Example sentences of "but [noun prp] was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Austen Chamberlain and Salisbury were the nominal leaders , but Churchill was the moving spirit , and delivered a prepared private oration lasting over an hour . |
| 2 | It is likely that Pak would have been more amenable to the Russians than Kim but Kim was the tougher of the two and had the opportunities , which he fully exploited . |
| 3 | But Sidney was the nearest town . |
| 4 | But Roper was the only Ballyshannon attacker to get his name on the score sheet , and when he failed to tie the game up with that late penalty the misery was complete for De La Salle . |
| 5 | But Hamburg was the last of the great glass train-sheds . |
| 6 | Training times were Tuesday and Thursday evenings , when lectures and weapon training was carried out , and sometimes night schemes , but Sunday was the main day and often this would be used to acquaint us with our weapons . |
| 7 | Further up the coast , in Burghead harbour , a boat was upset and three men perished ; two boats each with a crew of seven were also lost at Portessie and Avoch , but Stotfield was the only village to lose its entire fishing fleet , and the storm left 17 widows and 47 orphaned children . |
| 8 | But Joe was the strongest man in the village , and very soon Orlick , like the pale young gentleman , was lying on the ground . |
| 9 | Anne had hoped to wait outside the coal merchant 's office to see Kathleen , but Wednesday was the only day she was home early enough , and now there was never an opportunity . |
| 10 | This was precisely her own conclusion , but Jamie was the first man she 'd met who agreed with her . |
| 11 | ‘ But Jones was the real attraction , presumably . ’ |
| 12 | But Moira was the Sleeping Beauty . |
| 13 | But Kate was the first plain clothes police officer he had ever dealt with on a personal basis . |
| 14 | But Pinsent was the first to concede after the comprehensive three and a half lengths reverse : ‘ The best team won . |
| 15 | There was , nevertheless , an element of truth in both these allegations , but Wigg was the wrong man against whom to hurl such invective and he launched a libel action . |
| 16 | Gloucester 's reaction to this arrangement is unknown , but Lancashire was the one area of the north where Edward failed to endorse his power and the duke may well have resented his exclusion ; recent work has emphasized that he never entirely abandoned claims to grants which he had once held . |
| 17 | Gloucester 's reaction to this arrangement is unknown , but Lancashire was the one area of the north where Edward failed to endorse his power and the duke may well have resented his exclusion ; recent work has emphasized that he never entirely abandoned claims to grants which he had once held . |
| 18 | But Alice was the only one of the Pritchetts who had , from all accounts , risen above her station in life . |
| 19 | All the stars smoked in those days , but Henreid was the first to turn the habit to such sexual advantage . |
| 20 | Of the two wives of Jacob , whom spiritual writers regarded as the biblical types of the contemplative and active lives , Rachel was beautiful , but Liah was the fertile one . |