Example sentences of "but [prep] [num] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was appointed lector at the Oxford Franciscan convent , but in 1253 a dispute arose at his presentation to incept as a doctor of theology , the opponents of the friars challenging his eligibility , as he had not been a master of arts . |
| 2 | No more is known of this , and in 814 and 815 Canterbury received a number of royal land grants , but in 816 a synod at Chelsea attempted to challenge lay control of monasteries . |
| 3 | For example , in 1984 10 Carmelite nuns gained the support of the Archdiocese of Krakow to establish a convent just outside the walls of Auschwitz but in 1987 a number of leading Polish Catholics accepted that this was offensive to Jews and that the convent should be relocated . |
| 4 | The reference was not sexual ; but in 1932 a film about three New York gold-diggers — forerunner of the Gold Diggers series and other movies — was called The Greeks Had a Word for Them . |
| 5 | There were also 5 ( 6 were originally appointed but in 1988 a firm called Tullets dropped out ) ‘ inter-dealer brokers ’ . |
| 6 | After graduation I worked in London for a couple of years , but in 1985 a decision had to be made : my husband had just finished a sixmonth intensive training course at the Thatching Advisory Service in Berkshire . |
| 7 | But since 1961 a question has been asked to list all educational qualifications , and the General Household Survey and the cohort studies now provide additional information . |
| 8 | But at 1–60 a bottle ( half pint ) there 's not many who could afford to get scuttered on it . |