Example sentences of "but their [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time of Elizabeth 's death in 1603 Englishmen did not rule any more land outside the British Isles than they had done 45 years earlier but their seafaring position had been transformed . |
| 2 | Many medieval market towns were originally villages of little note , and have sunk back again into obscurity , but their former importance is betrayed by the spider 's net of roads that still converge upon them . |
| 3 | But their recent tour received rave reviews from the critics . |
| 4 | It is true that players like Igor Shalimov , Aleksandr Mostovoy , Valery Shmarov and Vasily Kulkov have since moved to the west , but their 5-1 success away to Luxembourg 's Avenir Beggen this season shows Spartak can still threaten away from home . |
| 5 | The noteworthy point about explosions against the system in the GDR ( 1953 ) , Hungary ( 1956 ) and Poland ( 1956 , 1970 , 1976 and 1980 ) is not their ferocity , but their apparent suddenness . |
| 6 | Back on the main stage , BASTI are the night 's anachronism , but their errant percussiveness sees 'em through . |
| 7 | Emeralds were sometimes used in their natural form as hexagonal crystals , but their comparative softness made it a simple matter to rub them smooth and set them en cabochon . |
| 8 | The British , who play the Americans in three more Tests as part of their extensive preparations for Barcelona , dominated for much of the match , but their poor shooting form , combined with a great display by the home goalkeeper , denied them . |
| 9 | He grabbed greedily at her full breasts with both hands , squeezing them fiercely , but their plump oiliness just slipped through his fingers until she was free . |
| 10 | It offers users the chance to be self-sufficient for all but their largest data processing operations . |
| 11 | It is not merely the study of dogmas as accumulated down through the centuries ( as in the Roman Catholic understanding of dogmatics ) , but their critical subordination to and testing by the primary and original dogma , which is nothing other than Jesus Christ himself . |
| 12 | In 1751 Pritchard married Eleanor Russell ( died 1768 ) : three of their children died young but their surviving daughter married the surveyor John White , whose son , John White junior , published an illustrated account of Pritchard 's bridge designs in a pamphlet entitled On Cementitious Architecture as Applicable to the Construction of Bridges ( 1832 ) . |
| 13 | The kings ( there were two of them ) were exposed to the standard temptations of autocratic power without the constitutional invulnerability which such power generally confers : men like Kleomenes I and Pausanias the Regent were statesmen of stature , and the hostile literary tradition should be adjusted accordingly ; but their private tastes and temperaments certainly helped cause their fall , if only by giving ammunition to their critics . |
| 14 | But their best opportunity for independence came , and went , soon after the first world war , when Britain and France were carving up the defunct Ottoman empire . |
| 15 | But their best move of the day was throwing that Union Jack over his shoulders . |
| 16 | The Irish Troubles are recent , but their political roots are centuries old . |
| 17 | The Krays were jailed for life in ( 1969 ) nineteen sixty nine , but their young fans have written to them , and one has even met Reggie in prison . |
| 18 | Castleford , who , like Hull , were fined £3,000 yesterday for brawling in a League match , were in control for most of the game , but their young side was caught by a Kiwi revival in the second half . |
| 19 | But their standard year does erm make the normal |
| 20 | The reason for this is because some odorants are toxic but their toxic effects are not necessarily related to the perception of the odour per se . |
| 21 | But their acute hearing and sonar no doubt tells them exactly what is going on all around . |
| 22 | These are excellent , but their exclusive use robs the subject of a personal and local dimension and inevitably leads to a measure of stereotyping . |
| 23 | But their threatened revolt fizzled out at yesterday 's NEC meeting . |
| 24 | It is not obvious why this is , but it is so strikingly convergent among animals that have nothing else in common but their anteating habit , that it almost certainly is somehow related to this habit . |
| 25 | They were wrapped in long , midnight-blue capes that disguised most of their shapes , but their uncovered faces were strikingly handsome . |
| 26 | There are several ‘ anti-viral ’ products available but their topical application , recommended by several authorities , has yet to be shown to have any convincing therapeutic effect . |
| 27 | The most telling evidence of all that Sunday trading is a costly mistake , for which the whole nation is paying a heavy price , is not the new year phoney price war by the supermarket chains but their savage attack on the living standards of the employees . |
| 28 | But their witty performance depends on the soloist 's own attitude to the fun . |
| 29 | Protozoans reproduce by splitting into two , as bacteria do , but their internal design is much more complex and their division , not surprisingly , is an elaborate business . |
| 30 | But their hired minibus , driven by Gary , was involved in a horrific crash with a Vauxhall Cavalier one mile west of Bowes on a stretch of the A66 which was being converted to dual carriageway . |