Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [art] [adj] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Softened water may feel like a luxury but , it 's a real necessity for you , your family and your home . |
| 2 | What then do I do with a capable but unproductive pupil ? |
| 3 | I ca n't swear to the following but the headmaster said Basil was undoubtedly a gentleman , but he 'd rather not have his brother in case he turned out the same . |
| 4 | Let us hope for the best but be prepared for the worst . |
| 5 | He does n't react to the negative but takes positive steps to be successful . |
| 6 | From there the single line emerged onto the road , and along one side of it the train to West Cork would puff and blow at a brisk but not incautious pace , its smoke staining the leaves of the roadside trees , the guard ringing his bell almost without stop until they were approaching Carrigrohane and could reasonably expect to be out of range of busy pedestrians , excited children , and messenger boys on bicycles plaguing the engine-driver by trying to outspeed him . |
| 7 | ‘ He did not paint in the ghastly but important details then . |
| 8 | In Dean v Prince [ 1954 ] 1 Ch 409 , at 419 , Lord Evershed MR said that the most obvious case of mistake would be if the valuer omitted altogether to take account of some substantial asset or made a serious arithmetical miscalculation in regard to a single but material part of the whole process . |
| 9 | Stern 's ironic and humane gaze can stand as a tiny but glowing symbol of everything that Britain gained from his generation of migrants . |
| 10 | FRONTED by Fiona Armstrong and Michael Wilson , GMTV promises its potential 40 million viewers it will ‘ inform and entertain in a popular but authoritive way ’ . |
| 11 | Each competitor will play as an individual but score as a team over two 45-minute games . |
| 12 | If the memory of the association of a given flavour with illness can be taken to be more important than the memory that the flavour has also been experienced without harmful consequences , then the latter memory would interfere after a short but not after a long retention interval . |
| 13 | He could get into a stable but was unable to get out . ’ |
| 14 | Bloody hell , I 'd even settle for a monthly but Punch should n't be allowed to just expire . |
| 15 | It 's very good to compare how people see you , because if for example , your score came out we 'll say at a hundred but you work mainly with adapters , the innovators who were up here , they 're going to think that you 're an adapter . |