Example sentences of "but the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the intransigent majority of Cabinet members would not be moved by threats . |
| 2 | FOR 25 years , HLA associations with diseases have provided clues to pathogenesis but the molecular basis of these associations has not been defined . |
| 3 | Scale 2 is structured to manifest the nature of this likeness ; Mixed Life is less ambitious , but the moderate clarity of its argument is based on , and goes some way towards revealing , an understanding of the structure of personality as the means by which God is conceived in time . |
| 4 | Movement helps dissipate the unpleasant feeling of anxiety , but the stabled horse has little opportunity for movement . |
| 5 | But the beleaguered taxpayer has just over 12 months to prepare for the changes — by which time the Chancellor hopes an improved economy will soften the blow . |
| 6 | But the amazing thing was that , just after we 'd recorded our bit for the Gardeners ' World programmed , I spotted a couple of butterflies fluttering around the garden . |
| 7 | But the swirling breeze was at the hunters ' backs , and the big bull suddenly lifted his muzzle to scent in their direction , and a moment later the whole herd was running towards the shelter of the trees . |
| 8 | But the kindly bishop Ascanio Piccolomini nursed him back to mental health and at length the authorities in Rome allowed him to go home , though still under house arrest . |
| 9 | But the bloody Tower of London … |
| 10 | But the bloody vendetta will reach far beyond Sicily ; to a manor house in the English countryside , and to the gangster-run Chicago of the 1920's . |
| 11 | What , what 'd happened is that there 's a concrete span right at the back , and they 've the inner course off it , but the external bit built off the door frame . |
| 12 | The paradox arises partly because the emotional force derives from external oppression , not internal unities , but the external oppression seems to identify an internal essence , the junction point between what is imagined as a national group and personal integrity , self-respect . |
| 13 | It was a tool to help me from one point of safety to another ; it carried not only the tent , camping equipment , and food , but the weightiest item of all , water . |
| 14 | It has long been held to look like a cello , but the elliptical window above the door looks like a beak to me , so that with the round windows above the upper façade looks nothing so much as a chick wearing a Napoleonic hat . |
| 15 | But the seminal event was Sir Peter 's decison to publish A Force for Change , the survey carried out last year by the Wolff Olins consultancy . |
| 16 | But the yobby sidekick he played was a kind of retread of his earlier roles , a dead-end kid that signalled the career cul-de-sac he was facing . |
| 17 | This assumes , of course , that B 's death was not the consequence of A 's vengeance-magic and that B was not a witch but the innocent victim of someone else 's witchcraft . |
| 18 | But the sheer quantity of such texts and the variety of their intended readers and hearers means that some cross-referencing is possible . |
| 19 | But the sheer warmth and solace of the strong arms about her were so reassuring that a few moments later she drifted off into a much calmer and deeper sleep . |
| 20 | In terms of relieving over-crowding and dealing with the decay of older prisons , new and refurbished buildings clearly have something to offer but the sheer scale and cost of the proposals ( an average capital cost per place of £69,000 and thereafter £13,000 per prisoner per year to run ) has drawn much critical comment . |
| 21 | True , not all the voices work — Robbie Robertson and Elvis Costello fail to convince — but the sheer scope , rhapsodic disruptiveness , sonic shockwaves and unsettling juxtapositions of the music makes the best of this album phenomenal . |
| 22 | Naturally the quality of the objects is not entirely consistent ( some of the prints seem pretty standard , for example ) , but the sheer range of artists makes it an impressive resource . |
| 23 | But the sheer range and volume of business with which the secretaries of state dealt made them important officers of government . |
| 24 | Indeed , one can point to notable successes such as the investigations of the intelligence agencies ( see above ) , but the sheer size of the federal bureaucracy means that oversight can at best be random and episodic . |
| 25 | Not only may a campaign raise public awareness of the issues involved and win you new supporters , but the sheer relentlessness of pressure and eventual embarrassment at being seen to do nothing may also prompt parliament or Government to introduce new policies . |
| 26 | She felt like a government health warning , but the sheer pleasure of having won her first big race made up for it all . |
| 27 | But the sheer effort required to gather and analyse data systematically , let alone the lobbying activities to initiate change , often exceeds the capacity of the groups working on this issue . |
| 28 | But the sheer impossibility of providing a national network of food and oil delivery made these efforts relatively ineffective , especially in the absence of legal or financial sanctions against the unions . |
| 29 | It was breathtakingly beautiful , but the sheer drop left them with no option but to make their way into the forest to bypass the hazard before heading back to the river again . |
| 30 | As the work of a man who is not only a poet but a Catholic poet , Paradiso is hardly a typical case , but the sheer volume of fiction produced in Spanish America in recent decades — and continues to be produced — scarcely betokens a general collapse of confidence in the written word , and it is noteworthy that Cabrera Infante 's Three Trapped Tigers , for example , re-creates the atmosphere of pre-revolutionary Havana even as it casts doubt on the feasibility of such an enterprise . |