Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] but [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mountfort had carefully paved the way in meetings with the Prime Minister , Mrs Indira Gandhi , who not only gave her complete support but appointed a cabinet minister as well as the director of Delhi Zoo to supervise a six-year conservation plan . |
| 2 | SHORT-TERM political and commercial judgments can lead to commercial advantage but threaten a long-term commitment to shipping safety and quality , said Lloyd 's Register chairman Sir Roderick MacLeod in the 1991 report published yesterday . |
| 3 | Understanding is not conveyed solely through clear diction but has a lot to do with the language used . |
| 4 | She herself did not continue scientific work but raised a family of four and has enjoyed many interests , though less actively since a stroke three years ago . |
| 5 | We have produced the detailed brief already referred to , plus a singlesheet brief and a leaflet for the general public , written in popular language but packing a great deal of detail , ‘ Give Kids a Chance ! ’ . |
| 6 | Drug injectors who continue to share syringes should not be encouraged to clean used equipment but to ensure a regular and reliable source of sterile equipment . |
| 7 | For example , in 1983 it was said that ‘ even where the husband had been violent , it would be reasonable for the wife to continue to reside in the matrimonial home but to seek a court order restraining his violence or barring him from the home ’ and in these circumstances the authority 's duty would be ‘ to advise the applicant so to do , not to accommodate her as a homeless person ’ . |
| 8 | The Belgian Red Pied is also a dual-purpose type but has a great deal more red in the coat than the White-and-Red . |
| 9 | The most obvious is a cart track leaving the road when it declines to valley level : this leads uphill amongst trees to a vast plateau but passes a boggy mile distant from the corrie . |
| 10 | It has the same written compass as the standard clarinet but sounds a major sixth lower . |
| 11 | Various colonies exist under voluntary foundation where the mentally handicapped can live useful and happy lives , to some extent sheltered from the outside world but permitted a considerable degree of independence and self-determination . |
| 12 | A manager 's pay often is not a fixed salary but contains a bonus element dependent upon performance ( profitability etc . ) . |
| 13 | New from J B Corrie is the Garden Buggy which looks like a conventional wheelbarrow but has a strong woven polypropylene fabric pan over a rust resistant chassis and easy to manoeuvre polypropylene wheels and pvc tyres . |
| 14 | Using a camera to record the progress of plant growth or of an experiment not only gives useful experience of photographic work but gives a particular slant to , or stimulus point for , subject study . |
| 15 | Becky did not flinch from the cold water but took a deep breath as I lowered her down beneath Our Lady 's statue . |
| 16 | Jackson ( 1973 : 145 ) shows that these interests were hidden by the demands of style , as in the semi-detached properties which employed a basic frame but added a spurious individuality on the façade in order to make the house more attractive to prospective buyers , or the modernist-style buildings , which proclaimed their scientific nature to the degree that elements of the internal construction which would not normally have been visible were externalized onto the façade to display a commitment to the appropriation of new technologies . |
| 17 | Made without unnecessary extravagance but containing action , spectacle and visual magic , they are films that spring out of the native culture but articulate a broad vision that can ring chords wherever they are shown . |
| 18 | In fact , he claims that the Kenyans , in particular , have black skin but have a number of white features ! |
| 19 | In his book Defence in Animals , Malcolm Edmunds cites the African grasshopper Phymateus which relies upon camouflage for primary defence but produces a dramatic warning display once a predator approaches , opening its orange and crimson hind wings and exuding a noxious fluid . |
| 20 | What are the arrangements if you retire from the organisation as a salaried employee but become a retained consultant or contractor ? |
| 21 | These include social forestry , in which most land is used for tree growing and the harvest is balanced against a planting programme ; and agroforestry in which the production of food crops is the primary objective but includes a large number of tree crops . |
| 22 | It looks exactly like the existing version but has a wider magnetic tape . |
| 23 | The change also raises important theoretical questions because reading by touch involves the same cognitive and linguistic skills as visual reading but uses a system which differs physically and in modality . |
| 24 | Throughout a long history , Dent was the administrative , electoral and scholastic centre of a wide rural district but suffered a slow decline in importance with the founding and subsequent development of a large public school in neighbouring Sedbergh , pronounced Sedber . |
| 25 | The alternator can be fitted straight to your engine using the Series III mounting bracket but needs a Land Rover alternator pulley . |
| 26 | The Government needs not only to help with after-school childcare but to put a proper amount of money into that service . |
| 27 | Right : A.trifasciata by comparison has a plain tail but sports a dorsal crest . |
| 28 | An antagonism between early performance and resistance to ageing can occur if prolonged growth during the pre-adult period elevates juvenile mortality but yields a longer-lived adult . |
| 29 | Now he writes computer software for the National Blind League but needs a proper job . |
| 30 | They feared a post-war depression but wanted a return to pre-war policies . |