Example sentences of "[to-vb] but [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He had long been in a bad state of health , which he took no care to repair but on the contrary lived in such a manner as greatly promoted the disorders he had had long upon him , this brought on the Flux which put a period to his life ’ ( Cook ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Maybe there will be someone to fill Lineker 's shoes in years to come but at the moment the replacements must be given a chance to do it in their own time . ’ |
| 3 | There were many other primitives to come but by the time they arrived I knew it was just an attempt to revive attention . |
| 4 | Blue Cheshire is hard to find but worth the search . |
| 5 | A cheerful , bright , colourful rendezvous , difficult to find but worth the effort . |
| 6 | Quill pens , properly cut and ready to use , are difficult to obtain but worth the trouble if you want to make good ink drawings . |
| 7 | … a set of men who live by death and never care to appear but at the End of Man 's Life … their Business is to watch Death , and to furnish out the Funeral Solemnity , with as much pomp and feigned sorrow as the Heirs or Successors of the Deceased chose to purchase : They are a hard-hearted Generation , and require more money than Brains to conduct their Business ; I know no one Qualification peculiarly necessary to them , except that is a steady , demure and melancholy Countenance at Command : I do not know , that they take Apprentices in their Capacity as Undertakers , for they are generally Carpenters , or Herald-Painters besides ; and they only employ , as Journeymen , a set of Men whom they have picked up , possessed of a sober Countenance , and a solemn melancholy Face , whom they pay at so much a Jobb . |
| 8 | After tricky negotiations between the two professors a judicious compromise was reached by which Heisenberg was allowed to pass but at the lowest level . |
| 9 | I would n't describe Rattle 's treatment as in any way unfeeling , merely that the various strands are shaped and honed with an unusual sensitivity to detail but at a relatively low emotional temperature . |
| 10 | This institute believes that some form of National Statistics Council has a role to play but with the following provisos : 1 . |
| 11 | It still has an important part to play but as a secondary negotiator possibly as an underwriter to any arrangement Israel may reach with the Palestinians . |
| 12 | It all serves to emphasise the point that RMI is an approach , or process of management and all these elements have a part to play but in a co-ordinated , integrated fashion . |
| 13 | They do n't necessarily need to steal but like the excitement . |
| 14 | Brooke J. observed that if such a residual jurisdiction did not exist , then the judges would be left with a duty to perform but without the power to perform it in a way which they considered in all cases to be just . |
| 15 | As for amateur dramatics , I prefer to write for others to perform but in the absence of anyone daft — sorry , I mean talented — enough to oblige , I have been known to tread the boards . |
| 16 | There was nowhere to sit but on the narrow bed beside the fireplace . |
| 17 | The proposed guidelines allow for the established fell races to continue but with an upper limit on the number of competitors and , where necessary , agreed variations to the route to avoid vulnerable areas . |
| 18 | The best we can do is to establish a habit of " challenge " since this allows the old idea to continue but at the same time attaches some doubt and dissatisfaction to it . |
| 19 | He had always been confident that Fibres would survive even during its darkest days : ‘ Parts of our business are volatile and people are used to reacting quickly and decisively — that is what we had to do but on a very big scale and at very considerable cost . ’ |
| 20 | The trails have been designed to be fun to do but with an education purpose leading children around the museum . |
| 21 | There were so many things to do but at the back of her mind she knew she would never do any of them . |
| 22 | The cause of this loss is difficult to determine but in the absence of any definite illness or fear or inhibition it may come from purposelessness ; but once there is equilibrium , then enthusiasm will increase as part of the development of the whole being . |
| 23 | This result suggests that the high response rate was not caused by selection of patients likely to respond but by the treatment modification . |
| 24 | But their two aims conflicted because on the one hand they 're trying to protect production and to allow erm er capit private enterprise and capitalism to develop but on the other hand they 're erm trying to redistribute all the land er because the May the fourth directive was n't going far enough , they , they needed to be more severe upon landlords |
| 25 | Only even I could n't have known there 'd be nowhere to stay but at the Hall ! |
| 26 | Maybe average 1.5->2 is a tough number of points to get BUT over the 6 games 3 wins ( Scum/Hammers/Arse ) and the rest draws ( QPR/Newc/Norw ) is just what we need ! ! ! |
| 27 | Accordingly , we can say that the academic community stands in a direct relationship to research but in an indirect relationship to higher education . |
| 28 | Thereafter cells continued to proliferate but at a diminished rate ( possibly because of cell to cell contact ) . |
| 29 | Owing to the provisions of the Trade Disputes Act 1906 C could not rely upon a simple conspiracy to injure but in the House of Lords it was held that he was entitled to succeed on the ground of intimidation . |
| 30 | Michael Stein opened his mouth to reply but at the last minute , ever the professional , bit back a pithy retort . |