Example sentences of "a [adj] [pron] but [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The operation is a simple one but an effective one . |
| 2 | A considerable amount of fine tuning is required to find the ‘ right ’ points on each object so that the transformation is a smooth one but the results are well worth the effort . |
| 3 | However my worry is not first and foremost a medical one but a spiritual one . |
| 4 | A dead leaf will make a smaller contribution to the measured image than a living one but the errors arising from other sources are certainly of much greater magnitude . |
| 5 | In this type of case the duty which mandamus enforces is often not a statutory one but the common law duty , which every power-holder has , to give proper consideration to the question of whether or not to exercise the power . |
| 6 | It is an old one but a first UK publication . |
| 7 | Clearly the task of separating out these different strands of historical change is an enormous one but the mere outlining of these problems reminds us that the sociologist must always be sensitive to the differential cultural and historical experiences often hidden under such general and abstract labels as ‘ industrialization ’ , ‘ migration ’ , ‘ urbanization ’ , ‘ capitalism ’ and so on . |