Example sentences of "[adj] but [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel was disgusted but intrigued by the lengths Eleanor had gone to . |
| 2 | " Yes , we 've got a terrible profile on repairs , " said a Coventry councillor , formerly of the Left but driven into the arms of her old protagonists on the right of the party by other Left councillors ' support for tenants . |
| 3 | In 1921 , Parker created a pen that broke all the rules , officially called the Duofold but known as the ‘ Big Red ’ . |
| 4 | The Polish Republic was proclaimed at the end of December 1989 , thus restoring the formal name which had been adopted after independence in 1918 but replaced by the name Polish People 's Republic in 1947 . |
| 5 | It involves the transformation of an object that is meaningful but structured at the level of the signification to an object that is still meaningful but is also structured at the level of the signified . |
| 6 | Yet , as noted at the beginning of this chapter , the amendments were essentially the same as those put by the previous Labour administration in 1977 but withdrawn in the face of widespread opposition . |
| 7 | He had seemed puzzled but intrigued by the clogged , uncouth sketches of peasants . |
| 8 | The commission , supposedly independent but appointed by the military government , said that it was investigating various claims of irregularities made against the candidates . |
| 9 | Direct-grant schools , formally independent but associated with the maintained system , accounted for a further 1.5 per cent . |
| 10 | Adolphus 's army was small but composed of the cream of the Empire 's soldiery — the Reiksguard , Knights of the White Wolf , Knights Panther and Knights of the Blazing Sun . |
| 11 | Originally scheduled for July 13 but postponed in the face of legal challenges , it was held on the basis that a simple majority in 75 per cent of the country 's 16 states would be sufficient for approval of the proposition . |
| 12 | While in India Aung San gave a press conference where he snapped out that he was ‘ Hoping for the best but prepared for the worst ’ . |
| 13 | 520 the Court of Appeal affirmed the making of a disclosure order to which the privilege against self-incrimination applied but attached to the order a direction in the form utilised by Buckley J. in paragraph 33 of his order . |
| 14 | This hotel , probably the most cosmopolitan of our units in Benidorm , is modern but built in the traditional Spanish way with large airy public rooms and a ‘ cool ’ feel in similar fashion , all with private facilities and balconies which overlook the most impressive feature of the hotel — the pool area , which is a real sun trap . |
| 15 | Gloomy interior can feel claustrophobic , front legroom is plentiful but cramped in the rear . |
| 16 | Finally , and unsurprisingly , the attempted questioning of noun phrase and verb together while " leaving behind " the adjectival property will again produce an incoherent result , as in ( 27 ) where the first sentence is ungrammatical while the second is grammatical but associated with the wrong sort of answer : ( 27 ) what did the raiders do dead ? what should I do longer ? |
| 17 | Roman work in this field was not original but based on the Greek . |
| 18 | This gave warning to the outside interests and to members and gave them time to gather their thoughts and explain their views before the first reading , which was purely formal but provided for the printing of the bill . |