Example sentences of "but [prep] [art] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are some gaps in the surviving records , but for no earlier period , and for no later period before the nineteenth century , can the social fabric of the capital be charted in such a comprehensive way . |
| 2 | We will deal briefly with these in turn , but for a fuller account the reader is recommended to Walker ( 1975 ) . |
| 3 | Their always is that question but for a cleaner bus and city centre there is a bill to pay |
| 4 | Two years ago the same thing had happened , but for a shorter time . |
| 5 | But for the higher rate taxpayer aged under 65 , there will be an increased tax charge of £6.13 a week or about £319 . |
| 6 | They were also prepared to work together , sharing expertise and developing resources and techniques for continuous improvement , not for individual company gain but for the greater benefit of Scotland . |
| 7 | We are struggling tonight to achieve the first tentative step in Britain 's planning , not for two or three years hence , but for the better part of a decade hence , and to achieve at King 's Cross the equivalent of what has been under construction for several years at Lille . |
| 8 | This defence of Marxism carries over , however , to a critique of Modernism itself : not merely for the fact that Nietzsche attaches ‘ importance ’ to art but for the further claim ascribed to him , and therefore to Modernism itself , that ‘ the nature of aesthetic experience contains in nuce the form of understanding proper to the world itself ( p. 66 ) . |
| 9 | Low value consignments are easily covered by this facility , but for the haulier carrying a more valuable load , such as video equipment or other luxury consumer durables , additional cover has to be taken . |
| 10 | These interventions , associated with the Keynesian revolution in economic thinking which called for the state to become involved in maintaining the level of aggregate demand in the economy through the use of budgetry policies , have been seen not as a triumph of democratic struggle but as a further example of the use of the state as an instrument of the interests of the ruling class . |
| 11 | The taxi driver speaks no English and I spend a fraught moment or two wondering whether he has understood that I do n't want to go to Keflavik , but after the shorter tour of Reykjavik we arrive . |
| 12 | Some workmen digging a grave inside the parish church uncovered a lead anthropoid coffin inside of which was the body of a lad ‘ … laying in a liquor , or pickle , somewhat resembling mushroom catchup , but of a paler complexion , and somewhat thicker in consistance ’ , according to Dr T. White of Colchester who , together with Dr Gower of Chelmsford , had been invited by the rector , the Revd de l'Angle , and the churchwarden , Lewis Disney Ffytche of Danbury Place , to examine the coffin . |
| 13 | but of a gentler kind |
| 14 | Ultrasonic waves are sound waves but of a higher frequency ( pitch ) than the human ear can hear . |
| 15 | In ( 79 ) it is not just the action itself which is asserted : ( 79 ) He had a singular red cap on — not like a sailor 's cap , but of a finer colour ; and as the few yielding planks between him and destruction rolled and bulged , and his anticipative death-knell rung , he was seen by all of us to wave it . |
| 16 | AN Englishwoman who went to Canada in search of the son she believes could have been murdered has been told that a body recovered from a lake at the weekend was not that of her son , but of an older man . |
| 17 | Shakespeare 's Hamlet is equally rooted in the soil of the incest-complex , but under a better disguise . |
| 18 | Under the care of this gentleman he remained near a week ; when , not finding that relief he hoped for , Dr Scott was requested to assist Dr Crawford , but with no better success , for notwithstanding the united efforts of these eminent physicians , the fevers and faintings encreased [ sic ] till they ended in delirium and death on the 21st , being seventeen days after the first attack ’ . |
| 19 | There has been extensive work on the psychology of language ( Campbell and Smith , 1976 ; Gerver and Sinaiko , 1978 ) , but with a greater emphasis on language as an interpersonal communication vehicle rather than language as a supporter of thinking . |
| 20 | The committee 's policy was in many respects akin to that just being abandoned by the Communist Party , but with a greater syndicalist content . |
| 21 | But with a greater willingness to let in somebody — a relative , best friend or counsellor — at least two little boys would n't have to face the future without a father . |
| 22 | While the native people were fairly evenly distributed across Siberia from west to east ( but with a greater concentration in the south than in the north ) , the distribution of the incomer population from west of the Urals was always very uneven . |
| 23 | People like us , I suppose , but with a bigger dose of ignorance and superstition . |
| 24 | After a few modifications had been made , based on Frank 's own playing requirements , this model emerged as a bastard offspring of the Saber — the family lineage basically intact , but with a wilder spirit and some distinctly antipodean overtones . |
| 25 | All new patterns , but with a wider selection of weights of yarn for all seasons suitability and with styles from the simplest and most stylish to high-drama pieces for electronics . |
| 26 | Also included in the IFM recommendations are a national angling centre with teaching facilities and offices and continuing the use of Anglers Consultative Associations but with a wider range of representaion of angling interests . |
| 27 | Factory wages enabled young men and women to become economically independent of their families and some of them broke away completely , but most town dwellers maintained their family connections and were careful to preserve links not only with their immediate relatives but with a wider range of kin . |
| 28 | While Arbuthnot was tactful and exceedingly good-natured , Harriett was equally discreet but with a sharper mind . |
| 29 | If any have not generated this message , and the main image is not running , stop the image you started prior to the one which has failed and restart both , but with a longer wait in between . |
| 30 | Labour 's victory , widely predicted but with a smaller swing than they had hoped for , essentially ruled out any chance of a snap poll . |