Example sentences of "but [verb] [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | But given heavy doses of baking soda he began to recover , and was perfectly normal three days later . |
| 2 | For better or worse , he also was instrumental in promoting the blockbuster exhibition , notably the infamous ‘ Treasures of Tutankhamun ’ extravaganza of 1978 that attracted the public in droves but made tranquil enjoyment of a work of art an impossibility ( those who believe that the age of the rib-crushing blockbusters has ended , thanks in part to increased insurance costs , are herewith directed to the Museum of Modern Art 's current Matisse show — provided you have a ticket ) . |
| 3 | Situated in an elevated position in a peaceful area along a panoramic road , this pensione is only 800 yards from the shops and cafés of Malcesine 's town centre but offers beautiful views of the lake . |
| 4 | Politically speaking the issue of local autonomy and sovereignty scarcely ever arose : people recognized popular committees as valuable means of access to resources ; in their democratic aspect most educated Libyans thought of them as rhetorical devices , not really conferring power on a community , but representing curious elaborations of ideology in what was really a simple and straightforward problem of administration of services . |
| 5 | John 's address stressed that the Council was to be pastoral rather than dogmatic , thus distancing himself from his advisers , and endorsing the view , condemned by Cardinal Ruffini , that the task of the Council was not to proclaim new dogmas but to find new ways of expressing the old ( see Abbott , p. 710–19 ) . |
| 6 | She used a range of textbooks and workbooks ( but analysed large segments of text only — not short sections such as questions or exercises ) . |
| 7 | The firm is small , but covers six areas of work , namely crime , commercial and employment , litigation [ personal injury and landlord and tenant ] , matrimonial , probate and conveyancing . |
| 8 | Babies who are born normal , but encounter some form of birth trauma or injury are brain damaged , and the nature of their handicap will depend on the part of the brain affected . |
| 9 | The task of this example is not to play the game but to discover forced sequences of moves . |
| 10 | But expect five days of fast , highly tactical racing between Brussels and Mulhouse . |
| 11 | However , bullish and bearish money spreads can be combined to create a potential profit in a situation where the share price is not expected to move and in a situation where the price is expected to move but has equal probabilities of rising and falling . |
| 12 | The DVR Company currently leases the Buckfastleigh line to the South Devon Railway Trust at a peppercorn rent , but has overall control of the revenues from the cafe and bookshop as well as rents from the Butterfly Centre and Otter Sanctuary previously developed by them . |
| 13 | John could see some trivial improvements but deferred any mention of them . |
| 14 | Some sort of squash will do , but put some slices of apple and orange in , to make it look something special . ’ |
| 15 | It promised to discuss issues including better economic performance , ‘ democratic togetherness ’ , better goods , opportunities to travel and a healthy environment , but rejected any idea of reforming the system . |
| 16 | The Jones 's family are now rebuilding their lives , but hope better awareness of Meningitis with mean others wo n't suffer their pain . |
| 17 | This is a high-fibre , well-balanced diet , but allows substantial quantities of dairy products and bread , which your body may not be able to tolerate . |
| 18 | By comparison with other videoconferencing systems ( which have been known to take over whole rooms ) the surprisingly compact desktop VC7000 looks basic , but allows small groups of people to see each other and show documents and objects regardless of their location . |
| 19 | But let smaller pictures of God satisfy us and squeeze him out , and we are back on the easier road to cheap grace and nominal faith . |
| 20 | Therefore , producing the package rather than one product means the firm gains the economies of scope but loses some economies of scale in the product that it would have produced more intensively . |
| 21 | But consider other areas of the home . |
| 22 | Frodo , after all , is in contact with the Ring nearly all the time , but shows little sign of being corrupted . |
| 23 | Demand remained very weak in the UK , but showed faint signs of recovery in the USA and Australia . |
| 24 | The settlement houses were as active as before but showed little sign of expansion , indeed Toynbee Hall found it increasingly difficult to attract residents . |
| 25 | This group had no evidence of ulcer on endoscopy but showed varying degrees of gastritis . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Pemell 's publications were all in the vernacular , but showed some knowledge of Latin , and were derived from classical and contemporary learned authors , with a few references to his own experience . |
| 28 | The 3Å map was noisier but showed improved definition of side-chain electron density . |
| 29 | Matthew : Matthew follows Mark 's account very closely but includes two additions of his own : |
| 30 | Farley brings a serious , concert-platform manner to the songs , she does n't stick to soprano arias but includes some adaptations of choral numbers from Happy End and Berlin Requiem as well as Mrs Peachum 's ‘ Ballade von der Sexuellen Hörigkeit ’ . |