Example sentences of "but [noun] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from extending agriculture into lands which were not free , as they seemed , but part of an ancient patrimony , they hunted fur-bearing animals as well as birds and fish and in other ways competed with the existing population for scarce resources . |
| 2 | Negotiations between the government and the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) continued during late 1989 and early 1990 over the terms of future structural adjustment and standby facilities , but progress towards an agreement was impeded by the breaching of targets set under the IMF 's monitoring programme . |
| 3 | Great players all , but builders of an innings rather than consistently fast scorers . |
| 4 | Then , slowly at first , but building to an almost military rhythm , the stamp of feet on wooden boards . |
| 5 | In five other cases a client was at home but admission to an old people 's home was already being organised so the development officer was unable to intervene ( though in three of these cases she said she would have been able to provide home support ) . |
| 6 | Coming out of the 4th lap the Russian and Hungarian dropped him and that is how it remained to the final straight , Bohacs eventually taking the win but Andy with an unprecedented second bronze , within a minute of the winner and nearly two minutes clear of Bartunek in 4th place . |
| 7 | Red Pandas are known for being very choosy but thanks to an international stud agency , the animal worlds equivalent of Blind Date , Mansolu abnd Tongfei were brought together at The Cotswold Wildlife Park at Burford in Oxfordshire . |
| 8 | Paradoxically , it dates from the very period in which Tristan was conceived ; in fact the Tristan drama itself was planned and its words written under Schopenhauerian influence — but influence of an ethical , rather than an aesthetic , kind . |
| 9 | The thing about art is that it is n't just a nostalgic wallowing in things of the past that are comfortable , but art as an adventure , and one just has to go along with it . |
| 10 | This almost led to grounding of the plane but replacement with an incompatible elastomer made from ethylene-propylene copolymer rectified the fault . |
| 11 | The Greek and Turkish members of the Commission were not delegates of their respective States who could act on the instructions of the member States , but members of an administrative body . |
| 12 | Money matters are a delicate area ; pensions may be cashed but discussion of an old person 's financial problems may be considered inappropriate . |
| 13 | Finally , hypnosis is usually carried out some time after the police have done their normal questioning , but memory of an event can often improve spontaneously after an interval of time has passed ; this phenomenon is known as the ‘ reminiscence effect . ’ |
| 14 | As Eikhenbaum so firmly insists : ‘ [ they ] were not advocates of a method , but students of an object ’ ( 1965 : 131 ) . |
| 15 | Souness , anxious to forget last week 's 5-1 hiding at Coventry , would have chosen anyone but White as an adversary this afternoon . |
| 16 | But hopes of an early offer were dashed yesterday when Peter Bonfield , chairman and chief executive , said the flotation was likely to be later rather than sooner because ICL could not meet the Fujitsu criterion of sustaining a market price of 225p a share . |