Example sentences of "[verb] [det] but [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not simply a resurrection in people 's minds — I might well grant that but a resurrection as an objective fact of history , so that it could be said that the causal nexus of history and that of nature were broken ( for there are not resurrections ) . |
| 2 | but she said there were n't many people there actually and I got that but the proceeds |
| 3 | The wetness of the rags does not accomplish much but the wood gets heated and the rags may insulate the hot wood and prevent it from cooling too quickly . |
| 4 | Gail Adshed , 18 , student ( right ) : ‘ I 'd buy all but the tights . ’ |
| 5 | One has to consider the whole network of interacting influences ; not , as the critical period model attempts to do , skip all but the first and last link . |
| 6 | The metal would withstand all but the most concentrated laser fire . |
| 7 | Ethologists have not yet begun to grasp at the crucial characteristic of human beings that tends to invalidate all but the most cautious inferences from other animals to Man . |
| 8 | The ship was moving more slowly , but a blustery breeze and flying spray had discouraged all but the very hardy from taking an early morning stroll . |
| 9 | An established hebe may survive all but the worst winters , but a young plant may succumb to moderately severe weather . |
| 10 | Sage can be grown outdoors in cool , temperate climates in spite of its provenance , and will survive all but the coldest winters , provided the soil is well-drained , and the plant has been well-ripened as a result of growing in a sunny position . |
| 11 | From the United States of America , however , comes a genus which will survive all but the coldest of winters and provide that long season of colour which makes the half hardy perennials such a popular group of garden plants . |
| 12 | There were fierce disputes over the intelligentsia 's determination to exclude all but a token worker or two from their policy-making committees and to assert their own control over workers ' mutual support funds and the content of newspapers written for the workers . |
| 13 | However , it is important to note and counter the limitations of mainstream approaches to management training , with their top-down assumptions , their tendency to exclude all but the head and senior staff , and their focus on strategies at the expense of educational purposes . |
| 14 | This criterion on its own does not guarantee any but the most tenuous relation of sense , since , for instance , harmless is compatible with heavy , and rare with round . |
| 15 | By the way neuron I have n't said that but the the learning rule is n is not biologically plausible . |
| 16 | She had seen little but the outline of him , and the walk , which was individual enough to be remembered , once seen ; rapid and vehement , with a long stride that barely lit upon the earth before leaving it again as vigorously . |
| 17 | The fibre itself will ensure this but the extra fluid may help it a little — certainly the fluid has to come from somewhere , and it will do no harm if it is calorie-free . |
| 18 | FROST and snow wreaked havoc on the area 's fishing and condemned all but the most intrepid of anglers to a day of domesticity . |
| 19 | Although they are not completely spiny , they are nevertheless prickly enough to repel all but the most desperate of predators . |
| 20 | Try a sample of lace over 60 stitches , then remove all but the remaining centre 20 back bed needles . |
| 21 | About 20min before serving remove all but the chocolate-coated truffles from the fridge and pile onto a large platter . |
| 22 | I reckon that high interest rates , falling stock and asset values together with mounting unemployment makes the kill all but a certainty . |
| 23 | Hamamelis virginiana is , admittedly , not so spectacular as its Chinese counterparts but its very narrow bright yellow petals cause all but the most unobservant to stop and ponder . |
| 24 | I cut all but the strongest , straightest stem away close to the base and planted the resulting ‘ twig ’ in a pot of good compost . |
| 25 | Spires , corner towers , belfries , even unusually shaped domes soon adorned all but the smaller frame stations . |
| 26 | One-half of the trainees had derived more confidence from attending courses , ranging from ‘ now being able to feed lambs through a stomach tube ’ ( this from a 50-year old farmer who had had sheep for 30 years ) to ‘ the confidence to tackle all but the most difficult workshop repair jobs ’ . |
| 27 | Refusing all but the most exceptional interview , Auerbach himself insists on the autonomy of the work . |
| 28 | Or the authority may direct that the final decision must be based on economic considerations only , thus replacing all but the economic factors . |
| 29 | Table 7.1 Unionist share of coalition governments , 1915–1922 Cabinet Unionists in Total no. of Total no. of Ministers cabinet ministers Unionists May 1915 22 8 24 9 December 1916 23 13 32 14 January 1919 21 10 30 14 January 1921 21 12 29 14 October 1922 22 11 29 13 The discontent caused by lack of opportunity can be clearly seen in a number of cases , but was a general phenomenon that affected all but the top dozen in the party 's collective leadership . |
| 30 | Sculpted from marble blocks , the vestibule was capacious enough to gulp all but the bulkiest of actual jungle monsters whole . |