Example sentences of "[be] [adj] but [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lack of good results is here explained by faulty equipment ( an explanation also offered to me by other students ) ; however , students gain higher marks for lab work if the results are ‘ correct ’ than if they are wrong but adequately accounted for : |
| 2 | Lady Eleanor would have been comfortable but securely kept , and I would have been happy . ’ |
| 3 | If some continuously erupting , small-volume systems have short residence times , while other intermittent , large-volume systems are long-lived but continuously fed , this suggests that factors other than magma supply control eruptions . |
| 4 | Inflammatory fibroid polyps are uncommon but well documented as solitary polyps occurring typically in the stomach or ileum . |
| 5 | For example , the insulin or epidermal growth factor receptors retain surface expression of oligosaccharides are present but incompletely processed . |
| 6 | First , those who have a political interest to pursue will not in fact always do so , for example consumers , who are numerous but widely distributed , generally have never organized themselves as effectively or as efficiently as producers , who are much fewer in number but already have a business organization able to be adapted for political purposes . |
| 7 | Nor does National Pari-Mutuel Association Ltd. v. The King , 47 T.L.R. 110 in which it was held that payment of betting duty under a statutory provision thought by the plaintiffs to be applicable but later held by this House in a similar case to be inapplicable , was made under a mistake of law and not of fact and was therefore irrecoverable . |
| 8 | She said that until England returned to the Old Faith , her people would never be happy but always divided against themselves , always backbiting and fighting with one another . |
| 9 | Stages 1 and 2 are stages of light sleep , just drifting off and being asleep but easily aroused . |
| 10 | Her tenants were poor but carefully selected in accordance with their apparent potential for self-improvement . |
| 11 | Skirts were full but invariably finished just over the knee — and how many women would like to wear printed velvet breeches ? |
| 12 | When normality for either group was not reasonable the corresponding test used was the Mann-Whitney , although this assumed that the shapes of the two underlying distributions ( for regulated and random ) were identical but possibly shifted in terms of the median . |
| 13 | Bandboys were fun but strictly barred by the Tiller office . |
| 14 | At the close of business , the one hundred index had managed to rally from it 's low but still ended down 30.3 points at 2064 and volly remained light with only 379 million shares traded . |
| 15 | If we get her on the show that really will be something cos I know she 's shy but well done . |
| 16 | Visibility from the left-hand seat is above average for an American aircraft ; you can see all around , except for about 30° in the rear , and visibility upwards is acceptable but slightly degraded by the roof which wraps around to the sides of the cabin . |
| 17 | The ridge is stony but easily followed south to its highest point , at 2170 feet , indicated by an Ordnance column . |
| 18 | Mikestands are abandoned , and the lighting is minimal but superbly orchestrated theatre . |
| 19 | Mikestands are abandoned , and the lighting is minimal but superbly orchestrated theatre . |
| 20 | ‘ They may be in a band or have a solo project which is unique but just based around singing and unusual compositions and so for them it 's harmony . |
| 21 | Further south the Romanesque architecture is traditional but strongly tinged with classical forms from Rome . |
| 22 | Rivette 's shortened masterpiece is small but perfectly formed |
| 23 | The wine list is small but perfectly chosen . |
| 24 | For example , it is bad but commonly encountered accounting practice to show profits undrawn by the partners in each accounting year as standing to the credit of their capital accounts . |
| 25 | She said she 'd been terrified but somehow managed to keep calm . |
| 26 | Reza Shah was literate but scarcely educated . |
| 27 | It was the first time in my life I had experienced anything like this and was nervous but deeply honoured . |
| 28 | Equipment was conventional but well maintained . |
| 29 | All three studies confirmed the Best and Gemberling ( 1977 ) effect when the exposure duration was brief but also found that more prolonged initial exposure generated latent inhibition both when the exposure-conditioning interval was short ( 3–4 h ) and when it was long ( 24 h or more ) . |
| 30 | His voice was soft but still held authority . |