Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] but a " in BNC.
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| 1 | What follows in part two is not meant to be a gloomy cataloguing of specific doubts but a look at seven of the most common ‘ families ’ of doubt . |
| 2 | Microsoft Graph offers 84 graphing styles but a number of commonly required types are supplied among PowerPoint 's Time Savers . |
| 3 | Sir Fergus Montgomery : Is my right Hon. Friend aware that the London food commission is not a body of recognised dietary experts but a Left-wing organisation ? |
| 4 | Mrs Khalid had a soft expression and lively eyes but a never-say-die-ishness that quite reminded Ellen of Rhoda . |
| 5 | On Sunday I went to a car boot sale in Runcorn and what should I see amongst the mangy teddys and oily old spanners but a vintage 60s Leeds Subbuteo team ! |
| 6 | The organisation of party groups on the council varies between parties and within parties in different areas but a more disciplined approach is becoming normal procedure , particularly in the larger local authorities and in the urban areas ( Widdicombe 1986 , Vol. 1:82 — 102 ) . |
| 7 | Tack requirements vary for different classes but a straight cut saddle will best show off your horse 's shoulder . |
| 8 | On the following day there were further protests but a heavy police presence prevented renewed outbreaks of serious fighting . |
| 9 | In western movies they all seem to be chewing tobacco or smoking brown cheroots but a cigar sits well in Elliot 's lips . |
| 10 | Around two-thirds of works on show have been drawn from British public collections but a number of other exhibits have not previously been published . |
| 11 | All of this adds up to a personal credo that we are not just specialized apes but a unique and peculiar species of our own . |
| 12 | ‘ In ophthalmology there have been some problems but a new consultant has been appointed thanks to increased funding made available by this government . |
| 13 | The skua colony turned out to be impressive , with few eggs but a host of great and Arctic skuas all intent on protecting their chosen nest site at all costs . |
| 14 | They were all associated with Peace in different ways but a different type of peace in each case . |
| 15 | He struggled through a few games but a swollen knee indicated his problems were not over . |
| 16 | In years of scarcity , therefore , the miners faced not only enhanced prices but a real deficiency in supply as the activities of agents buying for London increased and as farmers displayed an increasing preference for selling in large quantities rather than piecemeal in local markets . |
| 17 | Andrew Brownswood of the eponymous greetings card maker was paid £3.6million , modest in absolute terms by some standards but a staggering 31 per cent of the company 's sales . |
| 18 | There have to be some standards but a track record is more important than spending three weekends away being taught something you already know , and I 'm quite happy to stand or fall on my personal record . |
| 19 | The terms of the approach require close collaboration between health and social services but a great deal of latitude remains for ‘ local ’ responses to emerge . |
| 20 | Work in machine translation ( MT ) began in the 1950 's with very high hopes but a somewhat naive attitude concerning the difficulties involved . |
| 21 | Complaints procedure : The four-part procedure — complaint , response , comments and final rejoinder — will be retained for appropriate cases but a shorter and speedier process giving each side one opportunity to state its case should be introduced . |
| 22 | No genetic polymorphisms for pepsinogen A were detected by EcoRI digestion in Japanese subjects but a 100 base pairs insertion-deletion RFLP for the pepsinogen C gene was observed . |
| 23 | Although these rigs will probably be slightly less successful than the hair they will still be consistent catchers but a little bit more attention needs to be paid to ensure that the bait is correctly mounted . |
| 24 | At certain points it can reach 10 feet but a few feet is more normal . |
| 25 | We did not make it clear that the table showed not the banks ' actual ratios but a hypothetical estimate of what they would have been had the banks not borrowed subordinated loans to boost their capital ( as Japan 's finance ministry let them do after June ) . |
| 26 | He is not just the Pope of the Roman Catholics but a symbol of human beings striving to create institutions and practices which bring them closer to the ways of God . |
| 27 | These are all very real problems but a great deal will depend on the extent to which mutual destruction is seen as a real possibility , and on the extent to which international law can be presented as an effective contrivance for the acceptable resolution of international conflict . |
| 28 | Some textbooks include glossaries of such terms but a good dictionary is essential . |
| 29 | The simplest criterion for the distinction between a skill and a task is that a skill description is susceptible to individual differences but a task description is not . |
| 30 | The project is still in its early stages but a spokesman for the Merseyside Museum noted that they are already using Dr Ballard 's technology for the Jason Project IV which will take place in February next year in the Sea of Cortez off the Mexican Coast . |