Example sentences of "[adj] but [pron] be [adv] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They were a bit violent but it 's only make-believe , like in a cartoon .
2 The principles set out above focus on the treatment and rights of the individual but there are also principles which apply to systems of care .
3 The number is not that large but there are certainly cases .
4 Your skin may now be soft and smooth but it 's probably lily white too .
5 They exist in a mirror world where they are suspended in a liquid like molten glass , and these images when seen from the mundane are brilliant but they are only mirror images of reality .
6 The situation throughout the region is improving but there is still work to be done . ’
7 I want to repeat that the line was faint but it was definately Dr Kemp on the phone and that what I wrote was as near as anyone could get to what he said .
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