Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [adj] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | He studied at Edinburgh University during 1791–2 but did not graduate . |
| 2 | Now , at this you may not have sympathy for that but it 's significant in circles I 've seen that you just do n't that Johnson has bothered to write out exactly how that play should be acted out , he 's trying to stay in control of his plays . |
| 3 | A list of available photographs could be included with the mailing for all but the certainties . |
| 4 | The interaction between effective but sensitive community self-surveillance and police surveillance has emerged as perhaps the most favoured approach . |
| 5 | The polls before the 1970 election may have registered broad support for Labour but as the election result itself showed this support was conditional and unreliable . |
| 6 | Several countries , especially in eastern Europe , reported further increases in forest damage during 1989 but in others the rate of defoliation appeared to have stabilized or actually decreased . |
| 7 | Head teachers took the main responsibility for this but class teachers also made an important contribution . |
| 8 | A further risk that may be relevant where a purchaser acquires assets and assumes responsibility for some but not all of the creditors , is that the sale may be seen as a preferential treatment of creditors under IA 1986 , s239 . |
| 9 | It has to be shown that , in assuming responsibility for some but not all creditors , the vendor was influenced by a desire to prefer some creditors against others . |
| 10 | Hence the growth of state power meant the enslavement of individuals who became totally dependent on it for everything and who , as individuals , no longer possessed the personal responsibility for any but the most trivial and harmless of their actions : |
| 11 | Elderly people require a lot of time and effort on a GP 's part , the GP gets extra money for that but it may not compensate for the extra work . ’ |
| 12 | An article in All the World reported , " There is no money for this but we are going ahead in faith . " |
| 13 | No I I , she had a machine , we had a sewing machine , I could tell you a story about that but I wo n't . |
| 14 | As a consequence of which well we went to Egypt and the Sudan this business , we came back and er the b the the foreman 's brother he ne he never liked me ever this forema when I were a kid you know , he never liked me at all , I never got on with him and and er mind you there 's a long story about that but it 's a silly little thing that er that I really upset him with . |
| 15 | We did n't really need a Christmas present after that but the encore , the intermezzo from Delius 's Fennimore and Gerda , was very welcome all the same . |
| 16 | And would they still get the income support after that but still at a reduced rate or not ? |
| 17 | We made two hundred and forty five pounds on Thriller of the Year one hundred and nineteen pounds on Tea for Two but that is after we 've made the three hundred pounds donation to Whiston Hospital we made a thousand and eighteen pounds on the panto Wuthering Heights we lost four hundred and nine pounds , but that was basically that we do costume plays and have to hire the erm fixtures and set pieces from Wrightsons or wherever we 're always going to be in this position and I think it 's the tradition of the Garrick that we continue to do them , and I think we have to accept that we may have losses in future on those particular erm things . |
| 18 | Dolphin recorded a loss for 1991 but expects to break even this year on revenues of around £10m . |
| 19 | The All Blacks , who took control of the game through a massive 23–11 lineout advantage and the athleticism of their pack , were in command for all but the final quarter . |
| 20 | The search for cheap but reliable mass screening tests and accurate diagnostic algorithms has so far been fruitless , so case-finding based on clinical suspicion will continue to be the most important strategy . |
| 21 | Though game theory has been criticised , we believe it can be helpful if used critically to explore the possible structure of conflicts , rather than to search for neat but probably illusory ‘ answers ’ . |
| 22 | Hey do you care about you know the other day we were talking about the erm I wanted to get one of the councillors on to talk about this but I I ca n't find the right one . |
| 23 | They received 11s. in the pound for this but during January the pitch worsened and they were now taking 13/4 in every 20/ of value . |
| 24 | Coupled to a portable computer and running one of the new generation presentation graphics programs they make a powerful presentation aid for all but the biggest of occasions . |
| 25 | The aim is to keep the beer in a drinkable condition for longer but both systems interfere with the maturation of the beer and deliver an unpleasantly fizzy pint . |
| 26 | The many tall ogival windows provide the classrooms with a great deal of light but they have proved more difficult to protect . |
| 27 | A preoccupation with the unification of England , however , in which the desire to unify was perceived as a guiding factor in a succession of early but powerful kings has channelled much of the study of pre-Viking history into too narrow an appreciation of political activity in the several kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy . |
| 28 | — Positively the last mention of good but cheap hairdressers : it took a reader to point out one almost on our doorstep . |
| 29 | The paper would need a minimum circulation of 300,000 to make money , and with an annual expenditure of £13.3 million would make an annual profit of £6.4 million if it reached a circulation of 500,000 But the idea never got off the ground . |
| 30 | Strapping himself into the vacated chair , he entreated Rogal Dorn to guide him — then emptied his mind of all but titanic tech thoughts . |