Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [adv] but [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inflation is down but the problem for the Tories is that unemployment is up , business failures are up , house repossessions are up , interest rates are high and economic growth is non-existent . |
| 2 | The night was still but a mist was descending slowly ; he stood looking towards platforms 2 and I when he suddenly heard footsteps on the ballast approaching him . |
| 3 | Your first prescription was right but a new remedy is now needed . |
| 4 | If the radio is off but the mains still connected to the transformer then the Zener must absorb all the output current . |
| 5 | The immediate pressure is off but the momentum for reform goes on . |
| 6 | Rodrigo was yet but a youth , and the Count was a mighty man in arms , one who gave his voice first in the Cortes , and was held to be the best in the war , and so powerful that he had a thousand friends among the mountains . |
| 7 | Its heart is in the right place , the detail is right but the texture is wrong . |
| 8 | This gives Table 10.1 , so the optimal solution is still but the optimal value is . |
| 9 | CHRISTMAS was over but the war was not . |
| 10 | The bag had been re-used , the original sender 's label was there but a small plain one had been stuck on top of it . |