Example sentences of "[adj] but [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The father of a friend of mine who went to visit relatives in Paris told us that he did not know a word of French but spoke the Parmigiano dialect all the time and got on very well . |
| 2 | The argument from analogy concedes the first half of this but denies the second , claiming that we have at least some evidence to the contrary . |
| 3 | The defendants were aware of this but took no steps to keep the children out . |
| 4 | Nice chap and he teaches creative writing in Glasgow , used to be a teacher then a teacher trainer and then I think took early retirement and he does this but made the point that he simply uses it for extra income for pleasure and interest as opposed I suppose to a way of writing you know so |
| 5 | They did not have to isolate zinc metal to do this but used the cementation process described on page 76 . |
| 6 | Bouch can not vouch for this but suggests the number of visitors might have exceeded the available accommodation which in turn put prices up . |
| 7 | When trying to relate the global structure of this solution to part of the Schwarzschild space-time , it should be emphasised that for this class of colliding plane waves the coordinate is not periodic but covers the full range . |
| 8 | The headmaster , former Danish Politician Tom Hoyem , says he 's passionately opposed to smoking but feels the issue is not being confronted by banning it . |
| 9 | To suggest that the signs are up in order to show a ‘ vigorous contempt for the people whose productive labour pays for all their intellectual endeavour ’ is not only wrong but reinforces the old stereotype of ‘ them and us ’ which at least some colleges are trying to break down . |
| 10 | Take a single dose of Sulphur 30 but expect the thrush to get worse in three or four days ' time before it will get better . |
| 11 | This satisfied few but left the way open for the Bolsheviks who soon controlled the army and all communications and transport in Petrograd . |
| 12 | Cullybackey horsewoman Jessica Chesney nearly clinched the Homepride Sauces International stakes on Thursday when she had the fastest clear round in the jump-off but tipped the gate to get an unlucky four faults . |
| 13 | Through their work jewellery ceased to be something merely ornamental but attained a level of artistic and symbolic importance it has rarely equalled since . |
| 14 | In an apparent attempt to placate the anti-reform groups in the Congress of People 's Deputies before it opened , Yegor Gaidar , responsible for the main thrust of the economic reforms , was dismissed by Yeltsin as Finance Minister on April 2 but retained the post of Deputy Premier . |
| 15 | This figure shows that daily rhythms are less marked but show a similar pattern ( that is , general shape and timing ) when measured in the absence of external rhythms . |
| 16 | The great British films all tap into a problem , the gap between what is felt and what can be expressed , that is universal but gains a particular inflection from being seen in the British context . |
| 17 | As has been pointed out " the purpose of many opposition amendments is not to make the Bill more generally acceptable but to make the Government less generally acceptable . " |
| 18 | Here are narrow buildings with ornate , stepped and curving gables , topped by sculptured finials standing side by side , each one different but creating a homogeneous whole . |
| 19 | During the early centuries of Aethis 's rule news of the founding of a new human empire reached Ulthuan but seemed no cause for concern . |
| 20 | She would be around forty but had the appearance of a heroine in a Victorian novel — tall , willowy , ethereal . |
| 21 | One day , they met in the second class compartment of a train — unemployed but taking the bad days as cheerfully as the good , knowing that tomorrow probably would find them enjoying the material rewards of advertising yet again . |
| 22 | but at the same time I would want to afford er , you as heads of departments er er everybody 's heads of department a little bit of leeway what i what if , what wa wa we have to be careful about this that we set a standard but allow a little leeway because all departments are slightly different and want to approach things |
| 23 | S. Stefano Rotondo is similar but has an inner ring of Ionic columns supporting an entablature while , across the circle , is a pierced dividing wall supported on two Corinthian columns . |
| 24 | It amalgamated with a boys ' secondary modern in September 1975 to form a mixed comprehensive but retained a strong grammar school ethos amongst a section of the senior teachers . |
| 25 | Richard Ryder is friendly , tactful and warm but has a ruthless streak which has been exposed in recent days . |
| 26 | Thus bFGF shows little protective activity and is not essential for gastroprotection afforded by sucralfate but plays an important part in healing of gastric ulcers possibly due to its growth promoting and angiogenic actions . |
| 27 | The knowledge is adaptive when it can be fitted into an already existing framework within the individual but allows an extension of his capabilities . |
| 28 | If the contract is not personal but contains an express prohibition on assignment , such prohibition will only prevent an assignment of the benefit if on its wording it is clear and precise . |
| 29 | Davis swept to 3-0 but missed the easiest of blues on the brink of 4-0 . |
| 30 | Davis swept to 3-0 but missed the easiest of blues on the brink of 4-0 . |