Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( This is how the story is recorded in Luke 13:6–9 , where the fig tree stood for the self-righteous people , such as the Pharisees , who made a great show of their religion but produced few results . |
| 2 | Inventories and investment in new capital goods are treated by flexible accelerator processes from the demand side but play little role in supply ; |
| 3 | We shall start again with a resistive ring but make two modifications . |
| 4 | It was not invincible in the show ring but won many championships . |
| 5 | This was the last day of these services , and there is talk of reviving them at some time in the future but using modern Sprinter units . |
| 6 | Interviewed on television on Nov. 21 , the South Korean Defence Minister , Lee Jong-koo , said that the two sides had agreed on " considerably intensified measures " to halt the North 's nuclear programme but denied any plan to use military force . |
| 7 | ‘ The League has a duty to support and encourage every club but lending any club money is clearly outside its remit . ’ |
| 8 | He was a fervent high-churchman but abhorred any association between the high-church wing of the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church . |
| 9 | Normally someone at or near the scene would be brewing tea but Dalgliesh had-no intention of using the washroom even to boil a kettle until the scene of crime officer had done his work . |
| 10 | Adjudication officers are employees in the relevant Department but exercise independent judgment on claims in making decisions within their province . |
| 11 | The victims , Pauline Leyshon and Ivor Stokle escaped from the car but suffered horrific burns . |
| 12 | He had a brilliant technical mind but found little time for people . |
| 13 | Benjamin heard the faint crackling in the undergrowth but took one look at me and gave up any idea of pursuit . |
| 14 | Colette led 5–3 in the first set tie break but lost 4 points in a row to give the Americans their third consecutive set of the tournament . |
| 15 | Terry Bickers left The House Of Love to rise to autonomous heights with Levitation but bungles total accomplishment on vocal ability only . |
| 16 | ‘ They need labour but want foreign labourers to be invisible . ’ |
| 17 | A wide variety of things could be construed as ‘ approaching ’ violence but to use that expression while condemning the violence of the previous day and to do so in a critique of Paisley while failing to mention the Cromac Square rioters is to exaggerate . |
| 18 | In municipal elections held on Dec.1 , the ruling Patriotic Accord ( AP ) alliance of the left-wing Movement of the Revolutionary Left ( MIR ) and the right-wing Democratic Nationalist Alliance ( ADN ) won the largest percentage of the total vote but lost political control in three departments and some major cities . |
| 19 | He took food by mouth but passed 5–8 motions a day and probably absorbed little of it . |
| 20 | It decided to question the validity of the Regulations in proceedings for judicial review but to avoid adverse publicity which might arise if it was the only building society failing to pay in accordance with the Regulations and to avoid the danger of being charged penalties , it paid three instalments as required by the Regulations but without prejudice to its right to recover those sums if it was correct in its contention that the Regulations were void . |
| 21 | S. Mary 's Church in Stralsund was in fair condition but needed considerable repair . |
| 22 | In our own project we have seen no alternative but to see local people as part of the working-class , exploited more than many of their fellows elsewhere by their social , economic and cultural environment in the centre of a large city , whose economy is shaky and uncertain in Britain 's present stage of development . |
| 23 | I am left with no alternative but to seek legal advice on this matter which I believe has been taken for one reason and one reason only — that is to discourage the importation of fish to secure employment in the Grampian area . ’ |
| 24 | Powershift and semi-powershift transmissions allow clutchless shifting over entire gear range but absorb more engine power than conventional gearboxes . |
| 25 | Observance of the custom is encouraged by social recognition and enforced not by law but buy social disapproval of its breach that may include exclusion , avoidance and other informal sanctions . |
| 26 | Thus , pupils moving around the system can enhance a school 's provision if it is a net gainer but cause severe problems very quickly if it is a net loser . |
| 27 | The right-wing Republican Party won less than 1 per cent in the state overall but won two seats in Hannover , where the SPD suffered a serious setback , and two others in Delmenhorst . |
| 28 | The aim of marking is , of course , not just to assign a number to a piece of work but to give constructive feedback so that the students ' work steadily improves . |
| 29 | She wore no make-up but had classic features , a straight nose , full lips and fine eyes . |
| 30 | The 20V8 shares the same architecture but has more input pins . |