Example sentences of "[verb] but [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In mid-1990 , martial law was formally lifted but the security clampdown remains currently in force . |
| 2 | None of the crew was injured but the fire engine was scratched and dented . |
| 3 | ( Sometimes a little of the pre-stall buffet can be felt but the glider levels out all right . ) |
| 4 | I 've not had time to celebrate but the champagne corks will be popping on Sunday night if we beat Leigh . |
| 5 | If a preferred way of delivering a service can not be met but the care manager feels it is an unreasonable demand , the department advises it should not be recorded as an unmet need by as an unmet preference . |
| 6 | ‘ It is not a police matter but an immigration matter , and he is being interviewed , ’ a Home Office spokesman said . |
| 7 | Five years ago rugby club chiefs were in favour of selling but the cricket club committee was firmly against . |
| 8 | These are just two reasons why an environmental impact survey is needed but the planning committee have not considered this . |
| 9 | Where maturation is not synchronous , clinical signs may not occur but the adult worm burdens which develop can play a significant epidemiological role by contributing to pasture contamination in the spring . |
| 10 | Update Baseline may be used in two modes : either as a means of checking which packages will be affected , in which case a single log file will be produced but the LIFESPAN database will be left unaltered ; or to implement any changes which are identified , in which case two log files will be produced , detailing the processing carried out and the approver 's involvement . |
| 11 | A substantial part of the industrial land has been developed but the job yield has been far below initial expectations . |
| 12 | Mr Perelman and Shearson will not comment but a share sale to the Revlon chairman could increase the upheaval within Shearson . |
| 13 | A number of peripheral sites for large-scale house building were designated but the policy commitment to the inner area was explicit : |
| 14 | He had tried to sleep but the gambling sailors made too much noise . |
| 15 | The machine keeps increasing the numbers it has to divide but the answer line does not change . |
| 16 | And the gardener there was always a permanent gardener but he was he had enough to do but the estate men would be sent up to clear that . |
| 17 | An answer by return would be appreciated but a phone call will do ; you can contact me on Garstang ( 0995 ) 604755 after 5 p.m. most evenings . |
| 18 | It may be technical and difficult to understand but no policy area is more important for poor people . |
| 19 | The original stress may have disappeared but the anxiety symptoms are maintained by a vicious circle of catastrophic thoughts and maladaptive behaviour . |
| 20 | Today the trees have gone but the lead cast of the Stephen Tomlin sculpture of her head stares out from the garden towards the marshes . |
| 21 | The old general store had gone but the shade thorn tree was still there , bewildered by its surround of concrete pavement . |
| 22 | The amount of detail described by the computer model may vary but the contract activities must be split into sufficiently small parts to allow realistic analysis and modelling of all the significant relationships between different parts of the works . |
| 23 | ‘ Great fun to watch but a logistics exercise ’ . |
| 24 | Most of the plates bear one or two scratched numbers of the reverse : their meaning has not yet been identified but a research student from the Rijksmuseum has made a detailed survey of them and will be publishing his findings in the journal Print Quarterly at a future date . |
| 25 | The trial continued but the newspaper coverage did not . |
| 26 | I had never previously been to a race where this had happened but the race jury undoubtedly made the right decision . |
| 27 | His thick lips chuckled but the goatee beard crushed the effect of the smile , imparting an air of superiority to the epicene face . |
| 28 | Woodhall Farm This major application has again been submitted but the Village Association has lodged an objection . |
| 29 | Woodhall Farm This major application has again been submitted but the Village Association has lodged an objection . |
| 30 | Third , to deal with mineral workings where the working itself has ceased but the planning consent still remains outstanding . |