Example sentences of "to [adj] but the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The FT-SE Index crashed nearly 14 points to 2691.7 but the fall had more to do with the Maastricht jitters than America 's new President . |
| 2 | In England in 1970 , there were 232 hospitals with 59,000 beds , an average of 250 beds per hospital ; in 1976 , the number of hospitals had risen to 275 but the numbers of beds had fallen to 53,000 , an average of under 200 beds per hospital . |
| 3 | It is a messy , complicated business dating back to 1985 but the essence of the charge is : |
| 4 | The establishment of the UK clearinghouse was one response to this but the British Library Research and Development Department itself , through its deliberations on its programme of research and development in user education , has to some extent been a co-ordinating influence , though with a low profile . |
| 5 | Michael did not reply to this but the Leader said : ‘ What if it is true ? ’ |
| 6 | There is no objection to this but the tenant should ensure that the person so appointed is suitably qualified to enable him to carry out his functions in a proper and responsible manner . |
| 7 | The public is entitled to use the highway for passage and repassage from one place to another but the extent to which this gives an unrestricted right to hold a moving demonstration on the highway is doubtful . |
| 8 | Scales are not usually given except as scale bars with units varying from one to another but the main chart is approximately 1:239,300 and the Caledonian Canal is in the order of 1:80,000 . |
| 9 | President said , ‘ Progress is generally a slow transition from one stage to another but the process can be hastened or retarded by the action of individuals . |
| 10 | Thus for example , the proportion of total social service department expenditure upon elderly people increased from 38.1 to 45 per cent between 1973 to 1979 but the percentage of expenditure on community services remained the same and continued to be so into the mid 1980s ( Parker , 1990 ) . |
| 11 | Pressure on emergency services , rather than cash problems , has led to Whipps Cross Hospital in Waltham Forest closing for this week to all but the most urgent waiting-list cases . |
| 12 | To all but the sick the place was unapproachable and fatal . ’ |
| 13 | And Taylor , who survived an early stumping chance off De Silva , was out in circumstances that would bring a smile to all but the most partisan lips . |
| 14 | He also grew increasingly accessible , happy to respond to all but the silliest questions , even if some would have preferred an aloofness closer to Mr Kinnock 's campaign style . |
| 15 | By this means soils , that would normally be resistant to all but the most aggressive chemicals , can be removed by light cleaning methods |
| 16 | Lime ( to keep the pH near 6 and replace the calcium sold off in milk ) and basic slag ( to replace the phosphorus and other elements exported in animal bones ) can be applied by contractor relatively cheaply to all but the steepest fields . |
| 17 | Much of the taxpayers ' investment has merely stoked up inflation in land prices , effectively closing agriculture to all but the millionaire . |
| 18 | In performance , the first two are prone to bouts of noisy , head-splitting virtuosity , and Third mercilessly shows up those who fail to integrate this volatility into music of a more obviously poetic nature , and the Fourth is one of those elusive late pieces , whose rarefied world is closed to all but the most sensitive of artists . |
| 19 | But , of course , the £50 deposit , at a time when the annual wage was less than £500 , was a powerful deterrent to all but the wealthiest families and remained so until the Baldwin Fund agreed to put up the money for children without guarantors or for foster parents who could not afford to pay . |
| 20 | This is a wonderful design in that it combines real style with light weight and gives you totally unimpeded access to all but the very top fret . |
| 21 | Some tried specific local remedies ; the Earl of Chichester reformed Falmer in the 1820s , denying relief to all but the infirm and forcing the labourers to work or leave . |
| 22 | Offerings of food are placed before the figure and so it assumes a role almost equal to that of a human , and it is in this light that it becomes understandable why the sanctum of Indian temples is usually taboo to all but the priests who attend the icon and perform the ceremonial prayers . |
| 23 | Where am I to go ? ’ and song-titles like ‘ Kosmos ’ and ‘ Into Tomorrow ’ are meaningless to all but the author . |
| 24 | The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Reporter in those decades must have been dull or impenetrable to all but the dwindling band of initiates . |
| 25 | Experience shows that two ceiling tiles pinned or glued together are effective , stuck to all but the viewing glass of the aquarium . |
| 26 | Despite these limited , hugely costly successes , the British strategic situation was now evident to all but the deliberately obtuse as one of stark and undeniable failure . |
| 27 | The demands of such actions for lawyers ' services are such that only a large and complex firm can meet them , with corresponding implications for costs , restricting , in turn , the availability of such services to all but the wealthiest . |
| 28 | Before any of this reached the Exchequer Edward was dead and his sister Mary had waived her right to all but the two fifteenths and tenths . |
| 29 | But the smaller they are , the greater the probability within them of the sort of unacceptably crude proportionality that is furnished by the STV in Ireland and of consequent unfairness to all but the bigger parties . |
| 30 | We drove north past the gutted buildings , through God knows how many factional districts whose cultural and political differences were imperceptible to all but the most practiced eye , up to a fairly safe area called Beverly Hills . |