Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] but at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The progress of this relationship is n't altogether clear but at the end of the book he describes the Italian male lover as a ‘ sleepy tomcat ’ and Vittoria 's life as subject to frequent phases of ‘ wailing neck biting followed by complacent indifference ’ from such men . |
| 2 | I remember Shostakovich was so nervous but at the same time so impressed . |
| 3 | The conditions producing weakness in this respect are highly complex but at a risk of oversimplification one might say that the balance of payments constraint reflects a relative ‘ industrial ossification ’ of the British economy — a failure to restructure and reinvest on a sufficient scale to maintain the position of the national economy on the world market . |
| 4 | It will be less polluting but at the cost of native energy sources which will be left to rot underground . |
| 5 | We need staffing , people in that area and she 's an internal candidate that 's come through , she 's done a good job right and and now she 's you know it 's not right but at the moment it gets us over a q over a quick fix |
| 6 | Usually these breaks are not perpendicular but at an angle , and so long as the end is carefully flame-polished , minor irregularities in the line of the break do not matter . |
| 7 | This account of science is indeed overly optimistic but at the same time limited . |
| 8 | The line is now extinct but at the time we arrived they had lived in the castle for some five hundred years . |
| 9 | The Freers were equally prolific but at a slower rate , with eight branches after 200 years of residence . |
| 10 | It was very short-lived but at the time it was a bit of a shock . |
| 11 | I 've always had to work very hard but at the end of the day I 'm , I 'm self-satisfied because I 'm I 'm doing what I want to do . |
| 12 | Its arrows do not travel very far but at a short distance it inflicts a very bad wound . |
| 13 | Oh Andrew 's always very slow but at the end of it bending his head . |
| 14 | He had discovered , however , that it was very exhausting but at the same time , once started , felt that it would be unwise to stop , even for a moment . |