Example sentences of "but [vb pp] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | None the less an examination of the special reasons why the Plowden proposition is accepted as a truism in general but treated as an abominable heresy in particular may be worthwhile . |
| 2 | In addition , production taxes not included in this heading but treated as an operating expense of BP Exploration amounted to £995 million , compared with £1,001 million in 1991 . |
| 3 | Development will come , he says , but built on an understanding of the forest and not a brutal sacking of its riches . |
| 4 | It is not just A Good Thing , but seen as an important part of the business . |
| 5 | There are scenes in variety , but connected by an interesting theme and one that she made particularly her own , the self-deceiver . |
| 6 | Here , in the ‘ Surrexit Christus ’ ( for three-part choir , two violini , two cornetti , and four trombones ) and ‘ In ecclesiis ’ ( for four soloists , four-part choir , violino , two cornetti , and four trombones ) , the obbligato parts are not only independent but written in an unmistakably instrumental style while the florid or declamatory vocal solos are contrasted with the generally block-like — but at times harmonically startling — chords of the choir . |
| 7 | In another year , a capital receipt was credited to the profit and loss account but shown as an extraordinary item . |
| 8 | Public protection committee chairman Jim Campbell said : ‘ This is a new idea , but based on an old-fashioned pride in your street and neighbourhood . ’ |
| 9 | Most of the time the learner will be understood , but identified as an out-group member . |
| 10 | The Government 's post-1987 initiatives have , to some extent , reflected a diagnosis based on the need for better management — though on the principle that central authorities can provide a firmer grip than local ones — but combined with an anti-collectivist belief in the restorative powers of capitalism . |
| 11 | This is an over-statement , but combined with an increasing preference by Government to curtail the content of structure plans , and recently by a Government less disposed to plan making by the public sector anyway , to withdraw structure plans all together , the heady days of 1960s optimism were lost . |
| 12 | Opening with a breezy Kabalevskian Overture , Smolsky 's self-avowed folk origins come to the fore in the highly distinctive First Dulcimer Concerto , composed in a broadly neo-classical style ( typically spiced with an occasional dash of bi-tonality ) , but imbued with an expressive force which transcends the often impersonal stance that such an approach can result in . |
| 13 | Yes , but I probably tried to create my own personal brand of Dadaism , just as each of them had their own brand of Dadaism based on the same ideas but expressed in an intensely personal way . |