Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] but [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Galluim Arsenide fets processed with a special surface deposition exhibit indeterminate switch-on thresholds at low frequencies but work like normal transistors at higher frequencies . |
| 2 | Unlike the movement for judicial reform , which owed much to the right of the political spectrum but finished on the left , the government 's attitude towards freedom of the press began by reflecting the views of the left of the political spectrum but finished on the right . |
| 3 | Unlike the movement for judicial reform , which owed much to the right of the political spectrum but finished on the left , the government 's attitude towards freedom of the press began by reflecting the views of the left of the political spectrum but finished on the right . |
| 4 | Whilst this may look like easy fun for those who did not have to cope with the impossible timetables and endless pressures , the reason for criticism is not to deride the working groups but to understand in concrete terms the limitations of the system now in operation . |
| 5 | The possibility of a child being born with a handicap is not only an emotional worry but caring for the child in the future will be expensive . |
| 6 | In fact the United States was already tilting towards Israel in order to prevent its economic collapse but intending to ‘ progressively reduce the amount of economic aid to Israel , so as to bring it into impartial relationship to aid to others in the area ’ . |
| 7 | Unlike gastrin , the increased CCK is not a transitory response but continues for at least 15 weeks . |
| 8 | The first part of this research will develop a novel statistical methodology , which combines census , electoral and survey data , so that we can evaluate the relative importance of three possible causes of the polarisation : the changing social structure of the population in different regions ; the impact of the growth of parties other than Conservative and Labour ; and variations in voting behaviour between people in defined social groups but living in different regions . |
| 9 | A New Forum weekly newspaper , Die Andere ( " The Other One " ) , was first published in late January 1990 with West German funding but folded in early March . |
| 10 | She was used to her old mistress 's pallor , to the skeleton thinness , to the heavy , bruised-looking eyes but walking into her bedroom on the beautiful summer 's morning and looking towards the bed she was stopped in her progress and forced to control the exclamation of horror that rose to her lips . |
| 11 | The therapist thought the overdose was not a serious suicidal attempt but appeared to be an impulsive act to escape from her feelings of loneliness and worry about the shop . |
| 12 | The years were not numbered in a linear succession but according to a particular pharaoh 's reign , each mounting the throne in the year 1 , and also according to the levy of taxes . |
| 13 | This crowded historical panorama of war and the power of beauty describes the birth of Ayesha as the mortal daughter of noble Arabian parents but suggests in recounting her long training in mysticism under an Egyptian priest and her guardianship of the Fire of Immortality in the shrine at Kôr that she is to be regarded in part as a spiritual being . |
| 14 | He had dropped out of his studies for an English degree but stayed in Leeds because he enjoyed the social scene . |
| 15 | Their system of tenure was peculiar to Cornwall and parts of Devon ; it did not provide hereditary security but consisted of a seven-year lease at a negotiated rent with no automatic right of renewal . |
| 16 | Linking girls in with the characters of Lord of the Flies , I am sure that there would be many Ralphs , a Jack of a different nature but leading to the same results , and eventually one or two Rogers . |
| 17 | He says he was shot in a gun battle with Iraqi troops but escaped to Saudi Arabia . |
| 18 | On the back , quite without superficial decoration , the artist has concentrated on revealing the forms of the body , not adapted to a linear pattern but swelling in majestic simplicity under the smooth cloak which originally veiled the hair and falls almost to the ankles , held in the right hand and brought round under the left elbow to be tucked into the belt in front . |
| 19 | Mrs Thatcher has merely utilized to the full the scope for untrammelled power latent in the British Constitution but obscured by the hesitancy and scruples of previous , consensus-based , political leaders . |
| 20 | Some go on to argue , however , that value-freedom within the social sciences as a whole may be achieved by the interplay of arguments and evidence , each biased in different ways but contributing to the advancement of unbiased knowledge as a whole . |
| 21 | He did not hit a crisp drive but recovered with an excellent three wood which enabled him to secure a birdie four to Frost 's par . |
| 22 | Dr McGowan , the Chief Medical Officer , reported to the County Secretary that there was no immediate danger to the public health but called as a matter of urgency for a resolution to the problem , as lead is a cumulative poison : ‘ The continual exposure of people to such high levels of lead is a definite health hazard and remedies to have this matter rectified should be carried out as a matter of urgency ’ . |
| 23 | Add a word that begins with a different letter but rhymes with the first word . |
| 24 | Add a word that begins with a different letter but rhymes with the first word . |
| 25 | The consultants , appointed after the closure programme was ruled unlawful by the High Court last December , said the fabric of all ten pits was being preserved , as claimed by British Coal but disputed by mining unions . |
| 26 | The consultants , appointed after a High Court ruling last December that the closure programme was unlawful , concluded that the fabric of all ten pits was being preserved , as claimed by British Coal but disputed by unions . |
| 27 | Some years earlier he 'd crashed another aircraft at nearby Chinnor but escaped without serious injury . |
| 28 | Some years earlier he 'd crashed another aircraft at nearby Chinnor but escaped without serious injury . |
| 29 | By the time we crossed the Forth , it was early morning , the tide was out , so we did not take the cliff-top path but rode along the beach . |
| 30 | New English roses from David Austin look and smell like old roses but flower for longer and are more compact . |