Example sentences of "but [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I was kind of forced into that because it was only bass and guitar and I was trying to do as much rhythm as I could , but stab a few notes in here and there to make it sound like there was more than there really was . |
| 2 | At the time of its production , Diaghilev was convinced that another truly Russian ballet was needed , traditional in essence but reflecting the revolutionary ideas of contemporary artists working in Russia as well as Paris . |
| 3 | I did zip the tent flap shut , but wasted no other time on housekeeping ; I would come back in daylight to tidy up and replace the stores I had used . |
| 4 | One further dimension to such a system is the possibility of " networking " a number of micros This involves the interconnecting of micros which retain their full power as independent computers but gain the additional ability of communicating with other computers in the network and having access to common files The result is analogous to a minicomputer with a number of terminals but with the big difference that each of the micros has its own processing power instead of sharing that of the mini . |
| 5 | By the development of the ward programme , the full potential of the resource will be realized ; but to plan an effective programme , the ward sister and staff need to be aware of the advantages and problems of bedside learning . |
| 6 | But eat a good breakfast we could not , being ‘ journey-proud ’ , as our old cook used to express our excited state … |
| 7 | Made without unnecessary extravagance but containing action , spectacle and visual magic , they are films that spring out of the native culture but articulate a broad vision that can ring chords wherever they are shown . |
| 8 | Education is seen to include some of this , but goes a long way beyond competence in application . |
| 9 | Incomes policies were first adopted in the UK in the late 1940s but became a regular feature during the 1960s . |
| 10 | This power had never been previously used , but became a key element in the plan to save Hector 's dolphin through the establishment of a marine mammal sanctuary around Banks Peninsula . |
| 11 | The glitzy building — boasting an address on Bishopsgate , now one of the City 's favoured streets — was opened just three years ago but became an obvious target once the bank needed to put the family silver up for auction to improve its financial standing . |
| 12 | Sir William dealt with this in his own typical fashion , hanging three Douglas ringleaders there and then , but demanding a like example to be made of the Hamiltons , which was scarcely equitable , since the Douglases had started it all and were three times as numerous as their hereditary foes . |
| 13 | A story which focuses on those aspects of ‘ family ’ , which family photography has deselected , but transforms the ordinary things every mother has seen — a wet bed ( as above ) , a bloody nose ( ‘ Emmett 's Bloody Nose ’ 1985 ) , candy cigarettes ( ‘ Candy Cigarette ’ 1989 ) into a technically and philosophically complex narrative . |
| 14 | G-7 ministers meeting separately on Sept. 19 had pledged to restore " stable " exchange rates but recommended no concrete measures amid reports that Germany had refused to lower its interest rates to ease pressure on European currencies . |
| 15 | Kermode felt Limb would have to be greeted but recommended a low-key approach . |
| 16 | 30 June 1989 found most of the battalion not on guard in bearskins and tunics , but enjoying the last day of a fortnight 's shooting on the ranges at Salisbury Plain , on ISAAC . |
| 17 | First is a simple reductionist view , which would neglect the way in which culture not only shapes but constitutes the vast mass of human behaviour . |
| 18 | The 19-year-old keeper had kept a clean sheet in his four previous games but got a rude awakening against a Newcastle side that can do no wrong . |
| 19 | Indeed , Irish people have sought survival elsewhere , and people often left this country because they did not wish to stay in the slums of London , Birmingham or Liverpool but sought a better life in Australia or elsewhere . |
| 20 | But given a better switch and pots , and a beefier bridge pickup , old blue would n't fall far short of the maximum . |
| 21 | The Humanist stress on the importance of the word was not only redoubled but given a special orientation by the Reformation-which experienced its supreme crisis , the Diet of Worms , in 1521 , four months before Josquin 's death . |
| 22 | The choice of subjects to study — systems of domination , collusion and exclusion — may be value-laden ; but given the wide-ranging dispositions of elite studies , it seems best characterized as the favoured method of anti-utopian ‘ realists ’ , whether of the left , right or centre . |
| 23 | But given the volcanic climate of November 's stars , something fairly dramatic and transformative is about to ensue . |
| 24 | Again there are too few patients who fall into the category of significant changs in body weight to permit valid conclusions but given the limited information , this did not seem to influence these results . |
| 25 | Er , but having said that I mean I have a sweet five year old daughter and I would n't change her for anything , but given the second chance I would n't do it again . |
| 26 | That it never seems boring is due first , of course , to the richness of the youthful Mozart 's music ; but given the fantastical convolutions of the story even that might not be enough . |
| 27 | But given the fixed level of those overall resources , the inevitable result has been a reduction in resources for the remainder of the school population . |
| 28 | But given the recent decline in numbers of tenured black academics , falling Ph.Ds , retention , enrolment , and grade point averages among black students , and a decreased political commitment to their education , there are unlikely to be widespread , long-term improvements in black students ' , professors ' , and professionals ' positions in psychology . |
| 29 | Sceptics may baulk at such an idea , but given the attested presence of such equally implausible-sounding objects as a block of portable eighteenth-century soup ( ex Captain Cook ) , Inuit seal-gut underwear , African cobweb hats and other equally exotic objects , the concept of dressed fleas may seem more acceptable . |
| 30 | There 's no hit here , but given the right bullshit production she could stick out the next ‘ Damn I Wish Etc ’ . |