Example sentences of "[noun] but [verb] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Always with resignation and with grief but buffered by the knowledge that he would no longer be in pain and confusion , by the fact that he 'd had a long and lively life — that he would be at peace at last . |
| 2 | Attacked as irresponsible by the conservative opposition but welcomed by the Australian Council of Trade Unions which pledged to contain wage pressure , the programme marked a return towards the ALP 's traditional Keynesianism after years of economic liberalization and rationalization begun in 1983 when Keating was Treasurer under Hawke . |
| 3 | Among puppies seeking homes are six which were given as festive presents but rescued by the RSPCA when the owners could not cope . |
| 4 | The proposed gala contained many elements of reunification activities organized by Southern dissidents but banned by the government . |
| 5 | This invitation was accepted by the other resistance factions but refused by the State of Cambodia ( SOC ) . |
| 6 | Will my right hon. Friend find time today to tell the House of the decision made yesterday to restore to Latvia , Lithuania and Estonia the gold deposited for safe keeping in the Bank of England but misappropriated by the then Labour Government with the support in the Division Lobby of the leader and Chief Whip of the Liberal party at that time ? |
| 7 | Every town of importance possessed its theatre most of which had been built in Hellenistic times often carved out of the hillside but fronted by a stage building and proscenium platform . |
| 8 | These are the famous twins Kleobis and Biton , in Cycladic marble but signed by an Argive sculptor ( … medes ) and dedicated by the people of Argos at Delphi , where they were seen by Herodotus who tells their story . |
| 9 | It is likely that John was responsible for rebuilding the keep of Durham Castle , and the Crown in 1378 appointed him to carry out works at the castles of Carlisle and Roxburgh , the latter in Scotland but held by the English from 1346 until 1460 . |
| 10 | Readers of this paper will need no reminding of the way in which the important recommendations of the Warnock committee were encapsulated in the 1981 Act but accompanied by a clear negative statement : ‘ There will be no additional funds ’ . |
| 11 | The other kind , lacking succinic acid but marked by the presence of organic sulphur , is at home in the Mediterranean . |
| 12 | The word trespasser has anti-social connotations , and to say that a duty was automatically owed to a trespasser but qualified by the standard , may have been too sophisticated . |
| 13 | One proposal , in the works for the past two years but delayed by the change in administration , would deal with coastal ocean zones . |
| 14 | A further quirk in the Notts approach to gathering statistics is that until 1982 they counted as TIC those offences offered to the court but denied by the offenders ! |
| 15 | Both events led to controversy : fingerprints found at the assassination site were not , as claimed , those of an IRA suspect but of a detective ; Herrema 's release after a lengthy siege followed an agreement with his kidnappers , signed by Garvey but repudiated by the gardai . |
| 16 | This has been one of the most controversial clauses in the Act and was deleted in the House of Lords but reinstated by the government . |
| 17 | Mrs Thatcher has merely utilized to the full the scope for untrammelled power latent in the British Constitution but obscured by the hesitancy and scruples of previous , consensus-based , political leaders . |
| 18 | Funding levels must be determined by a standard formula , drawn up by the LEA but approved by the Secretary of State . |
| 19 | So we find , for example , that men are like grass renewed in the morning but withered by the time of evening ( I 's 90.5 ) ; their days are like grass which is gone when the wind ( as here ) passes over it ( 103.15–16 ) ; the " son of man who is made like grass " is parallel to " man who dies " ( Isa 51.12 ) . |
| 20 | Najibullah 's offer was welcomed by the Pakistan government but spurned by the hardline mujaheddin groups . |
| 21 | The general consensus was that , while their marriage may have had its ups and downs , they were now amicable companions pursuing separate interests but united by a common duty . |
| 22 | Atkinson Grimshaw prices were inflated in 1989 and 1990 by demand from dealers holding exhibitions but dropped by no less than 56% in 1991 when that demand was satisfied . |
| 23 | It is now in Glen House , Innerleithen , Peeblesshire , which is still owned by Lord Glenconner but operated by a private company as a conference centre . |
| 24 | Tasks Requested by Lexicographers but Managed by the Computer Group |
| 25 | They allow us to escape the vast and growing area of ambiguity — for that ‘ Japanese car ’ is assembled in the United States by Mexican and Korean workers , from parts made in twenty other countries , by a corporation whose parent is registered in Tokyo but owned by a consortium of companies registered in five other countries , and the general manager is a German . |
| 26 | The parish was tiny , hardly anyone lived in it , the church was small and easy to fill ; congregations select ; a little Sunday school but run by a lady ; some undergraduates ; hardly anyone to visit ; the proximity of Edward Wynn and Milner-White and Wilfred Knox and his father . |
| 27 | William Howitt , in his Rural Life in England , 1838 , wrote of the Dent knitters , ‘ The knitting goes on with unremitting speed … they burn no candle but knit by the light of the peat fire . ’ |
| 28 | Germany 's 2.3 million public service workers are heading for their first strike for 18 years in support of a 5.4 per cent pay rise recommended by arbitrators but rejected by the government . |
| 29 | The Southern Ocean is a broad , deep ring of water , contiguous with the southern Atlantic , Indian and Pacific oceans but bounded by the Antarctic Convergence ( p. 11 ) . |
| 30 | Reading Lucas 's article from this side of the Atlantic at a time when unemployment in Britain seems about to hit a post-war high , one is tempted to conclude that there may , after all , be a grain of truth in the mischievous quip attributed to Oscar Wilde : Britain and America are united by a common culture but separated by a common language . |