Example sentences of "but [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The EAGGF Guarantee and Guidance expenditure can be allocated , but administrative expenditure upon the institutions of the EC , or aid to Third World countries can not be allocated to particular member states . |
| 2 | There is widespread agreement on the need for prison reform but little consensus on the merits of various proposals for change . |
| 3 | Prior to 1938 this goose wintered regularly in Chichester Harbour and possibly in Pagham Harbour , but little information about the numbers involved is available . |
| 4 | But another feature in the projects noted is that they have elements both of research and development in them , and the work has been pursued not just with one school but usually with several concurrently . |
| 5 | But some distillation of the authors ' experience and wisdom would have been welcome . |
| 6 | Older people tend to be nearer the upper limit of any range than do younger people , but some combination of the factors mentioned can help individuals approach the lower limits . |
| 7 | but some shifting of the branches over me |
| 8 | But some movement of the feet er is important to keep variety . |
| 9 | We live in a house of treasure but some disease of the eyes has blinded us so that we search always for vulgar and expensive toys . |
| 10 | But this movement into the temples must not be overstated . |
| 11 | Are they not gods , to the child ? — the writer enables the reader to go back , to see again what we once saw , but this time with the eyes of an adult , the adult who regards the child in herself . |
| 12 | but half way from the lawns here , I 'm thinking actually about having a round lawn , right , |
| 13 | Mr Douglas recalled the Spartan , but nourishing life at the Friends ' School . |
| 14 | But such acceptance of the possibilities afforded by modern political institutions was opportunist ; Pius remained implacably opposed to the assumptions of liberal bourgeois civilization . |
| 15 | James Stephen provided encouragement at signs of progress in the operation of amelioration measures in the Crown Colonies but required recommitment from the representatives of the cause in the work still to be done , particularly in pressing change upon the legislative colonies . |
| 16 | But Protestant orthodoxy in the generations after the Reformation had inclined to treat the Bible in a rather hardened and absolute fashion , and to search in it for a wider range of information than the Reformers were looking for . |
| 17 | A small but distinctive group of the men we contacted believe in having their cake and eating it . |
| 18 | But dogged determination by the owners saw the restoration of this fine engine , built in 1905 for the LSWER and which also served the Southern Railway and BR(S) , through to completion . |
| 19 | But existing evidence about the kinds of work that they do , their earnings and conditions of work , the alternatives available to them , and their level of satisfaction is conflicting and limited . |
| 20 | A variation on Mamet 's last directional effort , Things Change , it creates a predictable but effective comedy from the convicts ' progress to ‘ salvation ’ , as real priests and ordinary folk take Penn 's stumbling idiocies and de Niro 's low-rent growls for down-to-earth spiritual lessons , and gives Jordan the space to pump up the religious allegory the film opens in prison Hell and ends with a life saving plunge into regenerative waters . |
| 21 | Tight boots lead to good control of your skis but poor circulation to the toes . |
| 22 | Individual poems range from light but pointed satire on the follies and failings of women , through romantic , ballad-like lyrics , to earnest , mature , religious verse . |
| 23 | Publishing excerpts from material such as planning applications for the purpose of public information , comment or criticism is not an infringement of copyright ; alternatively , you could find someone who can make a reasonable but accurate sketch of the proposals . |
| 24 | We tried them , but one sweep of the blades was enough to show that the ‘ track marks ’ would have left Skipper looking like a corduroy horse . |
| 25 | ( This is but one aspect of the possibilities of the micro as a research tool in education , a subject of importance which we shall discuss further elsewhere . ) |
| 26 | I gather that this is regarded as a controversial procedure in certain circles , but any criticism on the lines of wastage of resources on a dying man would have me to contend with . |
| 27 | A check-list of these social factors is given below , but any analysis of the processes mentioned above will combine the items of the check-list . |
| 28 | The song bounced along to reach the number twelve spot , helped by another uncomfortable but satisfying Top Of The Pops appearance and a fresh wave of publicity surrounding The Smiths affection for , and a desire to , work with Sandie Shaw . |
| 29 | We are all used to the exploitation of art by tourism , but touristic exploitation of the miseries of war and the destruction of art is a grotesque perversion which brings us up short . |
| 30 | But nice light on the chimneys and on the sky , and throughout the picture really . |