Example sentences of "but [vb past] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They allow us to escape the vast and growing area of ambiguity — for that ‘ Japanese car ’ is assembled in the United States by Mexican and Korean workers , from parts made in twenty other countries , by a corporation whose parent is registered in Tokyo but owned by a consortium of companies registered in five other countries , and the general manager is a German . |
| 2 | The problems were worsened by corruption , as in the notorious Malaysian case when a major highway contract was awarded to a construction company of limited experience , but owned by the ruling political party . |
| 3 | But research in America has suggested very strongly that it 's actually a special sex fluid , similar to a secretion which is ejaculated from a man 's prostate gland , but produced by a sensitive structure near the famous G-spot . |
| 4 | Bri was eager to learn but frustrated by the idea of learning the verbs ‘ parrot fashion ’ and tried , unsuccessfully , to find a way round this . |
| 5 | The country was devastated , but ruled by a regime with the world 's largest army , which dominated Eastern Europe . |
| 6 | On one level it is yet another accident , and on a second level it is inevitable , it must be so because it belongs here and nowhere else , as the foreign restaurant bill belongs to a novel about human birds of passage , and as the whistle belongs to a novel , in fact the only late Dostoevsky novel , with no children in it but haunted by the toys of absent innocence and peace : the governor of ‘ our province ’ where these crazy terrible events take place was disappointed in love as a young man and consoled himself by making a paper theatre with curtains , actors , audience , orchestra , conductor — the lot . |
| 7 | Maggie felt it in her hand , frail , attenuated , overstretched , but tautened by the love and knowledge of all the women . |
| 8 | The Primary Education Improvement Project in Northern Nigeria has produced a programme for the lower classes where more formal subject-based lessons were planned to cover about half the teaching time , but complemented by a carefully planned activities programme based on group work . |
| 9 | Najibullah 's offer was welcomed by the Pakistan government but spurned by the hardline mujaheddin groups . |
| 10 | However , can you imagine what would happen if such a horse was not only spurred but goaded by a spur tinged with mercury ? ’ |
| 11 | But helped by the wind it cleared the hump in the middle of the fairway , bounced high off the forward slope and ran through the narrow gap between the bunkers . |
| 12 | First , the agreement that risk should pass independently from property was not express but inferred by the court from the circumstances of the case . |
| 13 | Barbarossa was crowned Emperor in Saint Peter 's Basilica , declaring that the Pope merely confirmed his existing right to imperial power , but opposed by the Roman citizens and surrounding Italian territories . |
| 14 | The Danish government successfully sponsored a proposal originating with US conservationist groups , but opposed by the US government , to list the black bear in Appendix II and thereby limit trade in bear gall bladders ( which , like rhino horn and other exotic products , were used in oriental traditional medicine ) . |
| 15 | The Danish government sponsored a proposal originating with US conservationist groups , but opposed by the US government , to list the black bear in Appendix II and thereby limit trade in , especially , bear gall bladders [ see above ] . |
| 16 | ( Mary went out but lingered by the door ) … remarkable creature , he proposed , after she had left … ( lowered voice so that she could not hear ) … perfect example of a natural lady , did they not agree ? |
| 17 | Atkinson Grimshaw prices were inflated in 1989 and 1990 by demand from dealers holding exhibitions but dropped by no less than 56% in 1991 when that demand was satisfied . |
| 18 | One proposal , in the works for the past two years but delayed by the change in administration , would deal with coastal ocean zones . |
| 19 | The general consensus was that , while their marriage may have had its ups and downs , they were now amicable companions pursuing separate interests but united by a common duty . |
| 20 | Germany 's 2.3 million public service workers are heading for their first strike for 18 years in support of a 5.4 per cent pay rise recommended by arbitrators but rejected by the government . |
| 21 | They could also consider options looked at but rejected by the NGC , including upgrading the East-West Stella Harker line across the Pennines and linking it into the North-East system . |
| 22 | Yes , the Safrane V6 is a big step in the right direction , but judged by the standards of Renault 's recent efforts , it could have been better . |
| 23 | But judged by the needs of the collectivity — whether the union or the wider community of working men and women — union education has a number of deficiencies : |
| 24 | Direct presidential elections on Sept. 8 endorsed the sole candidate , current president ( chair of the Supreme Soviet ) , Ayaz Mutalibov , in a turnout cited by the republic 's central electoral commission as 83.7 per cent , but estimated by the opposition National Democratic Front as no more than 25 per cent . |
| 25 | These fossil-like impressions of flesh-forms convey a chilling vulnerability not shared but enhanced by the metal material which they now permanently impress . |
| 26 | A brave attempt , but ruined by the fact that neither of the elements are really up to much . |
| 27 | Attacked as irresponsible by the conservative opposition but welcomed by the Australian Council of Trade Unions which pledged to contain wage pressure , the programme marked a return towards the ALP 's traditional Keynesianism after years of economic liberalization and rationalization begun in 1983 when Keating was Treasurer under Hawke . |
| 28 | The top line on the picture is even more speculative , but informed by the analysis of 32-year-olds discussed above , it traces what the person would earn with identical characteristics other than that of being male and staying throughout in full-time employment . |
| 29 | ’ I felt mortified , but cushioned by the drink . ’ |
| 30 | But bolstered by the law , it is far from cosy . |