Example sentences of "[noun prp] but [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With non-ionic detergents they have the safety characteristics of QACs but have better performance and do not affect beer head retention . |
| 2 | He sent reviews to Record Mirror ( occasionally under the nom-de-plume Sheridan Whitehead ) and the NME but achieved little success . |
| 3 | He ends up with the non-voice of Mark Knopfler but given that gentleman 's sales figures ( Dire Straits ' Brothers In Arms was the UK 's best-selling album of the 1980s ) Geldof will hardly complain about the comparison . |
| 4 | Seth had been defeated by Horus but took legal action to establish his claim to the throne of Osiris by bringing his case before the nine gods of Heliopolis . |
| 5 | ( On Aug. 13 the Abidjan appeals court freed Kacou but ordered that Koffi should serve the remainder of his sentence , until Sept. 7 . ) |
| 6 | By King James 's will , she is made Regent but forfeits that position by marrying the Earl of Angus . |
| 7 | Fellowship Afloat have the use of Dawn , a fully-rigged barge , until the end of April but need another vessel to see them through until September . |
| 8 | He had always been pleased when she had called on him in London but made little effort to visit her in Carshalton . |
| 9 | The national debate concerning Canada 's constitutional future — particularly Quebec 's role within it — which had been under way since the collapse in June 1990 of the Meech Lake Accord [ see pp. 37519-20 ] , continued in June but showed some evidence of a greater willingness to compromise by both the separatist French minority and the English-speaking majority . |