Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [adj] but [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The apartment maintained by Ladram Avionics on Park Avenue was small but comfortably fitted out in contemporary style . |
| 2 | Further south the Romanesque architecture is traditional but strongly tinged with classical forms from Rome . |
| 3 | Equipment was conventional but well maintained . |
| 4 | Reza Shah was literate but scarcely educated . |
| 5 | All three studies confirmed the Best and Gemberling ( 1977 ) effect when the exposure duration was brief but also found that more prolonged initial exposure generated latent inhibition both when the exposure-conditioning interval was short ( 3–4 h ) and when it was long ( 24 h or more ) . |
| 6 | Her room was small but nicely furnished , and she smiled at the sight of a posy of flowers in a vase on the dressing-table . |
| 7 | Her tenants were poor but carefully selected in accordance with their apparent potential for self-improvement . |
| 8 | For example , the insulin or epidermal growth factor receptors retain surface expression of oligosaccharides are present but incompletely processed . |
| 9 | The woman was uninjured but extremely upset . |
| 10 | Skirts were full but invariably finished just over the knee — and how many women would like to wear printed velvet breeches ? |
| 11 | His voice was soft but still held authority . |
| 12 | Inflammatory fibroid polyps are uncommon but well documented as solitary polyps occurring typically in the stomach or ileum . |
| 13 | The wine list is small but perfectly chosen . |
| 14 | Mikestands are abandoned , and the lighting is minimal but superbly orchestrated theatre . |
| 15 | Mikestands are abandoned , and the lighting is minimal but superbly orchestrated theatre . |
| 16 | The ridge is stony but easily followed south to its highest point , at 2170 feet , indicated by an Ordnance column . |
| 17 | Rivette 's shortened masterpiece is small but perfectly formed |
| 18 | If some continuously erupting , small-volume systems have short residence times , while other intermittent , large-volume systems are long-lived but continuously fed , this suggests that factors other than magma supply control eruptions . |
| 19 | Bandboys were fun but strictly barred by the Tiller office . |