Example sentences of "but [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | But given a better switch and pots , and a beefier bridge pickup , old blue would n't fall far short of the maximum . |
2 | The Humanist stress on the importance of the word was not only redoubled but given a special orientation by the Reformation-which experienced its supreme crisis , the Diet of Worms , in 1521 , four months before Josquin 's death . |
3 | On April 3 the DP leadership appealed for demonstrations to cease , but called a general strike for the following day to commemorate those killed in Shkodër . |
4 | Klimt 's Jurisprudence , a ceiling painting for the University of Vienna , showed , not a belief in legality , but portrayed a central figure who was instead a helpless victim of the law . |
5 | Sheffield Wednesday 's makeshift striker has all but clinched a big money move to Ewood Park at the second attempt just three weeks after signing a new four-year contract at Hillsborough . |