Example sentences of "but [vb past] by [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly by the year 2000 BC , the tables of the Cretan rulers shone and glittered with drinking cups of gold and silver and , even in the century before the first temples were raised , those rulers were wearing elegant gold ornaments , not imported , but produced by Minoan craft workers . |
| 2 | Schools that have bought computers approved by the DoI but made by other firms , for instance Sinclair or Research Machines , can not buy adaptors . |
| 3 | Those who were not , but rose by exceptional ability , were invariably the subject of unfavourable comment , and when successful ( as in the case of Archbishop Willigis of Mainz , 975–1011 ) , it was because their rule drew on the capital of the Adelsheiliger tradition . |
| 4 | The first anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ( on June 3 , 1989 ) was commemorated in Tehran on June 4 by huge crowds of mourners , estimated by organizers at 8,000,000 but believed by Western observers to number several hundred thousands . |
| 5 | He would n't tell them anything more , but drove by tiny back roads , through impossibly steep villages to the grotesque gardens of Bomarzo . |
| 6 | You could say it 's a return to his earlier mode , but ramified by increased stamina . |
| 7 | Drill attachments : Similar to the previous category , but powered by direct drive from a hand held electric drill , these have some application in the drier phases of cleaning . |
| 8 | Time 's winged chariot , complete with skeleton and scythe , is converted during the play from being a trivial ornament in an artist 's studio to a darker symbol of Dorian 's decline , and the whole drama unfolds under a vast sundial , bedecked with clouds but surrounded by Roman numerals for the hours . |
| 9 | It is large and grey and chilly but surrounded by beautiful land . |
| 10 | Budgets are n't based on the needs of the local community any more , but dictated by central Government . ’ |
| 11 | A brave attempt , but spoiled by poor execution . |