Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] but is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also an important finance sector , playing host to 20 foreign banks but is developing major presence in high-tech and research industries with big names such as Merlin-Gerin , Schlumberger , Sun Microsystems , Bull , Thomson and Sema resident in the area . |
| 2 | No civic wall but is defiled |
| 3 | Your heart would go out to her , Wilson , if you were to see how she struggles to be her old self but is exhausted after a mere ten minutes of conversation , and then she is obliged to fall back and take no more part in it though wishing to do so . |
| 4 | ’ She tries to show daughterly affection to her surly father but is bullied and repulsed by him . |
| 5 | The filling has a slightly alcoholic flavour but is spoiled slightly by a little too much sugar on top . |
| 6 | If one can , then it clearly does n't have free will but is predetermined . |
| 7 | Another example is where the director could pay himself a very high salary but is caught by the tax-approved pensionable earnings ceiling of £77,400 per annum ( from April ) . |
| 8 | Clarke , like Reed , completed his first season of international rugby this year but is played out of position on the blind-side flank instead of his England slot of No 8 . |
| 9 | The problem is long-standing in some industries but is making fresh inroads with the spread of new technology and keyboards . |
| 10 | This is not a depressive or suicidal phenomenon but is related to the particular effect of the dissociative state upon the mind : ‘ If you have a full-blown experience of K , you can never believe there is death , or that death can possibly influence who you are . ’ |
| 11 | Th that for most of us would be very sad and it is your Association and it is the only substantial body that there 's representing you as individual sailor but is attempting to fight off that unnecessary legislation . |
| 12 | If the charge on the property in favour of the husband is not for a fixed amount but is expressed to be equivalent , for example , to one third of the net proceeds of sale , then the husband has acquired a chargeable asset ( Marren v Ingles [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 983 ) and payment of the capital sum by way of redemption of the charge would appear to be a disposal for capital gains tax purposes ( TCGA 1992 , s22 ) . |
| 13 | This competence may not always be grounded in actual , contemporary ability but is based on the previous experiences of competence to cope within various industrial situations prior to the actual situation the worker finds himself in . |
| 14 | He holds no official office but is referred to as " the leader of the revolution " . |
| 15 | Ex-Fini Triber , Ministry Man and Revolting Cock Chris Connelly team up with the Tribe once more in a long and slow shuffling expedition that 's not necessarily a club-oriented track but is constructed from the fundamental elements of the club scene at least . |
| 16 | The true story of a major league baseball star who went from the street corner to stardom and then to armed robbery but is saved from destruction by a one in a million chance . |
| 17 | This idea of liberty is not a natural condition but is created and preserved by the ‘ rule of law ’ . |
| 18 | Unlike the previous financing system the school does not receive an allocation for each of these items but is allocated a lump sum and has the choice of how much to spend on each category . |
| 19 | In developing a critique of scientism ( which Habermas regards Knowledge and Human Interests to be ) he is not rejecting the epistemological validity of the nomological sciences or the hermeneutic sciences but is trying to orient them in relation to the critical sciences . |
| 20 | Aged sixteen , he rides into battle against white soldiers but is captured , and taken in by Reverend Silas Pendrake ( Thayer David ) and his wife ( Faye Dunaway ) . |
| 21 | The other option is to have it resident at all times but is activated only when you want a fax converting . |
| 22 | The south landing is approachable by small boat on good days but is studded with hazardous weed-covered rocks , and strong cross tides at the approach add to the dangers . |
| 23 | Takes precedence at carcasses over Egyptian Vulture but is dominated by Black Vulture . |
| 24 | It plans to issue a protective writ but is hoping to achieve a settlement . |
| 25 | Smith , a former Davis and Kings Cup player , currently coaches 5 players but is looking to expand the size of his squad with the help of sponsorship . |
| 26 | We are saved through the loving obedience of Jesus which is not just a mental state but is expressed and only could be expressed in bodily pain and death . |
| 27 | This will not provide great accuracy but is thought to be quite satisfactory for the present purpose . |
| 28 | In sophisticated market planning , a certain type of work can be selected at so early a stage , on the basis of a few examples or of some calculated or projected demand , that production , from that stage , no longer originates with the primary producer but is commissioned from him . |
| 29 | The youth department not only supervises the quality of substitute care provided in professional terms but is mandated to involve natural parents in the assessment of the relevance of a programme to the needs of their child . |
| 30 | Furthermore , auditing is not a continuing exercise but is conducted periodically , typically once a year . |