Example sentences of "but [verb] a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But given a better switch and pots , and a beefier bridge pickup , old blue would n't fall far short of the maximum . |
| 3 | It is easy enough to see why this bird has no need for the power of flight , but found a greater advantage in allowing its wings to become efficient paddles . |
| 4 | Pérez promised , however , to promote closer co-operation with the DEA which had opened a branch office in the western city of Maracaibo , but maintained a smaller presence there than in neighbouring countries . |
| 5 | Chelsea Harbour , situated further upstream , towards the west end of the city , is much smaller , with only 60 alongside berths , but has a higher profile by being an on-the-water platform for boats during the London Boat Show . |
| 6 | Split peas are either yellow or green ; the green variety is more difficult to find but has a fuller flavour than the yellow and is therefore worth looking out for . |
| 7 | It was an essential part of the peace settlement package but has a wider significance than just between the parties . |
| 8 | Company 1 does have lower costs but has a flatter experience curve than the declining price schedule . |
| 9 | Risky looks the pick on form but suffered a harder race than ideal at Sandown last time , and it may be worth taking a chance with Snipe Hall a real pork pie among the caviar here from the minor league stable of Melton Mowbray trainer John Wharton . |
| 10 | Risky looks the pick on form but suffered a harder race than ideal at Sandown last time , and it may be worth taking a chance with Snipe Hall a real pork pie among the caviar here from the minor league stable of Melton Mowbray trainer John Wharton . |
| 11 | Some of these topics have been touched on in S1 and S2 but receive a fuller treatment in the Standard Grade course . |
| 12 | The ELISA technique proved far less sensitive for identification of ulcerative colitis patients in inflammatory bowel disease but showed a higher specificity than did the indirect immunofluorescence assay . |
| 13 | This means that you will pay no more than you would on a normal low cost endowment but get a larger lump sum surplus at the end of the mortgage term . |
| 14 | Outside this was a citadel , fortified like the inner bailey , but containing a greater number of buildings . |
| 15 | As a result , the United States delegation at the Second Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law ( CIDIP 2 ) , held in Montevideo in 1979 , secured the adoption of an Additional Protocol , limited to service of documents but containing a fuller treatment of that topic drawing inspiration from some aspects of the Hague Convention . |
| 16 | Television , both BBC 's coverage for 20 years and ITV 's for the past five , not only attracted lucrative sponsorships but developed a greater interest among the young . |
| 17 | The ANC and its allies modified earlier demands for a two-thirds majority , proposing a 70 per cent majority for most decisions but conceding a higher majority , of 75 per cent , for a bill of rights . |
| 18 | ‘ I ask myself every hour now if we might not have held him and still drawn off well enough if I had but kept a better watch on the road to Shrewsbury . |
| 19 | In this case , if the Altimeter is correct , then do n't use the glide path , continue the descent at the planned rate , but use a higher decision height . |
| 20 | Salaries in commerce and industry are good , but to get a better picture of the sort of pay that you could expect , look through the Law Society 's Gazette and the national press where prospective employers advertise available posts . |
| 21 | The development of the brilliant cut supposedly under the patronage of Cardinal Mazarin during the seventeenth century intensified the effect of diamonds , but entailed a greater loss . |
| 22 | This meant that criminal laws were clarified and in some countries codified , as both Beccaria and Bentham advocated , but leaving a greater degree of flexibility and judicial discretion than either would have found congenial . |
| 23 | The Act was passed in response to the situation of conflict which had developed between fascists and anti-fascists in the East End , but had a wider purpose — to exert greater social control through increased police powers and the threat to public order posed by political extremism in general . |
| 24 | To me the mist seemed like a veil of a moslem bride that is used not to hide but to reveal a subtler beauty to the lover . |
| 25 | The interpretation of the courts advanced in the second chapter of this book accepts many of the arguments put forth by these scholars , but provides a fuller model of judicial behaviour which is historical as well as functional . |
| 26 | An antagonism between early performance and resistance to ageing can occur if prolonged growth during the pre-adult period elevates juvenile mortality but yields a longer-lived adult . |
| 27 | Certain people , perhaps because they were friendly with one doctor but held a higher opinion of the professional ability of the other , took to carrying cards in their pockets which gave the relevant instructions in case they should find themselves too far gone to claim the doctor they wanted . |
| 28 | 12.50:HOT favourite Baydon Star bolted up at Aintree last time , but faces a stiffer task and should be opposed at short odds . |
| 29 | After yesterday 's case Shepherd said : ‘ Flash is now recovering but faces a further operation . ’ |
| 30 | These plastic well casings are not only cheaper but have a greater number of slots cut in them than steel easings . |