Example sentences of "but [noun pl] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So seven minutes of the game gone and a mistake by Andy Melville letting in Gary Lineker , but Spurs take a short corner . |
| 2 | But Spurs found the character to come back and equalise through Gordon Durie on 56 minutes , and United manager Alex Ferguson applauded the new competitive edge to a side that ended his team 's run of five straight wins . |
| 3 | Nobody was reported injured , but volcanologists said the eruption was only moderate . |
| 4 | But cyclists have no alternative but the A2 , a road so awful that I have heard of tourists giving up at Canterbury , fearing that the rest of Britain is just as bad ( which on trunk routes , it is ! ) . |
| 5 | But experts say the Worcester treasure hunter may still be in for a pleasant suprise . |
| 6 | ‘ But plans have a habit of coming unstuck . ’ |
| 7 | But vets say the public is unaware of just how dangerous the virus can be . |
| 8 | UNIX SYSTEM LABS WAIVES $7m SOURCE FEES FOR UNIVEL — REVENUES UP BUT ACCOUNTS SHOW A LOSS FOR THE YEAR |
| 9 | Scott replied : ‘ I do not know what the future may hold , but authorities have no power to provide cash now ’ . |
| 10 | But opponents say the site is totally unsuitable . |
| 11 | Those two would have filled the entire chart but compilers restricted the number of soaps on the list . |
| 12 | But shareholders get a bigger dividend . |
| 13 | But shareholders own the firm : the decision should be theirs . |
| 14 | These are a carrot , for those who like carrots ; but shareholders have no accompanying stick , which effective two-handed discipline would require . |
| 15 | Desert Storm , with its thousands of sorties a day , could have been planned without computers ( the Schlieffen plan launched the first world war with sweat and brainpower , little more ) ; but computers allow the plans to be fine-tuned and to be altered quickly . |
| 16 | All pupils , therefore , must be able by the age of 16 to use spoken and written Standard English ; but schools have the responsibility to develop their own policies on the detail of how this should be done . |
| 17 | But words have a highly ambiguous status : they are human artefacts but they are also very like natural species . |
| 18 | But shops showed no interest and the big soap companies did n't even reply to her letters . |
| 19 | But branches need a facility , it 's not about in-fighting , it 's about something that actually happened within my branch , I 'd like to add that we won the appeal , when the branch went through it raised two questions , we won one , we lost one . |
| 20 | But theatre-goers expecting a regulation production of Measure for Measure at Chester 's Gateway Theatre will be in for a surprise this is in modern dress . |
| 21 | But doubts surround the long-term benefits . |
| 22 | But Jews know a good thing when they taste it and alighted on the herring because it was inexpensive , piquant , nutritious and versatile . |
| 23 | There is room service but bedrooms have no minibar or air-conditioning . |
| 24 | We can not have the voluptuous strengths of new technology , but books have the attraction of maturity . |
| 25 | These transformations are both isometries , but geometers need no encouragement to generalise the principle to include any transformation . |
| 26 | But kids have a long tradition of getting the better of adults , going back to the Famous Five and beyond . |
| 27 | On reaching Carlisle Square , at the city end of Craigavon Bridge , they were jeered by a crowd of loyalists , but stewards lining the square prevented any clash . |
| 28 | But Rovers blocked the deal after Pompey asked to keep Agnew on loan for another month . |
| 29 | That is outrageous , as judges at the Old Bailey have made clear , but judges have no power over the running of the Prison Service . |
| 30 | KMT liberals supported a direct election , but conservatives advocated a complicated proxy system . |