Example sentences of "but [adj] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be seen that B and C both stand in the relation of dominance to E , but neither stands in that relation to the other ; hence , the structure is not a hierarchy , according to our definition . |
| 2 | On one occasion , they tried to interest him in the piano but that finished within three weeks with two surprises . |
| 3 | But that happens to all street signs , |
| 4 | I suppose you could argue that we should turn the other cheek , but that seems like tempting fate when dealing with a boxer . |
| 5 | Furthermore it was discovered not only that the ratio of physician to population was substantially worse than for Israel or Jordan but that owing to insufficient funding and planning , 280 doctors were actually unemployed in the territories and another 120 were employed on low salaries under a local professional union 's absorption programme . |
| 6 | but that comes after any moves that I 'm making because clearly , they need somebody that can be |
| 7 | But that means at some point they may actually go below it . |
| 8 | Suppliers admit they get more stability than in the past , but some complain of ruthless use of retail muscle . |
| 9 | But this goes against all trade union traditions : invoking laws and the courts has been seen as an infringement of worker 's freedom of action and power of collective bargaining . |
| 10 | He had accepted membership of the royal commission on contagious diseases — the first working man ever to be appointed in this capacity — but this led to fierce opposition from within the union 's executive , and Applegarth resigned in April 1871 . |
| 11 | Under an agreement reached at the round table in January the UDF newspaper Demokratsiya was permitted a maximum circulation of 70,000 copies a day [ see p. 37193 ] , but this compared with 760,000 copies of the BCP daily Rabotnichesko Delo . |
| 12 | The early sauce-boats have a French style in appearance , but this changed as English sauce-boats were made . |
| 13 | One solution could be to double notes at the octave , but this leads to poor results , as doubled notes become too powerful and upset the chordal equilibrium . |
| 14 | But this leads to local sailing on more lively dinghies between bouts of strenuous sunbathing round the pool — or a dabble in windsurfing . |
| 15 | But this throws into high relief Leonard 's ( or at least Breavman 's ! ) denial of spiritual responsibility : if the onus had passed to his uncles , and thereby to his cousins , why should he care ? |
| 16 | Surely watching programmes together can be a beneficial social experience , but unlimited watching at all hours , unsupervised , can not be a good thing for children . |
| 17 | They formulated a programme of demands , but these fell on deaf ears in Petrograd . |
| 18 | There are others , but these appear on many travellers ' lists of favourite hotels . |
| 19 | Some are streetlamps , some are stars , but all shine like crazy diamonds . |
| 20 | All need annual pruning but many flower for long periods and come in lots of colours . |
| 21 | Stifling her yawns and fighting to keep her eyes open during the Litany of the Saints , she wrestled with the problem , terrified that Tristram might be caught trespassing but unable to think of any way to warn him . |