Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] but [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Supreme Court on Nov. 16 upheld a decision by the government of former Prime Minister V. P. Singh reserving 27 per cent of public-sector jobs for members of the lower castes but ruled that the total reservation should not exceed 50 per cent [ see pp. 37653 ; 37710-11 ; 37774 ] . |
| 2 | Of course there have to be some rules but try and ensure that there is a good reason for them . |
| 3 | That is , more than to words , ‘ not only semantic and social values but affect and fantasy as well , are bound to images ’ ( De Lauretis 1984 , pp. 8 , 38 ) . |
| 4 | We aim to complete the groundwork within 12 months but hope that concurrently British urologists will agree to work together in a randomised study of treatment for prostatic cancer confined to the organ . |
| 5 | They may concede that there may be frictional teething problems lasting a few years or even a few decades but argue that these are overcome eventually . |
| 6 | These generalizations contain some truths but oversimplify and to some degree distort a complex process of change . |
| 7 | The union supported the idea of a national wage for seafarers , determined by and supervised by a National or London Joint Committee of the parties concerned and corresponding Local Joint Committees but proposed that labour should be supplied by the National Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union . |
| 8 | The trainer believes he still has time to get Rodrigo de Triano back to peak fitness for the 2,000 Guineas but stresses that the colt will not take his place in the Classic if the ground softens up : ‘ If there is even a touch of soft , he wo n't run ; he needs to have it like a road . ’ |
| 9 | If users have little experience of using videocassette recorders or tape-slide equipment , a decision may have to be made on whether to ignore sources such as videocassettes or tape-slide sets which may be relevant to the database or to include such materials but ensure that help and guidance are available when the equipment is needed . |
| 10 | ‘ I can see tremendous benefits but hope that realistic targets are set for industry to comply . ’ |
| 11 | Griffin replies to such scepticism rather lamely : ‘ Allowing that an animal can be aware of outside events but denying that it can be self-aware becomes somewhat ridiculous — can the animal be aware of other creatures but not of itself ? ( 1984 : 205 ) . |
| 12 | The unions ' joint strategy committee agreed to raise strike pay from £100 to £125 a week plus top-ups from individual unions but confirmed that those laid off or locked out will not qualify for payments . |
| 13 | Elizabeth retired a little earlier than she had planned for domestic reasons but says that she intends to keep in touch with colleagues . |
| 14 | To the Labour party , they are untidy matters , which is why it not only opposes these changes but laughs when they are mentioned . |
| 15 | Examples from our corpus confirm these observations but show that the line between mediate and immediate assistance is not always as easy to draw as Erades and Wood make it out to be . |
| 16 | The Copyright , Designs and Patents Act 1988 does not specifically define these terms but states that " employed " , " employee " and " employer " and " employment " refer to employment under a contract of service or apprenticeship ( section 178 ) . |
| 17 | The research committee agrees that there will be benefits from many of the recommendations made in these reports but believes that changes of a more fundamental nature are required to improve the effectiveness of auditing in meeting the public 's expectations . |
| 18 | It resembles anxiety in many respects but suggests that the causes are more rational and external than irrational and internal . |
| 19 | We shall assume that the syntactic positions for adjectives in English are as below ; we give first the intensional pattern of which each is the surface exponent , as well as an example for each , and also an instance which is ungrammatical and where we shall later be able to suggest reasons for the ungrammaticality ; in each case we shall underline in the intensional pattern the property which is instantiated by the adjective , merely for clarification and not as an integral part of the notation : [ P E ] prenominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : adjective + noun as in hungry passengers ; but note that *asleep kittens is ungrammatical { [ E ] ( P ) } ordinary predicative position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + be + adjective as in the critics were upset ; but note that her husband was mere is ungrammatical [ E P ] postnominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + adjective as in the crimes alleged ; but note that the road wide is ungrammatical ( ( P E ) P ) predicate qualifying position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + noun phrase + adjective as in he brought his gun loaded ; but note that she uses her mixer lightweight is ungrammatical [ E ( P P ) ] postverbal position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + adjective as in the crowd remained angry ; but note that his brother resisted obstinate is ungrammatical ( ( P P ) E ) adverbal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : verb + noun phrase + adjective as in Ali rubbed the lamp clean ; but note that Mark resembles the officer sinister is ungrammatical ( P { E P } ) clausal position = surface syntactic sequence : verb + noun phrase ( + be ) + adjective as in he considers the prosecution case hopeless but note that Sue reported the prizes aplenty is ungrammatical { E P } P extraclausal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : adjective + clause as in furious , the king ordered many arrests but note that furious , the king had three wives is ungrammatical As we have said , these are the adjectival positions of English ( and possibly of any natural human language ) . |
| 20 | Following the October announcement , the Malaysian Foreign Ministry accepted the increased US use of Singapore 's existing facilities but reiterated that Malaysia would be unhappy with a permanent US base in Singapore . |
| 21 | The committee headed by Mr Nutting has issued the writs on behalf of 814 names but hopes that more will join the action . |
| 22 | ( 1988 ) estimate 17,000 additional fatal cancers in Europe in the next 50 years but highlight that the Chernobyl legacy adds an increment of only 0.01 per cent to European lifetime fatal cancer risk . |
| 23 | After all , policy makers rarely start from first principles but borrow and adapt structures and procedures which they see operating effectively elsewhere . |
| 24 | His brother , the only member of the family to escape death , was off fetching materials but returned while we talked . |
| 25 | Clark claimed to have seen little damage to military targets but maintained that residential areas and hospitals and other civilian facilities had been severely attacked , resulting in heavy civilian casualties . |
| 26 | At that time , he was not suspicious of any burglars but thought that Sara had been careless and had left the window unlocked . |
| 27 | Fuchida ordered his remaining 324 aircraft back to the waiting carriers but stayed as long as he could over the target . |
| 28 | I do n't care what you do with the other bods but see that the civilian gets some attention , will you ? |
| 29 | they had been married for two years but had as yet no offspring . |
| 30 | A Sotheby 's New York spokeswoman declined to say how much the company had already spent on the treasure over the last two years but acknowledged that it had been ‘ very , very expensive ’ . |