Example sentences of "but [be] [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The staircase had all but been buried under the collapsing wall . |
| 2 | However , these ‘ schemes of experience ’ are not invented ex nihilo but are disseminated through the commonsense knowledge shared by members of the life-world , so that members come to learn the relevant typifications and their meaning ( see Natanson 1970 ; for an application of these ideas see Brewer 1984a , b , 1988b ) . |
| 3 | The recognition that ideas are not the pure result of cognition but are affected by the human context of cognition , can be traced back through philosophy — Larrain goes back to the fifteenth century to Machiavelli ( Larrain 1979 : 17 ) . |
| 4 | The specific reasons for this are not known but are connected with the wider trend of not allowing claims for economic loss in negligence actions . |
| 5 | These are not at all original or exotic but are based on the ordinary things that most people tend to eat . |
| 6 | Their dilemmas are similar to those of many adoptive families but are exacerbated by the racial and ethnic issues already discussed . |
| 7 | As with most stress rules , there are exceptions , for example ‘ honest ’ , ‘ perfect ’ or , both of which end with two consonants but are stressed on the first syllable . |
| 8 | Using H-thymidine autoradiography , Deschner , Lipkin , et al have shown that in high-risk subjects , proliferating cells are not confined to the lower two thirds of the colonic crypts , as they are in normal subjects , but are scattered throughout the entire length of the gland . |
| 9 | One third of all full-time courses at the University of Ulster require students to undertake a period of professional or industrial placement during which they do not receive grant aid but are remunerated by the employing organization . |
| 10 | The electrons in a free-electron laser are not free , but are coupled to the magnetic field . |
| 11 | Summer savory is grown as a half-hardy annual , sowing outdoors in April-May , to thin to 20cm ( 8in ) apart , when the plants will grow into little bushes , but be killed by the first hard frost in autumn . |
| 12 | Let us hope for the best but be prepared for the worst . |
| 13 | Anyone looking back just five years to 1984 , when there were no Scots in the Curtis Cup side , and 1986 , when there was just Belle Robertson , can not but be struck by the healthy state of the game North of the Border at the present time . |
| 14 | Even the most casual observer of the Second and Third Worlds , and even some non-hegemon members of the First World , can not but be struck by the widespread belief that indigenous practices are often unfavourably compared with foreign practices . |
| 15 | In this climate , the academic in English and other subjects in the humanities , who is busy , who publishes a lot , who goes to conferences , can not but be preferred to the quiet scholar , who keeps a low profile , even seems rather idle , but is taking his time over a major piece of scholarly writing that may involve many years ' work and which he does not intend to give to the world until he is ready . |
| 16 | Brasher Boots arrived about the same time as the K-SB3 , but were developed from the running shoe . |
| 17 | The bulbs were n't just scattered , but were arranged in the correct patterns — so that if you looked up you could see ( if you knew which star was which ) , up there amongst all the dragons , bulls and poisonous scuttlers of the Heavens , right in the centre you could see the constellation which I always thought of as being our special one , a solitary man walking with his faithful dog , the high summer constellation of Orion , the Hunter , stretched and striding above us . |
| 18 | The talks were scheduled to open on Jan. 7 but were delayed by the late arrival of the Arab teams in protest at the issuing of deportation orders on Jan. 2 against 12 Palestinian activists from the Israeli occupied territories [ see p. 38741 ] . |
| 19 | A number of churches here survived the Turkish occupation , but were lost in the nineteenth century when the capital of the newly independent Greece was re-organised and planned on broad lines . |
| 20 | ‘ The Boys ’ , as they were known , formed their own team rather than play in established youth sides but were dismissed from the local league for fighting and violent play . |
| 21 | These , however , are not part of Aarau 's medieval history , but were painted in the 1950s by Felix Hoffmann , a local artist . |
| 22 | They were allowed ashore but were kept in the sixteenth-century São Lourenço fortress during their stay . |
| 23 | The research students ' grants were ending at different points in the year , but were concentrated In the third quarter of 1984 . |
| 24 | As we have seen , the SAS came under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief , but were attached to the Eighth Army for immediate operational control . |
| 25 | It was argued that it unfairly penalized those who worked throughout their lives until their mid-sixties , but were thrown onto the Poor Law before they qualified for the pension . |
| 26 | Elections for both the Lok Sabha and the state Assembly had then been scheduled to coincide with the June 1991 general election but were cancelled at the last moment [ see p. 38287 ] . |
| 27 | About 30 journalists turned up at the Thai border village of Pong Nam Ron , about 200 miles east of Bangkok , yesterday morning , but were told by the local Thai military commander that he knew of no Vietnamese prisoners . |
| 28 | Home Office officials knew what needed to be done , but were inhibited by the political climate from doing it . |
| 29 | But be prepared for the unexpected — what you thought was impossible may not be ! |
| 30 | Their daughter , Georgiana , is a pathetic creature , utterly crushed by the magnificence of her parents ; she falls an easy prey to the Lammles ' schemes to marry her off to Fledgeby , but is saved at the last moment by a change of heart on Mrs Lammle 's part . |