Example sentences of "but [prep] a [adj] [noun] the " in BNC.
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1 | Wordsworth continues to watch , but for a long time the figure refuses to move . |
2 | Probably the original intention was merely to contrast the procedure with that of a public inquiry ( where , of course , the inquiry is in full view of the public ) but for a long time the bogy of officials beavering away in private and then producing a report which damned some poor individual or organisation , without those officials being in any way accountable , was viewed with grave suspicion . |
3 | In the modern Hebrew Bible all numbers are written out in full , but for a long time the text was written without vowels . |
4 | I accept that the number of immigration officers at Heathrow has increased , but for a long time the numbers employed were well below what was required . |
5 | But for a brief space the archbishop was at peace with both pope and emperor , and this was an alliance even the commune could not withstand . |
6 | This topic is too recent for there to be many guidelines available but for a particular topic the designer can assume that he need not be inhibited in allowing his imagination to run to many kinds of novel solutions . |
7 | CRYING out for help but for a different reason the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway are seeking volunteers from among the enthusiast fraternity . |
8 | But as a general principle the right of animals to be animals , to live in their space on God 's good earth , is a moral principle I commend as a rule of thumb . |
9 | Storage methods vary considerably , as do the most suitable conditions ( ‘ Grenadier ’ apples store best several degrees cooler than ‘ Blenheim Orange ’ , or example ) , but as a general rule the place of storage should be dry and cool . |
10 | But as a general rule the image must be at no more than five metres distance . |
11 | This will depend on the wind strength , but as a general rule the hand movements should start about a third of the way into the turn when the board is travelling at its fastest . |
12 | It will normally sell for £12 but as an introductory offer the booklet is available for just £10 , until 31st August 1992 , direct from Alison Duguid , . |
13 | But after a two-year battle the Environment Minister has given his approval . |
14 | But after a lengthy investigation the police ruled out foul play . |
15 | But after an amazing recovery the four-month-old is now 5lbs . |
16 | One proposal was for a new head of state to be elected by the National Assembly , but under an alternative plan the National Assembly would elect a Presidium , the chair of which would also assume the post of head of state . |
17 | As Robert Spencer Bernard , barrister and part-time farmer of wild boar for several years on his Buckinghamshire estate , said : ‘ A tiger is a tiger whether you see it in the London Zoo or in the Indian forests , but with a wild boar the argument is n't so simple . ’ |
18 | But in a strange way the desperate state of the house opened up its history and construction to our eyes : in an eighteenth-century building everything is usually concealed behind plasterwork . |
19 | One should not attribute human qualities to natural phenomena , but in a strange way the gentleness with which Mt Pelee buried its victims seemed like a sort of atonement for their deaths . |
20 | ‘ John David ’ does not question the child 's ‘ right to live ’ but in a real sense the ability of parents — mainly the mother — to accept the child into their home . |
21 | If the client recovers nothing , the lawyer receives no fee , but in a successful case the lawyer receives a percentage of the damages recovered . |
22 | Nowadays methods vary from teacher to teacher , but in a typical lesson the pupil is likely to find himself lying , sitting or standing on a hard table while his teacher , using hands and voice , gently guides his head and gets him to release his neck and shoulders . |
23 | His mother and a council of nobles were appointed to act as Regents , but in a short time the queen had fallen out with her colleagues , not least because she was an avowed supporter of the house of York , while several of them stood for Lancaster . |
24 | One of the reasons why it is harder to run classes in Ipswich is not so much the diversity of entertainment provided but the overlapping of cultural activity , The WEA offers a broad cultural front , and a Branch in a village is the fount of all learning , but in a large town the musicians … artists and dramatists … historians and archaeologists have respective organisations catering for their taste , even the natural scientists do … |
25 | When frozen , some of these waterfalls can offer ice-climbing practice , but in a hard winter the cloughs often fill with deep snow and their ascents can vary in difficulty from Grade I to impossible . |
26 | But in a primitive way the view that the upper classes were a higher type of humanity , developing its superiority by endogamy , and threatened by mixture with the lower orders and even more by the more rapid increase of the inferior , was widely held . |
27 | For example storytime might take place at an established time towards the end of the school day , but in a follow-up session the next day questions could be asked to see how much they remember of the story , or one child could be asked to retell the story they heard yesterday ( see Boxes 4 and 5 ) . |
28 | But in an affluent society the problem of poverty is fundamentally different from what it is in an underdeveloped economy . |
29 | Christopher Glen 's complaint against whingeing Scots ( Points of View , today ) is understandable , but in an overcrowded world the consequences of large-scale immigration must be faced . |
30 | But from a general view the status of the junior adventure story is unassailable . |