Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] but [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave support to William Wallace in his fight for Scottish independence but deserted him and aligned himself with the English King Edward I who was trying to dominate Scotland . |
| 2 | India , which had removed the final contingent of Indian Peace-Keeping Force ( IPKF ) troops from Sri Lanka in March 1990 [ see p. 37316 ] , expressed concern for the plight of Tamil civilians but made it clear that it would not permit its territory to be used to support militant activity . |
| 3 | This compromise incorporates two tiers of tariffs which are likely to reduce marginally the price of British bananas but push them up for the Germans . |
| 4 | It remains highly questionable why such a sensational and unrealistic play should be thought worthy of attention in the first place , but this is perhaps indicative of attitudes within the theatre that mental handicap is a good basis for plays written by writers who have no understanding of mental handicap but view it as a subject of horror around which some dramatic scenario can be created . |
| 5 | They trailed 6–0 to two penalties by Gary Ellis as they came under early pressure from Horden , who won a lot of good ball but kept it among the forwards . |
| 6 | ‘ I wo n't name any examples of good practice but leave you to think of the company , charity or public body which you feel has had all round seal of approval , ’ she commented . |
| 7 | We have recently succeeded in bringing in a number of new projects but to put it in perspective we need something like 250,000 hours of work a year and a major project like Tencel was about 50,000 in total . |
| 8 | Since testing is typically used not to facilitate treatment of addicted workers but to sack them — a process sardonically referred to as ‘ dismissal therapy ’ — the upshot could be a ‘ recriminalisation ’ of addiction . |
| 9 | This has led to researchers making a distinction between central and peripheral information in a scene and the assumption that arousal will impair memory for peripheral details but improve it for central ones ( see particularly Christianson , in press ) . |
| 10 | Medics are keeping her under intensive care but say she is making satisfactory progress . |
| 11 | Jack dropped a couple of shots with poor putts but got them both back with a superb eagle at the sixteenth — an uphill par five with a difficult green , long and narrow and well protected with bunkers . |
| 12 | He admitted driving with excess alcohol but said he should n't be banned . |
| 13 | They discussed for a moment the possibility that they might get into dreadful trouble but discounted it . |
| 14 | His attitude was , however , coloured by a highly literary romanticism , and despite his efforts at identifying himself with a primitive culture , his outlook naturally remained that of a sophisticated European ; he borrowed freely from primitive sources but reinterpreted them to suit his own decorative and symbolic purposes . |
| 15 | Thus according to David Wilson , ‘ it is a film rooted in personal memory but transcending it ’ . |
| 16 | The other three departments keep most information in hard copy but back it up with a small use of online services . |
| 17 | Suppose , on the other hand , that he is guided by law as integrity , which does not limit law to what convention finds in past decisions but directs him also to regard as law what morality would suggest to be the best justification of these past decisions . |
| 18 | They were moved to different accommodation but claimed it was little better . |
| 19 | Teletext not only gives up-to-date news and a wealth of information on different subjects but keeps you informed of sub-titled plays and many special TV programmes which can be followed visually . |
| 20 | Mr Campbell-Savours last night withdrew his questions on procedural grounds but said he will retable them . |
| 21 | Despite the failure to ratify SALT II both Superpowers adhered to the terms of the treaty ( they continued to do so until 1986 ) and in mid-1982 a new round of talks on strategic weapons began , called START , which aimed not simply to place limits on strategic arms but to reduce them . |
| 22 | He did not label the boxes to go to particular destinations but left it to the rail company to allot the appropriate number of boxes to the various destinations . |
| 23 | The Banking , Insurance and Finance Union has resolved to cooperate with a scheme for voluntary redundancies but says it could take industrial action if the job losses are made compulsory . |