Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The king , however , replied that he intended to proceed against the rebels but offered a pardon to anyone who submitted before 7 January 1329 , except Henry Beaumont , Thomas Roscelin , William Trussell and Thomas Wyther , all of whom fled to France . |
| 2 | Everything had an Oriental feel to it , which was just right for this cool , tropical house , and the large rooms were not crowded with pieces but gave a feeling of tranquil , uncluttered space . |
| 3 | So far there 've been no prosecutions but following a period of grace the speeders will now be taken to court . |
| 4 | Their Lordships accepted that there was no general duty to provide reasons but attached a caveat , that if the preponderance of reasons pointed in favour of taking action and the Minister gave no explanation for taking a different course , the court would infer that he had no good reason and that he was misusing his authority . |
| 5 | We do not eat throughout the 24 hours but show a rhythm that is dominated by social factors and the structure of our day . |
| 6 | The players and officials enjoyed a cold buffet lunch in a marquee which also took two hours but included a number of speeches and a Loyal Toast . |
| 7 | The doctor refused to give her more sleeping tablets but scribbled a prescription for tranquillizers , which were increasingly prescribed for women like Clare , with symptoms of anxiety in stressful situations such as poverty , divorce , or bereavement ; women with marital problems and women who were out of work also found them helpful , although the pills did nothing to resolve the problem responsible for the initial anxiety . |
| 8 | The speech provides a perfect example of the way de Gaulle used language , not just to express opinions but to shape a fluid situation . |
| 9 | He kept a diary of his sex dreams but died a virgin . |
| 10 | An aggressively commercial approach was required not only to solve some short-term problems but to provide a record of profit that would possibly be attractive for future tender . |
| 11 | It is always salutary to question whether edicts are obeyed , and it is true that many of Charlemagne 's do not emphasize sanctions but assume a sense of shared moral responsibility throughout society . |
| 12 | He made £60 million as one of tennis 's biggest stars but lost a fortune in disastrous business deals . |
| 13 | For patients in the usual age group who present with symptomatic outflow obstruction and have ‘ incidental ’ well differentiated prostatic cancer confined to the gland , most urologists in Britain would perform a transurethral resection to relieve the symptoms but adopt a policy of watchful waiting regarding the cancer . |
| 14 | Green and Shepherd ( 1975 ) used the Semantic Differential ( a technique to examine how meaning is assigned to concepts ) to show that deaf children share major dimensions of meaning with hearing children but lack a factor concerning abstract meaning and have an additional one of sensory judgements based on vision and touch . |
| 15 | She maintained links with the Quakers but made a point of religious independence : ‘ As I am not a member of any community , no society can answer for my irregular conduct . ’ |
| 16 | Park City received 71cm of snow earlier in the week , a bonanza for recreational skiers but causing a headache for organisers who had already constructed a firm course from artificial snow . |
| 17 | Yesterday councillors agreed in principle to the options but gave a preference for the church activities because of traffic problems from the nursery . |
| 18 | One subject used a wide range of accident estimates but gave a risk rating of one at all 40 junctions . |
| 19 | Perhaps more interestingly , it indicated general practitioners ' overall high level of satisfaction with the quality of community health services but identified a wish for a much greater volume of services to be provided . |
| 20 | There was an uprising over the mine closures but closing a shipyard passes almost without comment . |
| 21 | But you need to strike a balance ; moving the scissors but leaving a pine cone or something to play with . |