Example sentences of "[noun] are [adv] [adj] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ordinary cable-connected tie-clips are quite inexpensive but they limit freedom of movement . |
| 2 | The gas fields of N.W. Germany are generally small but numerous ( Fig. 7 ) . |
| 3 | Simple drawings and illustrations are generally OK but avoid enlarging or reducing them wherever possible . |
| 4 | This can degenerate into a meaningless ritual if the meetings are very regular but is effective for ad hoc ones and those on an occasional basis . |
| 5 | ‘ The kids and the coaches are very keen but have no idea of the standard they have to achieve . |
| 6 | And I think when we talk in terms in getting around to spending the money we have got then we need to look quite clearly about how you make a place more inviting and it 's also about when people come into the building how they 're met what the receptionists like , when they ring up can they get through and I mean I 'm I 'm surprised that 's said about the tickets that I think that our reception ticket areas an excellent area the people working there are first class are very friendly very helpful so it 's trying to get that sort of concept through the building I thin k we work on that I think the building 's kept very clean people who clean the building are very good but I hear what you 're saying and I thinks it 's been said earlier by the lady here by the foyer downstairs she feels threatened when she goes into that bar because I think the whole decor and the way it is is a threatening place I think we need to look at those so that was an old and . |
| 7 | The results of this technique are also preliminary but encouraging . |
| 8 | The odds against such a coincidence are unimaginably great but they are not incalculably great . |
| 9 | ‘ Their news programmes are very professional but I believe they are too dry , pompous and sometimes too unimaginative for many people 's tastes . ’ |
| 10 | Today , emissions are overall lower but remain too high for sensitive ecosystems to bear . |
| 11 | Braverman 's views are rather general but other sociologists have suggested ways in which the position of specific professional groups in the class structure have deteriorated . |
| 12 | Good natural daylight and attractive views are less important but should certainly be taken into consideration . |
| 13 | The bulk of the Derry side are under seventeen but several have already gained a measure of senior experience with their clubs . |
| 14 | All these trades are quite healthy but they employ very few people given the innovations in cargo handling and the dominance of Scandinavian companies in shipping . |
| 15 | In British higher education the precision with which goals are stated is usually inversely related to their institutional generality ; thus course and grassroots teaching teams usually have clearly articulated goals ; faculty goals are often pious but hopelessly vague ; institutional goals are rarely stated and are never sufficiently defined to be operationalizable . |
| 16 | Sickle cell crises are extremely rare but affected individuals should be warned of the potential dangers of severe hypothermia or hypoxia . |
| 17 | At times it resembles a compilation album , the styles and influences are that diverse but to Gillespie and Co 's credit they gel remarkably well . |
| 18 | Relationships are often shallow but that 's inevitable , especially between the countries . |
| 19 | Relationships are often shallow but that 's inevitable , especially between the countries . |
| 20 | The disadvantages of friendship are very few but they do exist . |
| 21 | The spinelets are basically trifid but may be elaborated with secondary points ; in larger specimens , disk diameter greater than 7 mm , the armament has the form of rugose granules which may be abraded spinelets . |
| 22 | Its findings were sympathetic to Upjohn 's case — ie , ‘ the data are generally reassuring but rare idiosyncratic episodes of violence in association with triazolam , as with other [ benzodiazepines ] , can not be ruled out ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ A lot of books used in schools are technically readable but rather drab stories . |
| 24 | The new booties are surprisingly substantial but non-stretch — nothing like their predecessors , Gore-Text socks . |
| 25 | But very often I think tabloid journalism is interesting in terms of language because it 's very punchy it 's succinct because i i in some of our terms you might find people into a three minute reader and a thirty minute reader because in attention span and intellectual capacity are quite different but to actually condense something into meaningful short bursts , even if they are politically biased actually requires a certain amount of skill I would suspect the clarity index which I ca n't find is the process that I mentioned the other night where you take erm some people call it the fog index a correct me if I 'm wrong in my figures , but I think it 's a piece of something like two hundred or three hundred words you count the number of suc erm colons and full stops or is it only full stops ? |
| 26 | They 're just nice and comfortable at the end of the day when your feet are really swollen but nice and easy to wear but if it 's tight |
| 27 | The wines from this village are modestly good but do not merit top premier cru status — despite the elevation of the échelle of this village in 1985 from 93% to 95% . |
| 28 | The 36MHz SuperSparcs are still available but the lower cycles will be phased out . |
| 29 | ‘ Killers are usually stupid but some people might think it was a clever move to do just that . |
| 30 | Fixed pitch models are much simpler but were , at one time , almost in danger of disappearing until their attraction as a cheap means of learning to fly was realised . |