Example sentences of "but [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These phenomena did not move with movements of the eye and appeared to be true hallucinations , centrally caused , but due no doubt to the long and unusual strain put upon the eyes . |
| 2 | It may be it is not the hair itself but possible the style of fishing associated that could be the problem . |
| 3 | Janet stated that the Executive Committee had agreed to a membership fee of £1.50 but that the fee for O.A.P . 's and under 16s would be 50p . |
| 4 | but another an hour later , caused thousands of pounds damage at Habitat . |
| 5 | But this the way it 's it 's er accepted here is completely unacceptable in my view . |
| 6 | The Battalion assembled at the Brussels-Waterloo road junction and went into position in a southern suburb of the town with the Victory Mound but half a mile away . |
| 7 | But half a mile on , I find I am quite enjoying the mist and fine drizzle . |
| 8 | But half a century on and the most basic Jeep will , according to UK importers TKM , be as much as an impulse , fashion buy as a Harley-Davidson motorcycle or , though on a slightly less grand scale , a pair of Ray-Ban Aviator sunglasses . |
| 9 | Mrs Bradshaw was a kindly lady , but half a lifetime as the wife of a top civil servant at the Ministry of Defence had given her an authoritative air which at times verged on the imperious . |
| 10 | Marchon and Sunderland Flo-Gas came second and third in the Wearside League section , but half a street behind . |
| 11 | Lands to the value of 300 marks were found for him in England , but half the endowment was found by persuading Guy de Blois , another French hostage , to surrender to Edward the County of Soissons , worth 500 marks a year , which Edward then granted to the new Earl of Bedford . |
| 12 | Luck has always played a key role in doing the pools , but half the fun was thinking that skill mattered . |
| 13 | But half the sugar in the drink came from the milk and was not thought to cause tooth decay . |
| 14 | ‘ Berlioz is usually known for his noisier moments , but half the score of Béatrice is composed of quiet , gentle music of tremendous wit and subtlety . |
| 15 | I would dip blanket after blanket in boiling water , wring them out almost without realising that I was scalding myself , take off the old strips of saturated cloth , wrap the new ones round each leg and tuck them into the corners of affected muscles , but half the time not really knowing what I was doing . |
| 16 | They use the handouts you give them — but half the time they put some snide twist on the story . |
| 17 | Marshall is called Chief Accountant , but half the time he does n't really know what 's happening . |
| 18 | And also , but half the time it 's the problem arises because it 's , the machines gone to personnel without something , and then we 've got to spend time either chasing it up or getting another bit or going round in circles . |
| 19 | She could scream blue murder , but half an hour later would be the life of a dinner party , for she was very vain and never missed a chance to show herself off . |
| 20 | I felt very lonely , but half an hour later I heard his voice calling to me through the window . |
| 21 | But half an hour later he again addressed the Conference on European Security and said his speech had been a spoof . |
| 22 | It is as stiff as many a leather boot , yet required but half an hour 's breaking in . |
| 23 | ‘ Onstage , ’ Fred reflects , ‘ he 's this outrageous lunatic camp person , but half an hour after the gig he 's back at the hotel reading Somerset Maugham and Rob and I are being disgusting to some barmaid completely off our head . ’ |
| 24 | Like his tennis , his movie-making seems to lack instinct , but half an hour in the locker room and lunch on the terrace tells you everything you need to know about the constraints under which he operates . |
| 25 | When she laughed and giggled it stretched from ear to ear , but half an hour after leaving her you found yourself remembering Harvey 's claim that she was the most beautiful girl in the world . |
| 26 | In such cases , support and counselling for the parents and child will help in managing the situation or minimising its effect ; it may take hard work and not a little courage to help a resisting parent to recognise his or her element of incestuous involvement , but such a course can pay dividends in terms of family stability . |
| 27 | But such a course of action would involve the problem of alternative safe places for the proceeds of sale . |
| 28 | But such a response implies that next period their stocks of goods will be lower than they feel is optimal , and they will therefore want to build them up again by producing more next period than they otherwise would . |
| 29 | But such a response to the literal meaning of this carol completely misses the spiritual dimension inherent in the form of the carol and signalled by its context of affective piety . |
| 30 | The honorary secretary of the Royal Statistical Society denies in a letter published on this page today that there are plans to set up an independent council to monitor the Government 's use of statistics , but such a development would be desirable . |