Example sentences of "but [prep] [adj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The speaker scraped and clicked a few more times , but after half a minute of no reply the phone was rehooked . |
| 2 | Yards were a typical feature not only of industrial cities but of many a small country town which had to accommodate a rising population . |
| 3 | I hesitate , but against half a dozen girls in a tiny lavatory there is no contest . |
| 4 | But with such a wide-awake bird as the wheatear you will discover very little else about its private life unless you really get down to the job . |
| 5 | But with such a wide-awake bird as the wheatear you will discover very little else about its private life unless you really get down to the job . |
| 6 | Sad — she was bright , educated and charming ; but with such a bitter heart . |
| 7 | The shock , after so many years of never knowing who the man was , woke her , but with such a sense of loss at this interrupted coitus she could n't sleep again for mourning it . |
| 8 | As I see him sitting there now , sheltered under a derelict building 's covered way , one which has been empty for a tedious never-ending era , with an unchangeable lifestyle , erected for nothing but with such a prospect for life , if used properly . |
| 9 | The changes had met with howls of rage from the profession ; a host of cartoons in the press ; but above all a reduction in price for the consumer . |
| 10 | The managerial implications are profound in many ways but above all a management framework must be created which facilitates such relationships in the first place and then allows them to flourish . |
| 11 | All this requires imagination , patience , considerable linguistic skill , but above all a rigorous respect for the facts . |
| 12 | It had its Arcadian examples — like all revolutions it dug into antiquity for help and respectability and dynamic metaphors — and Mary could be seen , that morning , in woods as sun-speckled as a thrush 's throat , as a shepherdess from the Hellenic world , a Grace from their pagan earth-suckled legends , but above all a spirit of the place . |
| 13 | And Charlotte was suddenly aware of him as a person , and by no means an unintelligent person , either ; but above all a vital presence , to be ignored only at the general peril . |
| 14 | A blend of methodologies and careful selection of stimulus materials is valuable but above all a clearly enunciated plan of what is to be taught and assessed is the necessary prerequisite . |
| 15 | Such low spending , say critics , will mean cuts in day centres , or charging those who use them ; reductions of manpower in the emergency services , the police and fire and rescue ; but above all a drastic cut in the countty 's education budget . |
| 16 | In the subterranean catacombs deep below Vauban 's Citadel , there was safety , a hot meal , a bunk , possibly even a bath ; but above all a respite from the German shells . |
| 17 | To be sure , I have had to deal with various phenomena and minister to those who have experienced them , and there have certainly been some chilling moments , but in general a ghost would have to flay me alive with its chains before I raised an eyebrow at the possibility of its presence . |
| 18 | Between 1949 and 1953 Ealing , Ilford and Luton failed in their bids to achieve county borough status , but in 1957 a Royal Commission on local government in London was appointed and , by the Local Government Act , 1958 , a series of commissions was set up to consider the problems of particular localities , particularly those of the major English conurbations . |
| 19 | Thirdly , direct royal taxes were levied more frequently than ever before , often overlapping with papal dues , and sometimes occurring twice a year and at unprecedented rates , not just a fifth instead of a tenth , but in 1294 a half ! |
| 20 | But in such a setting Peter Snow 's neon swingometer was , frankly , a disappointment . |
| 21 | Boserup on the other hand gives explicit attention to environmental degradation , but in such a way as to suggest that in some cases soil erosion actually induces desirable agricultural innovations . |
| 22 | Its main focus is on helping people find solutions to current work problems , but in such a way that they learn whilst doing this . |
| 23 | It gives a good up-to-date perspective but in such a rapidly advancing field will soon become dated . |
| 24 | But in such a variation on the theme , the influence of carbon dioxide has to be set very small , only one tenth of the strength most climate modellers currently accept , otherwise it would have overwhelmed the volcanic influence and caused the Earth to continue warming through the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . |
| 25 | They might be short of one or two quality players , but in such a yo-yo season Villa have as good a chance as any , particularly if Dalian Atkinson returns from injury to give them the sort of finishing power they lacked last night . |
| 26 | But in such a climate they begin to look unique . |
| 27 | Perhaps even that future may be judged providential , but in such a story Vatican II will appear as the final occasion when Christianity was at the centre of significance for human and religious history , and John Paul II will be judged not the healer of a divided Church , but the gravedigger of Pope John 's aggiornamento . |
| 28 | Suppose that the lawmakers in England and Victoria have determined the concept of ‘ honesty ’ not only differently but in such a manner that on identical facts an individual would be dishonest' and therefore liable to conviction for theft in Victoria but ‘ honest ’ and therefore fall to be acquitted in England . |
| 29 | There is no logical reason why a person ought not to be allowed to represent another in order to protect that other 's individual interests , but in such a case the main function of representation would probably be to provide finance for the action rather than organizational efficiency ; and in most cases there is no reason why one person should not provide another with finance to enable that other to bring an action in his or her own name . |
| 30 | It probably varies in any case from species to species , but in such a situation , more soldiers are certainly reared until the correct proportion is restored . |