Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun] but [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The second result follows from the fact that the TB is priced to include accrued interest but the interest is not paid till maturity . |
| 2 | The town lacked architectural distinction but the colour of the women 's clothes , predominantly red , yellow and orange , was unforgettable , especially when large numbers were assembled at the wells or in the marketplace . |
| 3 | Abby Knight , a health and beauty writer and expert in skin and hair care , replied : ‘ Yes , there are exercises that tauten facial muscles but the most important thing to remember is not to pull the face into contortions that are not natural to you . |
| 4 | It contains clear illustration but no photographs ( which is a shame ) . |
| 5 | I know people read my books and try to find identifiable people but the truth is that five or six people , and a great deal of myself and a great deal of invention , go into minor characters . |
| 6 | Midlands Electricity and South Western also reported healthy figures but the shares retreated : Midland fell 2p to 451p ; South Western slipped the same to 436p . |
| 7 | The endoscopic staging of ulcers was done according to the standard Japanese protocol : Briefly , the active stage of ulcer has a crater without surrounding regenerative mucosa , the healing stage of ulcer has an area of deformity , a patch of erythema , and a small residual crater , and the scar stage of ulcer has radiating folds but no crater . |
| 8 | Lengthy research went on to find suitable precedents but the overriding consideration was the position of Lloyd George and the Liberals . |
| 9 | Trent had hoped to be able to observe Golden Girl but the rivulet had led him downstream and the yacht lay upriver beyond the bend . |
| 10 | These attacks , the most serious since President Alberto Keinya Fujimori took office on July 28 , included an explosion when a car containing a bomb was rammed into the presidential palace , causing extensive damage but no casualties . |
| 11 | On July 11 , bombs exploded outside the Spanish consulates in the German cities of Munich and Dusseldorf , causing extensive damage but no serious injuries . |
| 12 | However , UNITA denied responsibility for a bomb attack at Luanda airport on Dec. 27 , which caused extensive damage but no casualties . |
| 13 | There is always the chance that the company will not give honest answers but the extent to which debtor dishonesty is a danger should not be exaggerated . |
| 14 | In particular , incendiary devices and car bombs exploded in the city centre of Belfast on Jan. 5 , 21 and 31 , causing major damage but no injuries . |
| 15 | Many of the families claim to have made regular payments but the landlords say they never received them . |
| 16 | The attacks caused considerable damage but no injuries . |
| 17 | On Feb. 20 , explosions at the British , German , Italian and Turkish embassies in Tehran , caused minor damage but no injuries . |
| 18 | I have tried to dismantle an old chair using conventional methods but the glued joints wo n't budge . |
| 19 | Third parties may provide technical advice but the responsibility must stay with the user . |
| 20 | Biopsies showed chronic inflammation but no evidence of malignancy . |
| 21 | As a conductor he is , in a sense , a ‘ new boy ’ , accustomed to directing contemporary music but a late-starter in broader repertory . |
| 22 | Why can female staff in Canterbury wear casual clothes but the men have to wear shirts and ties ? |
| 23 | Rocky actually played ok and showed good skill but the team were missing the focal point — Batty . |
| 24 | It is usually much easier to identify bad behaviour but the process of behaviour change has two sides . |
| 25 | Ambitious politicians with their sights set on Downing Street probably make lousy husbands but the likes of Norma Major , Rosemary Lamont somehow cope . |
| 26 | Niki moved to Brabham and produced good results but no wonders there ; Hunt stayed with a McLaren in serious decline and was able to do even less in 1978 than in 1977 : he and team-mate Tambay totalled a mere 16 points between them . |
| 27 | Cooke is not explicitly trying to resolve structure-action tensions but the approach he adopts implies a resolution , albeit one which is essentially historicist . |
| 28 | The merged company is likely to restrict output and increase prices , providing private profits but a dead-weight burden to society as a whole . |
| 29 | Each project requires specific conditions but the general thrust will be to secure guaranteed or priority access for target participants/bodies , at charges which are not disadvantageous compared to the normal level of charging for the facility or type of facility . |
| 30 | These samples of human oddity certainly exemplify cultural diversity but the choice of pictures immediately makes it obvious that the people who are to be discussed are " primitives " who lack all the gadgetry of modern technology and modern sanitation . |