Example sentences of "but [art] [adj] [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But the Ordovician agnathans Astraspis and Eriptychius were originally associated with heterostracans because the skeleton was made of aspidin ( acellular bone ) , a condition regarded by some as primitive and by others as derived .
2 The trust at this stage had not one penny to its name but the Historic Buildings Council came forward with a ninety per cent grant for emergency works .
3 I do not want only Monktonhall , but the 100 years worth of coal which stretches to Musselburgh bay to be developed .
4 In 1627 Schütz composed Martin Opitz 's German adaptation of Rinuccini 's old Dafne libretto ( see p. 271 ) for the wedding of a Saxon princess at Hartenfels , near Torgau , but the Thirty Years War was no time for the birth of German opera and Schütz 's score is lost .
5 For Bedfordshire , Hickson and Jacques agreed to discuss a variety of difficulties with Baines but the rural areas scheme was not adopted formally by the county council until mid-June 1940 — the last LEA to approve the scheme .
6 Agents will always be making mistakes , and some agents will be making larger mistakes than others , but the rational expectations hypothesis stipulates that these mistakes should , on average over time , cancel each other out .
7 But the Federal Communications Commission has recognised that mirror equivalence is an entirely unrealistic standard because telecommunications systems , markets and regulatory regimes are constantly evolving and can not be identical . ’
8 Underneath that I have another article to which was kicked out sometime later but I have it in here , it says , raid on Gdynia would surprise to Nazis to say refugees in Sweden tell how the non Germans cheered in the streets but the two refugees eye witnesses to the American Bombing Attack on Gdynia , October ninth , reported here that the raid caught the Germans by surprise and that non German workers stood in the streets and cheered amid terrific destruction .
9 His stable star will get the easy ground he needs at Ayr today , but the Friendly Hotels PLC Station Hotel Ayr Novice Chase also offers modest prizes considering the decent line-up .
10 Moves to organise an U17 County competition within the London Group were not unanimously supported ; but the four counties south of the Thames ( Surrey , Sussex , Kent and Hampshire ) intend to play informally as part of a progression towards colts county rugby .
11 But the civil rights organisation , Liberty , says the proposals would be unworkable and would violate the European Convention on Human Rights .
12 But the married couples allowance is unchanged .
13 Bill Gates has firmed up prices for Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT operating system , but the first ships date has moved off into the future again , and ‘ no later than ’ August 1 is the new target : according to Gates , in comments reported in PC Week , large corporate customers looking to upgrade from Windows 3 to NT will be able to do so for less than $100 per desktop — the upgrade price for Windows users will be $300 , which translates to $180 ‘ on the street ’ and less than ‘ $100 per system ’ after deep volume discounts , Gates told a meeting of the Corporate Association of Microcomputer Professionals in Chicago ; OS/2 users will be offered ‘ extremely low prices ; ’ NT 's suggested retail price for new — desktop — users will be $500 ; more bad news is that memory requirements are continuing to soar — Gates last week recommended that NT users install 16Mb on their desktop machines , even though the documentation may specify 12Mb — and no more than about 10% of 80486 machines have 16Mb ; servers could require more than 16Mb , he added ; initial NT buyers will need to have specific applications in mind for it — ‘ If you do n't know why you want NT , you probably do n't want NT , ’ he said .
14 But the fattening fields way down the arterial would have been hopeless .
15 In all but the smallest operations planning manifests itself as work schedules , by whatever name , be it cleaning rotas , cleaning schedules or similar .
16 In all but the smallest companies efficiency necessitates the delegation of authority to manage the business to a specialised management team .
17 The Germans made further , but limited assaults on the British coast , but the High Seas Fleet never again put to sea with the intention of engaging the Grand Fleet .
18 But the National Rivers Authority says that 's nonsense .
19 The heavy rain is now dying out , but the National Rivers Authority say flooding could occur in low lying areas as the water makes its way into smaller rivers .
20 But the National Rivers Authority said :
21 But the National Rivers Authority , which has investigated the site , says there 's nothing to fear .
22 In Gloucestershire the river severn 's level has dropped slightly , but the national rivers authority is being cautious about giving the all clear .
23 Consultations with various bodies have revealed that Welsh Water and the county highway authority do not object , but the National Rivers Authority want more time to consider the proposal , in view of proximity to the river .
24 No but the national accounts department is set up to deal with the head offices of of the key multiples and national accounts .
25 But the National Communications Union believes BT will be forced to introduce compulsory redundancies for the first time this year because it will be unable to find enough volunteers .
26 But the national securities regulator said it was unhappy about the deal over boardroom seats , whereby Mr Spalvins nominates four of the six directors at Bell Resources .
27 Rangers piled on the pressure in the last 15 minutes and an instinctive Mathers save kept out Mark Hateley but the big Rangers frontman had the final say after Dundee had been reduced to ten men .
28 There had been no express waiver by the United States in favour of Greece , but the Public Vessels Act allowed the United States to waive immunity in respect of a country which waives immunity for it .
29 But the whole police department is in on it .
30 I understand that the police resources are stretched , but a greater police presence in the town would go some way to discourage this sort of attack .
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