Example sentences of "[adj] but [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your dog has n't presented a problem for years , is getting old but still appears to be healthy , and starts to display antisocial behaviour — check it out with your vet before you start to punish him or her for what might be a cry for help . |
| 2 | The term " morula " is imprecise but generally refers to a compact aggregate of blastomeres ( Figure 1 , panels 21 , 22 ) . |
| 3 | At this time I remember too the widely reported story I had once thought apocryphal but now know to be in Dr. Ronald Glasser 's The Body is the Hero . |
| 4 | The woodwork , once painted white but now faded to a dingy cream with a grey deposit in the crevices , was chipped and scuffed and the pattern of leaves and flowers on the stair carpet had long since been reduced to a brownish blur . |
| 5 | Kambiz Atabai , the master of the horse , left but later returned to the journey . |
| 6 | A coastguard spokesman said : ‘ They were very cold but otherwise appear to be unharmed . ’ |
| 7 | BRECHIN Round tower of Irish type from eleventh or twelfth century , originally free-standing but now linked to restored cathedral by an aisle . |
| 8 | Intensely shy but always wanting to be good , she went round the ‘ table ’ , kissing each one of us and hoping for a hug in return . |
| 9 | Martinon 's performances of the four earlier Symphonies are if anything even better : wholly persuasive readings of works which are very little-known but certainly deserve to be heard . |
| 10 | She slid out of bed , reluctant but inexorably drawn to the window . |
| 11 | Farrell looked puzzled but merely nodded to his companion . |
| 12 | Now one of the criticisms that I 've had er from the people who prefer to be nameless but always come to me afterwards and say oh it was a waste of time coming . |
| 13 | Here some effort will be made to explore the theoretical significance of the commonly-experienced phenomenon of hearing a voice and knowing that it is familiar but not knowing to whom it belongs . |
| 14 | Two caucasian Oxford residents with HLA-B53 but not exposed to malaria were tested as controls and neither responded to any peptide . |
| 15 | foods rich in fat or refined sugar might seem very attractive but usually prove to be far too tempting for our own good ; it is far too easy to over-indulge in these kinds of food . |