Example sentences of "[adj] but [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm printed in the official copy for this but left off this copy were the names , also the Reverend of Glangothwyn and the Reverend Victor of Hamwell Erm does anybody else wish to make any comments on the minutes of . |
| 2 | The pattern of inheritance of this simple characteristic led the Moravian monk , Gregor Mendel , to one of the greatest insights in biology — character traits were not blended during passage from one generation to another but inherited as separate factors , later called genes . |
| 3 | Suffolk BMA representative David Meldrum welcomed any leaflets explaining when night calls are appropriate but warned against written material or a penalty system that would discourage patients from calling their doctor . |
| 4 | There he sat in his writer 's hotel room , venturing out into a series of tight corners , filing his copy , then leaving for Warsaw to compose his short books — objects physically slight but charged with these confusions . |
| 5 | Kite , the US Open champion , had a seven at the fourth but recovered with six birdies for a 69 , while Norman failed to join Faldo in the lead by missing from 8ft at the 18th for a 71 . |
| 6 | This kind of paper , in use in the 25 years up to 1914 but revived in recent times , also places the EZRA POUND photographs in a time outside the present — suggesting , perhaps a vision of Venice in the time of the " Belle Epoque " when Pound first came to Europe as a young man and revolutionized poetics in the English language . |
| 7 | They were uniform but occurred in such abundance and could so readily be transported that even when they were taken over as currency they could only serve as a rule for small change . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ They must have bugged her for the same reason we went to see her : she was somebody unofficial but experienced in underground work — They 'd know they were up against some British group not the CIA . |
| 10 | It is large and grey and chilly but surrounded by beautiful land . |
| 11 | He resigned as party leader in October 1990 but remained as Prime Minister , at the head of a coalition government of " national unity " [ see p. 37862 ] . |