Example sentences of "but with [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Practical resonators share most of the properties of this ideal unidirectional ring resonator , but with complicating features . |
| 2 | He could heal , but with sharp movements and loud cracking sounds that frightened people away . |
| 3 | Tail held erect but with the tip tilted over The cat is very interested and is in a friendly , greeting mood , but with slight reservations . |
| 4 | ‘ To answer both questions I dreamed up the character of a man who is 764 years old ; who is senile but with extraordinary flashes of intellectual brilliance . |
| 5 | The retreat consisted , and still does , of anything from five to thirty days of spiritual exercises , usually in an atmosphere of silence and contemplation apart from listening to the preacher when there is one , but with additional features of both vocal and silent prayer . |
| 6 | On Nov. 28 , Nguza announced a Cabinet containing members of several opposition parties , but with key portfolios such as Foreign Affairs , Defence and Security and Budget held by Mobutu supporters . |
| 7 | In Denmark , Sweden and Norway the trade unions work together in similarly long-established federations called the National Organisations ( Landsorganisationen , or LO ) which exist not only for manual employees but with separate confederations for white-collar and professional workers . |
| 8 | But with compatible partners , much can be done , and I believe increasingly that there will be more compatibility when the practice of local accountability conforms with the theory . |
| 9 | In a small number of cases the JMU 's evidence has been such that the committee has decided the firm should not be registered , or that registration should be granted , but with restrictive conditions ( where , for example , a partner may be precluded from acting as a ‘ responsible individual ’ ) . |
| 10 | The Big Brother of ‘ 1984 ’ will have set up in business , a few years late perhaps , but with effective tabs upon everyone . |
| 11 | It is part of the great skill of the storytellers and the compilers of this material that they repeat events or speeches , but with subtle changes that give the larger narrative not just variety , but tension and further layers of meaning . |
| 12 | Lowe was buffed , Nautilused and raunchy , but with deep eyes . |
| 13 | When she brought them away again , the dress fell like a curtain , revealing a strong body , broad shouldered but with slender hips and delicate breasts . |
| 14 | Some two-thirds of all temporary workers regard themselves as having seasonal , temporary or casual jobs and only one third as having fixed contract jobs , but with substantial differences between industries and occupations . |
| 15 | But with reasonable adjustments of time and numbers , I propose that this arrangement could be considered . |
| 16 | We have links with other with the university of Sussex , but with other institutions in Britain . |
| 17 | For instance , in good planning the teacher would take into -account , not only what the students would be doing and receiving in his subject and his periods , but with other teachers in other subjects at other times of the day . |
| 18 | But with other workers , the threat becomes an abuse of power . |
| 19 | Devon had been romping away with the section , but by the beginning of August had seen their lead whittled away , with Oxfordshire emerging as a growing and serious threat to their supremacy , 20 points behind but with two matches in hand . |
| 20 | Geoffrey supported his wife 's cause with vigour , but with two sets of lands to administer , Geoffrey attended to the French territories while Matilda went to uphold her claims to the queenship of England . |
| 21 | Pete Vasey ( Trev 's Browning ) was second with 0–0–4 , the same weight as equal third men Paul Burrough ( Tottenham Angling ) and Peter Jordan ( Hertford Tackle ) but with two sticklebacks to their one each . |
| 22 | American Jack Woodruff favoured Whitaker 115–113 , but with two judges calling it even , the fight finished a draw . |
| 23 | American Jack Woodruff favoured Whitaker 115–113 , but with two judges calling it even , the fight finished a draw . |
| 24 | While the Mancunians , a point behind but with two games in hand , face four League games in seven days beginning on Thursday , Leeds have 15 days in which to complete their programme , away to Liverpool and Sheffield United and home to Coventry and Norwich . |
| 25 | So the welcome opportunity to name the same line-up and two substitutes gives the City boss hope against a side one point and two places beneath them , but with two games in hand . |
| 26 | Roxburgh will be in Lisbon next week to watch Portugal play Italy ; the home team having one point less than Scotland but with two games fewer played , while Arrigo Saachi 's side are level on points with one game fewer played . |
| 27 | If a vassal died leaving daughters only , or if an heir who was a minor had sisters , they were also the lord 's wards , and he could freely dispose of their hands in marriage — freely , but with two provisos . |
| 28 | Gabriel Cleary , James Doherty and James Coll , all from the Republic of Ireland and all IRA members , received five-year sentences , and Henry Cairns , who had co-operated with the French authorities , also received five years but with two years suspended . |
| 29 | They were a group of twelve , mainly Icelandic , but with two Norwegians and a Canadian , and now joined by an English cyclist who pretended , when convenient , to be Welsh , The intended route was up the south-west side of the Öræfajökull , the glacier being climbed during the night , although in June the sun only barely dips below the northern horizon at midnight . |
| 30 | Although a good deal of excavation has taken place at Alcester , especially in the south-western suburb around Birch Abbey , very little has received full publication.6 Excavations in the fortified area of the town have always been difficult owing to the presence of modern buildings , but with new developments taking place , they have at last become feasible ; even now , though , the line of the defences is still imperfectly known . |