Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun] but [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Slavophiles were critical of serfdom and political oppression but they sought a way forward which would draw on what they perceived as Russia 's peculiar strength : the social solidarity expressed in both the Orthodox faith and the traditional peasant commune . |
| 2 | Professional counsellors faced with the same client would be clear that it is their task to explore emotions and they allocate the time to do it ; social workers have the mixed task of practical and emotional support but they have a restricted caseload and the time to build up a relationship . |
| 3 | The fragmentation and inequities of prewar arrangements were highlighted in 1937 by an influential report from the Department of Political and Economic Planning but it took the Second World War and the Beveridge Report of 1942 to change perceptions sufficiently to legitimise a greatly enhanced role for the state in the provision of health care . |
| 4 | Not only are these mosaics of great beauty and rich colour but they provide accurate data of the costume and appearance of Justinian 's period and illustrate the hieratic splendour of the Byzantine court . |
| 5 | Thornton , 32 , was constantly frustrated by Eubank 's weird and unorthodox antics but he had nothing exceptional to throw into the pot . |
| 6 | It showed no appreciable difference between young and old women but it declined with age in men . |
| 7 | The policies require the support of the local authority and proper resourcing but they provide an ideal framework for schools seeking to become more responsive to their pupils and the Communities they serve . |
| 8 | Of course there have been discussions between the Trust and civil servants but nothing has gone to PESC ( the expenditure talks ) . ’ |
| 9 | As yet this technique has limited spatial and temporal resolution but it does offer a means of looking at human brain activity in a fairly safe way . |
| 10 | Gathering accurate information and perceptions on which to base our work has been a time consuming and laborious exercise but we have all learnt a great deal in the process and the model which has emerged appears to be acceptable to all of those who have been involved and the information networks have begun to do their time honoured job . |
| 11 | laughter so that by the time we came to do the five practical ev exercises you know everybody was in a very relaxed and jolly mood but I think that 's was it 's about but from the results that we were getting from the practical exercises clearly what he said had taken root you know roll key words , roll them around in your mind er try running through letters of the alphabet to match up with your key word chains and you know if if if the word is ball try roll see if you can get it to rhyme and ultimately the creme de la creme is if you can actually get the title of a song or |
| 12 | He says he 's tried guinea pig and dummy rabbit but there 's been no response and in answer to question says he hopesto she 'll break the diet tonight . |
| 13 | He acknowledges that Donald is South Africa 's top bowler and major attraction but he believes that is still no excuse for bowling him too much . |
| 14 | Such transmitted signals have little or no effect on lights , motors and electrical equipment but they arc easily detected by an electronic circuit . |
| 15 | It is a poem which uses plain , simple language and he holds it together using onomatopoeia and effective rhyme but you do not feel as if there is one definite clear-cut image or message in it . |
| 16 | Well when Ken said about the headboard last week they were selling sheets on mini market I said pink ones and grey ones but I said not while they had the Christmas stuff in , it was before the Christmas stuff they must have taken them out you know I |
| 17 | This report describes the case of a patient who was initially diagnosed and treated as having coeliac disease and lymphocytic gastritis but who responded poorly to a gluten free diet . |
| 18 | This is of course a highly simplified way of seeing the distinction between analogue and digital information but it does emphasise why the future of multimedia — indeed , the future of all information media — is essentially digital . |
| 19 | Little owls will kill small mammals and small birds but they do not as a rule consume the flesh direct . |
| 20 | A paramedic crew from Mersey Regional Ambulance was waiting on the beach for Mr Ross and they took him to Southport and Formby District and General Hospital but he died shortly afterwards . |
| 21 | We take the substance of radical and green politics but we avoid the party lines . |
| 22 | It is crammed with incidents involving Rangers and Celtic players but it has no great love for either club . |
| 23 | The soirée seems to be the setting for mere social chit-chat and the group includes breezy social climbers , demure maidens and worried intellectuals but what binds them together , apart from their social exclusivity , is the fear that their class is under threat . |
| 24 | In the September parliament of 1328 he received the title Earl of March , an honour which was amply justified in terms of his wealth and territorial power but which aroused some hostility amongst the other earls . |
| 25 | They are important in understanding the instincts lying behind people 's relations to ethnic , racial and nationalist politics but we need to become much more specific about the social and historical circumstances in which these latent feelings are actually felt and expressed . |
| 26 | It may well be that such an approach is incommensurate with the difficulties presented by international disagreements and internal conflicts but it does suggest a way of looking at law which enhances its potential as an instrument for peace . |
| 27 | There was a new Secondary there , a fine building everyone said , with playing fields and a pool and modern laboratories but it sounded , to Carrie , very ordinary and dull . |
| 28 | I had nothing to do with the recording and creative side but I changed guitar strings and that kind of thing . |
| 29 | Multimedia is one ingredient in this climate of change and potential diversification but it has some particular implications which publishers need to understand . |