Example sentences of "but [adj] [was/were] [verb] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could not avoid , we felt , erm a small part of the fixed cost to the primary schools being cut , but that was offset by a provision for additional staffing in the primary sector , which we identify as an important item . |
| 2 | The latter proposed an 18-point austerity plan but this was rejected by the council , and on Oct. 2 some 5,000 municipal workers went on strike in protest at the non-payment of their salaries . |
| 3 | Brooke subsequently apologized and offered his resignation , but this was rejected by the Prime Minister , John Major . |
| 4 | The employers pleaded volenti non fit injuria but this was rejected by the court . |
| 5 | Southern nations called for specific funds to be made available to support the improvements , but this was rejected by the northern donor nations . |
| 6 | When they were in control of the council , Tories proposed an underground car park beneath the market square and a multi-storey car park in Beaumont Street but this was rejected by the Labour administration as impractical . |
| 7 | In the year to January , sales were down 6 p.c. but this was offset by a 47 p.c. jump in exports leaving group sales slightly up at £24.9m . |
| 8 | Dow announced a 32 per cent fall in net profits in 1991 , to $935m , including a non-taxable gain of $213m for the initial public sale of Destec Energy stock , but this was offset by a $370m special charge . |
| 9 | Once it was mooted that there should be a study-period after school , but this was vetoed by the parents ' meeting which protested that it would interfere with after-school sports . |
| 10 | That Act imposed a penalty of up to two years ’ imprisonment , but this was altered by the Prevention of Corruption Act 1916 , in certain cases to a maximum of seven years ' imprisonment and a minimum of three years ' imprisonment . |
| 11 | The doctor introduced a modern element of feminism to the proceedings , but this was undercut by the tenor of the main storyline , which was depressingly unreconstructed and featured a particularly cruel stereotype of the sex-starved spinster fantasising about rape . |
| 12 | But this was opposed by the USA who , having the strictest standards in the world for the disposal of waste , would consequently have been unable to export waste anywhere else . |
| 13 | Adherence to Lancaster meant a further forfeiture in 1461 , but this was followed by a second restoration in 1470 . |
| 14 | Kombayi , a former mayor of Gweru and a ZANU-PF stalwart until his impeachment in 1984 for beating up a local shopkeeper , claimed that the Central Intelligence Organization was responsible , but this was denied by the Zimbabwean authorities . |
| 15 | There was a lot of enjoyment to be had , but this was tempered by the anxieties and fears that many had felt during earlier stages , when girls were worrying about parents ' reactions , or trying to conceal the pregnancy . |
| 16 | But this was tempered by the disclosure that 35 per cent of firms expect to cut jobs over the same period . |
| 17 | This shows a percentage decline since 1951 ( when the corresponding figure for boys was 29% , or 38% including direct grant schools ) ; during this period , there was a substantial increase in absolute numbers over the minimum leaving age in independent schools , but this was overshadowed by a much larger increase , proportionately as well as absolutely , in maintained schools . |
| 18 | A by-election in March 1919 gave Labour a clear majority of two on the council ; but this was overshadowed by the election in November , the first for six years , when Labour won eight of the nine wards contested , so gaining four seats . |
| 19 | As usual I felt a little trepidation before the climb , but this was dwarfed by the thought of skiing down from the refuge , across the Argentiere glacier , and up to the bergshrund below the face . |
| 20 | Sir William Wyndham was implicated in a design to raise the Tory-Anglican interest in the west country , but this was frustrated by the government . |
| 21 | The Chief Constable of South Yorkshire , Peter Wright , offered to resign , but this was refused by the South Yorkshire Police Authority . |
| 22 | A lot of businessmen had wanted to say it , but many were cowed by the banks and the possibility of impending insolvency . |
| 23 | His flesh was thought inviolable , but Balder was killed by the blind war-god Hoder at the instigation of the eternal trouble-maker LOKI , by a mere sprig of mistletoe . |
| 24 | A few of the victims who sought refuge in their houses were killed when the weight of accumulating ash caused the roofs to collapse , but most were suffocated by the choking sulphurous fumes of the ash cloud . |