Example sentences of "but [pron] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A little spartan , ’ he ran his finger along the nearest buttress and examined the dust it collected , ‘ probably seen better days , but nothing a good lick of paint and a few ornaments would n't help to brighten up . |
| 2 | For Lebanon was run by the zaim ( or , more accurately , zuama ) , the ‘ leaders ’ , the powerful feudal chieftains whom the Lebanese would describe as ‘ honoured families ’ but whom the average Westerner would quickly identify as mafiosi . |
| 3 | You could have a family of maybe erm an older carer with a mentally handicapped son or daughter who receives various allowances , but whom the total income for that family is such that it is so low because of special circumstances , maybe the mother has to have special heating , or special diets , or whatever , as to be logical that we waive some or all of the charge . |
| 4 | Well no just the oh , yes it might be on that but I the early report |
| 5 | that 's why they have these on the end of them weapon with a yellow fork at the end , but even without that you still get lots of little bits of cardboard come out , its a cardboard wad inside its the same charge as a but its a cardboard box , cardboard blank inside |
| 6 | I must admit , weak option , but its an easy option . |
| 7 | Er now this is interesting because this is not a representative cross section of er , of women in Scotland , but its an average gathering together , not chosen for any reason other than some are interested er , some come from er no particular background , but sixty two of this hundred have said yes , they have been a victim of crime , those of you had said yes , what , what , what experiences have you had that made you say yes ? |
| 8 | OK , people can vent their frustrations … but its the same stuff being regurgitated over and over . |
| 9 | In its turn this superiority posed problems of collaboration with the allies — and indeed of the balance of forces between Romans and allies — which occasionally emerge from our sources ( for instance , Livy , 25.33.6 ) , but which no ancient writer analysed , not even Polybius . |
| 10 | Myths form a large part of poetry or music for they are the ancient background of man 's thoughts which the materialist world has spurned , but which a few poets and mystics have jealously guarded and preserved . |
| 11 | It might also have included woodland in which , again , the peasants could not graze their animals , but which the manorial lord would have used exclusively for his own purposes , including hunting . |
| 12 | Okay fair enough that 's the feeling but you the first bit , I 'm justifying the |
| 13 | Members of those cultures might , with some justification , argue that the distinction between language-systems and the state of the world is not simply a neutral , theoretical tool but itself an ideological weapon constructed within a dominant culture and serving the purposes of cultural and linguistic imperialism . |
| 14 | It would n't hurt for some of them throwing away but none the right size of course . |
| 15 | Chipping Campden — in all respects but one an unspoilt town on the edge of the Cotswolds . |
| 16 | The regime was fated to end badly for both participants — but whose the greater fault remains a matter for debate . |
| 17 | But there a braver adult , entering and pushing them aside , saw what was going on and drove them out of the train . |
| 18 | Goodey has not looked at it satisfactorily as far as I 'm concerned and as far as many of the scheme members are concerned , I mean he has concluded that the employers are still entitled to er do what they like with the surplus , the only thing that he recommends that they do it with the approval of the regulator himself , but he the other thing that the |
| 19 | But whatever the current price of the bond , the government will continue to pay the same fixed sum , year in , year out . |
| 20 | But whatever the current practice , the potential breadth of the provisions is clear . |
| 21 | But whatever the real significance of the plan 's extra-dramatic aspects , they hardly square with any talk of a " scholar 's conscience " . |
| 22 | Few symptoms are likely to be caused by cancer , but whatever the real cause the sooner you act , the better . |
| 23 | But whatever the symbolic significance of these ceremonies may have been , it is clear that in practice Henry still retained the reins of power . |
| 24 | Politicians in all countries would accept the proposition that the system should be designed to serve the people but whatever the political philosophy behind the system , the people always seem to be more its servants than its masters . |
| 25 | Gillespie suggests that there were other reasons , including the purely personal , but whatever the immediate causes , the 1872–3 strike was an underlying factor . |
| 26 | But whatever the exact chronology of Gloucester 's emergence as lord of the north , by the end of the decade the process was in effect complete . |
| 27 | But whatever the exact chronology of Gloucester 's emergence as lord of the north , by the end of the decade the process was in effect complete . |
| 28 | The actual time of the start is difficult to arrive at , and is not important , but whatever the historical facts may be , it can be taken as fairly certain that the misuse of religion had become well established at the time of the advent of Jesus Christ . |
| 29 | It goes under a variety of names such as sub-contracting , contracting-out , out-sourcing , cost-cutting , but whatever the favoured euphemism the end result is the same : the substitution of cheap labour for previously expensive labour . |
| 30 | But whatever the particular proportions cattle were generally good-sized , perhaps the result of the provision of reasonable grazing and implying successful husbandry . |