Example sentences of "[vb pp] all but [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ship was moving more slowly , but a blustery breeze and flying spray had discouraged all but the very hardy from taking an early morning stroll . |
| 2 | Spires , corner towers , belfries , even unusually shaped domes soon adorned all but the smaller frame stations . |
| 3 | After they had completed all but the final revisions on the work , Harriet , whose health had always been poor , became extremely ill . |
| 4 | The advent of small sample systems , in particular accelerator mass spectrometry ( AMS , see p. 122 ) has placed all but the very smallest objects within reach of radiocarbon : AMS only requires about 1 milligram of carbon . |
| 5 | And while the recession has deterred all but a handful of non-Italian dealers from participating this year , the organisers are hoping that by aiming high in all senses , the event will rapidly establish itself as a rival to the Florence fair . |
| 6 | Built as a Victorian workhouse , it had a grey , forbidding look which must have deterred all but the neediest applicants . |
| 7 | No doubt in the summer , the area would be spotted with ardently rucksacked walkers , but it was now early November , and the recent rain and cold would have deterred all but the most perverse . |
| 8 | The outer stood up to everything I could throw at it until a wicked Gogarth chimney thrutch resulted in a nicked sleeve , while the fleece has resisted all but a hot cylinder from the Snowdon Railway ! |
| 9 | Their method of working is sympathetic to the environment , but 20th century economic realities have put all but a handful out of business . |
| 10 | It had kept all but the most enthusiastic golf addicts indoors . |
| 11 | Originally intended to have taken the form of a binding Convention , it was watered down to a " Statement " as a result of concerted lobbying by a number of timber-exporting countries , led by Malaysia , which viewed it as an attack on sovereignty , and accused northern countries of hypocrisy , given the fact that they had already destroyed all but a tiny fraction of their own virgin forests . |
| 12 | The new law , proposed in early July [ see p. 38361 ] , which imposed a ban on parties based on " apostasy , sectarianism , racism , regionalism or anti-Arabism " , also barred all but the Ba'ath Party from operating in the armed forces and security services . |