public expenditure , and not through variations in the government 's proposals once they have been laid before the House . |
| 2 | The style and feeling of the poem is exalted , but it is written with perfect lucidity , and a firm sense of the tradition of Christian conversion . |
| 3 | The first part describes the plain of the Temple , but it is written in strange tribal symbols , which you will have to decode . |
| 4 | Unlike the House of Lords it is elected , but it is elected by local councillors , an overwhelming majority of them from small country ‘ communes ’ . |
| 5 | Electronics has been the fastest growing sector of the Scottish economy in recent years , but it is dominated by externally-controlled multi-nationals . |
| 6 | I actually have at the back which I will show in a minute , a costume that was worn by a woman in the eighteen-forties , and it shows how she has kept up with the fashion ; it is a fairly fashionable dress , but it is adapted for real life , for day to day life , for for the life of an ordinary middle class woman who had perhaps one or two servants , but had to do the running of the household herself . |
| 7 | His sadism is satisfied , at least at first , within the permitted limits of naval discipline , but it is accompanied by unpredictable moods and actions which disturb and perplex the crew to the point of mutiny , terrified as they are by the hostile surveillance of the officers and the malicious spying which William Bentley the midshipman carries on by his uncle 's order . |
| 8 | The habit is best known in tits , particularly great tits ( Parus major ) and blue tits ( P. caeruleus ) ; but it is found in other species too . |
| 9 | About sixty miles from Johannesburg and the same distance from the provincial capital , Pretoria , Rustenburg 's prosperity was based on mining , especially for platinum , but it is surrounded by good farming land in a warm , beautiful valley . |
| 10 | There are forms of care which are absent , certain kinds of intimacy , and friendship , no touching , for instance , but it 's compensated by other kinds of care which are possible and not risky . |
| 11 | But it 's fitted with modern parts to cope with changing traffic conditions . |
| 12 | A few of the burlier men put their shoulders to the door , but it was built of ancient oak , heavily reinforced with iron and their combined weights failed so much as to cause the door to tremble on its massive hinges . |
| 13 | Later , as capitalist work relations and practices were successfully implemented , rural labour organised a national union ; but it was built upon unsure foundations and , significantly , Essex witnessed its crushing defeat in 1874 at the hands of local farmers . |
| 14 | The ‘ inside ’ seems to be everything a person knows and hence the familiar was ego-centred but it was bounded by other members of the group following certain rules . |
| 15 | The special relationship was born of a common heritage , but it was nurtured by American and British self-interest as well . |
| 16 | There was still pleasure in it somewhere , but it was choked by exasperating routine : waiting for the staff to go , getting undressed , making up the bed , before the fleeting moment of physical relief was attained . |
| 17 | Evelyn tried a smile , but it was met with stony indifference . |
| 18 | Heads played a crucial part in developing such a culture , but it was sustained by other leaders ( especially deputies ) and by active participation of staff members . |
| 19 | But it was beset by internal politics and narrow-mindedness . |
| 20 | The house was originally 15th century , but it was demolished in Victorian times and the present house erected . |
| 21 | But it was left to young Joey to fill the manor 's big top with cheers as he raced away to make it 3-0 . |
| 22 | The implementation with fuzzy rules worked , but it was provided with substantial prior knowledge in the form of the rules , and I am not sure how much of its success was due to learning . |