Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] but [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nuclear programme were reducing but the non-nuclear activities were not yet sufficiently robust to replace them . |
| 2 | The individual 's intentions and objectives are correct and the proper course of action is selected but a slip occurs in performing it . |
| 3 | ( 3 ) In cases where payment in is made later than within fourteen days of service , or without summons costs , the action is stayed but the defendant is liable for the plaintiff 's costs up to the date when the plaintiff receives payment , but not for costs thereafter ( Ord 11 , r 2(3) ) . |
| 4 | No reply was received but the group later heard that Bashir had been released . |
| 5 | The light was thickening but the twisted silvery grey trunks with their crusted bark showed up clearly against the long grass where some of last autumn 's apples still lay , puckered and brown . |
| 6 | The possibility of a move to the West Country or the South Coast was considered but the company was uncertain of retaining sufficient numbers of the existing work-force and these options were also dropped . |
| 7 | A Kenlow fan was fitted but the engine overheated , we again solved this by fitting the thinner series III radiator and a special American aluminium fan from Jake Wright . |
| 8 | The instrument was faded but the musician was there . ’ |
| 9 | If the equipment is provided but the employee does not use it , this may have the effect of placing both the plaintiff and the defendant in breach of statutory duty . |
| 10 | No equipment is needed but the textbook and paper to write on . |
| 11 | Endless letters to the council about the state of the ramp and the botch job on the coping are ignored but the council decided to install some close circuit TV for a good proportion of what repairs to the ramp would have cost . |
| 12 | Our sample and the disk were returned but no additional information was supplied . |
| 13 | Figure 16–4 showed what happens when a wage tax is levied but the supply of labour is completely inelastic . |
| 14 | Coding is required but a selection of responses may be used verbatim in the final report to add interest . |
| 15 | The writer , Marianne Farningham , wrote of the preaching of her pastor at College Street Baptist Chapel in Northampton in equally rapturous terms : ‘ Not a sound was heard but the musical voice of the speaker , who held the great crowd in rapt and absolute attention . |
| 16 | His right eye was hidden but the left leered at her with a dreadful knowingness . |
| 17 | When her mother came into the room the picture was completed but the grass had all been coloured blue . |
| 18 | A blast bomb was thrown but the device failed to explode . |
| 19 | Under the scheme thousands of works of art were returned but the Dutch State also gained possession of over 3,000 works . |
| 20 | The choir was consecrated in 1322 , transepts and nave were begun but the money ran out and the fabric slowly began to decay . |
| 21 | Even the policeman is dumfounded but the photographer 's got his shot . |
| 22 | Thus the pattern we would expect to see if the lexical procedure is damaged but the non-lexical procedure remains intact — if these procedures really are separate — is good reading of regular words and non-words with bad reading of exception words . |
| 23 | Here the quality of output is assured but the user is strictly limited in the number of available words . |
| 24 | ‘ The corpse was shaved but the beard and moustache were red . |
| 25 | None of the crew was injured but the fire engine was scratched and dented . |
| 26 | The BAeSema Ltd joint venture of British Aerospace Plc and Sema Group Plc won a UK Ministry of Defence contract to equip five frigates with command systems : no price was given but a source told Reuter that it was about £30m . |
| 27 | If the centre was given some notice of the team 's arrival , and if the team were lead by a SCOTVEC officer , then not only would the profile of subject assessment be raised but the centre could use the presence of so many SCOTVEC staff in a positive way for staff development purposes . |
| 28 | The cash figure in the balance sheet might include both capital and operating cash : if a debenture is issued but the resulting cash has not yet been invested in fixed assets , then the cash will perhaps be shown in the cash book — this is capital cash ; if profits were made in the current year , some of these profits might take the form of cash — this is operating cash . |
| 29 | There are instances when a valid subsidence or heave claim is received but the Policyholder does not wish to have the repairs carried out for some reason e.g. elderly Policyholder does not wish upheaval , can not pay the policy excess . |
| 30 | Liver transplantation was proposed but the patient died from cardiovascular failure . |