Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] but [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stamps got intercepted but the watch |
| 2 | The glass canopy , dating from when the property was used as a garage , and the existing facade would remain intact but the building behind would be demolished and rebuilt . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The implications of these terms are considered later but the use of terminology in this study text needs to be made clear at the outset . |
| 6 | British Telecom has 70,000 but the Post Office only 28,500 on the road , with 30,000 fork-lift trucks and other runabouts used only in sorting offices . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A 200 per cent increase looks huge but the base on which it is calculated may be small . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | At first sight , the filter circuit may appear conventional but the presence of the diode D1 is unconventional and it seems as though it is going to be switched off all the time anyway , the anode ( a ) always being at zero potential . |
| 11 | I reckon that high interest rates , falling stock and asset values together with mounting unemployment makes the kill all but a certainty . |
| 12 | At just over eight stone , she did not feel overweight but an addiction to crisps was putting cellulite on her thighs . |
| 13 | Both scored 24 but the rest of the night belonged exclusively to North and more specifically pace bowlers Alan Donnelly and Simon Corlett . |
| 14 | Lord Wilberforce sought to rebut this but the request clearly , in the minds of some , showed that the court was not independent or impartial . |
| 15 | You may not realize this but the name ‘ Grand Canyon ’ was actually one developed by DisneyWorld who own and run the place . |
| 16 | The world grows old but the Bastard Boy keeps his perfection . |
| 17 | Squid also inhabit deep water where the problem is not reflected light but the absence of light . |
| 18 | He makes it sound simple but the success speaks for itself . |
| 19 | ‘ We 're delighted that Dunlop have got involved but the tournament would have taken place no matter what . |
| 20 | Melissa made herself sound casual but the curiosity that Lou 's call had aroused was breaking through her lethargy . |
| 21 | The IMF prescription for debt-ridden economies — spend less , earn more — may sound healthy but a combination of all-out export drives and reduced government expenditure spells misery for the masses . |
| 22 | For example , a drunken woman was brought into the station one night after assaulting a policewoman and using very abusive language , something to be expected from gougers , but was allowed home uncharged after spending a night in the cells : she was even allowed to leave early enough in the morning to avoid all but the milkman from seeing her arrive home in a police vehicle . |
| 23 | This may sound complicated but the argument is very similar to that which Victor Turner employs when he comments on the liminality , or " betwixt and between " status , of persons who are engaged in any ritual process . " |
| 24 | It may sound nasty but a man would never look at some of those women she said , a lot of women deserved to be raped . |
| 25 | It may sound nasty but a man would never look at some of those women she said . |
| 26 | There are similar provisions in the County Court Funds ( Amendment ) Rules 1983 but the transfer to deposit will be after 14 days . |
| 27 | I wo n't bore you with the details of what happened next but the exercise was over and so was ‘ Daz 's ’ participation in the lesson . |
| 28 | The proceedings seem bizarre but the Church was not inconsistent . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , dear , ’ Fabia muttered , trying to look intelligent but an alternator meaning nothing to her . |
| 30 | Lloyd made 52 but the rest of the batting disappointed , and , with rain reducing the game to fifty overs each , West Indies managed only 179 . |