Example sentences of "but [prep] [art] [noun sg] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Japanese friends wonder at my passion , because he is not very well known and not very successful , though when he visited Paris with his fellow sumotori he was at once called ‘ the Japanese Alain Delon ’ — to my mind , an insult to my hero , but for a while that kind of adulation seemed to give him a little of the confidence he needed , and on his return to Japan he delighted me by winning an unusually high number of contests . |
| 2 | Examples of this phenomenon will be discussed later with respect to monarchical attitudes , but for the present some general words of explication are necessary . |
| 3 | Both had irascible temperaments , but for the moment all was well . |
| 4 | But for the moment these designs remain just that : the experts are still trying to sort out the answers that chickens have given them and , until they do , can not finalise a commercial prototype for improved cages . |
| 5 | We saw a few small birds flitting away from the roadside , but for the moment these had to remain unidentified ‘ little brown jobs ’ . |
| 6 | There were other possibilities but for the moment these seemed the most plausible . |
| 7 | BANGOR finished with a flourish , but for an hour this First Trust Senior Cup tie was as dreary and depressing as the weather . |
| 8 | Because of the constraints of space , the number of guests had to be severely limited but during the afternoon more visitors were invited to look around the Lodge and see for themselves this latest jewel in the Association 's welfare crown . |
| 9 | The minimum temperature six Celsius , that 's forty three Fahrenheit , Wednesday starting cloudy with some further patchy light rain or drizzle in places , but during the afternoon most parts becoming dry and a little brighter . |
| 10 | But as a result many West Germans no longer saw the Soviets as a threat and there were growing signs of resentment about Kohl 's pro-US policy and the presence of NATO forces in Germany . |
| 11 | At first it looked like a perfectly routine maintenance operation but as a precaution those in the tunnel were evacuated and the heavy steel doors at the eastern end barred and locked . |
| 12 | Opals occur in several parts of North America but as a rule these are only of common , non-precious character . |
| 13 | But after a century this ‘ artificial ’ system had created a political life and interests of its own which were strong enough to resist its replacement . |
| 14 | They were simple at first , like Poynder Terrace , but towards the end such houses as Manor Terrace were generous in accommodation and well constructed . |
| 15 | But despite the success each battle is a David and Goliath affair and success depends upon the work of a few dedicated people . |
| 16 | Because this guitar is so strummable , but a pig to keep level , I 'm tempted to suggest that maybe Paul Chandler should make another instrument with the same hardware , neck dimensions and action , but with a body that better counteracts the imbalance . |
| 17 | But with the wind this way it 's next to impossible . ’ |
| 18 | These people should be supportive of animal welfare , of course , but with the understanding that being in support of animal welfare is perfectly consistent with utilising animals for human preferences and interests . |
| 19 | But with the recognition that ‘ Be aware ’ prescribes responding from all relevant viewpoints , the judgement changes to condemnation of the massacres as objectively wrong on the grounds that to be moved against Hitler and on behalf of his victims would be the reaction of anyone , including Hitler himself , who responded impartially from the viewpoints of both . |
| 20 | But along the way most activists realized the futility of trying to struggle with no funds and impossible odds . |
| 21 | But in a sense such criticism misses the point , for Napoleon III and his prefect were well aware of the nature of Parisian society as it then existed and wished to take account of it . |
| 22 | Berlin was a potential ‘ flash-point ’ and few believed that Germany could remain divided forever , but in a sense both sides were satisfied with what they held : Russia had its defence glacis in the East ; America had given confidence and protection to Western Europe through Marshall aid and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ( NATO ) . |
| 23 | The cliches may well be deliberate , but in a way this only makes them even more tiresome . |
| 24 | But in a country such as Yugoslavia , which has a ‘ structural ’ disequilibrium in its balance of payments because of past mistakes and accumulated debts , the price of foreign exchange which would bring current demand and supply into equilibrium might be so high as to be very painful to some well-entrenched interests . |
| 25 | The distinction between those cases and this is that the lawyer for the other can immediately attack the one — there is somebody there to protect the reputation of each defendant who is in the court — but in a case such as that which has affected my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Leicester , West , there is no such opportunity to defend oneself . |
| 26 | He then uses much the same repertory of colours and patterns and fin displays as he did for aggression , but in a female these trigger a series of different responses that eventually culminates in the laying of eggs . |
| 27 | But in a language such as Arabic , where gender distinctions are reflected not only in nouns and pronouns but also in the concord between these and their accompanying verbs and adjectives , the resulting structures would clearly be much more cumbersome than in English . |
| 28 | The flanks of both the male and female carry a large area of colour which might be anything from bright pink to pale mauve , but in every case this colouring is far more intense in the male . |
| 29 | In neither country were these created in the larger urban areas , but in the principality this only meant a few heavily populated areas in south Wales . |
| 30 | Licensing hours on weekdays for public houses and bars vary throughout the city , but in the centre most are open from 11.00 to midnight , some even later . |