Example sentences of "[noun] that [be] [adv] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Tachykinins are a family of biologically active neuropeptides that are widely but selectively distributed in both the central and the peripheral nervous systems , where they may function as neurotransmitters ( 1 ) . |
| 2 | Wycliffe looked about him and approved , especially of the walls which , in some past time , had been stencilled with designs that were mildly but cheerfully crazy so that to look at them for long made the eyes go funny . |
| 3 | An alternative explanation has recently been proposed for the E.coli rrnB P 1 promoter ( 33 ) , stating that DNA supercoiling would allow the RNA polymerase to establish more extended contacts with the DNA in the +1 region of the promoter , and that heparin would remove from DNA RNA polymerase molecules that are stably but not tightly bound to the promoter as closed complexes . |
| 4 | But the nails that were nearly but not quite claws had reached Grainne , and a burning , lacerating pain sliced through her shoulder . |
| 5 | However , you 'd buy an instrument like this for tone , not out-and-out volume , and this one possesses a weird and rather wonderful sound : a subtle , silvery treble , slightly nasal and Martin-like G and D strings , and a bass sound that 's tight but surprisingly rich . |
| 6 | When I loaded in the game I hit fire , and once I got to the end of the screen I went to enter a hole that is there but I could n't . |
| 7 | things went from bad to worse then as United defender Colin Andreson got sent off … for a challenge that was late but not as bad as it looked … ref had different thoughts |
| 8 | things went from bad to worse then as United defender Colin Andreson got sent off … for a challenge that was late but not as bad as it looked … ref had different thoughts |
| 9 | Most deaths are caused not by catastrophic accidents but by fouling from oil that is illegally but routinely discharged from ships . |
| 10 | MOST spiders weave webs that are all but invisible , but some species include a very conspicuous broad band of silk across the middle of the web . |
| 11 | The sum was raised at a model aircraft flying display that was all but washed out through appalling weather . |
| 12 | He caught a good couple of pounds of roach on ledgered casters from bites that were all but invisible . |