Example sentences of "were [adj] but [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tourists smelt of sun-screen and beer ; their clothes were garish but the worst thing was the haphazard barrier they formed to Chesarynth as she raced heavily through the dusty street . |
| 2 | This gave the sociology of knowledge a specific task in studying the sociological features on which systems of knowledge were dependent but the critical edge and the proposition of relationism had disappeared . |
| 3 | Most of the latter were Scottish but a few were mercenaries from Denmark , Ireland , and as far afield even as Genoa . |
| 4 | The British were dismayed but a further memorandum from the Americans in January 1943 was virtually a declaration of dissociation . |
| 5 | The structures of the Pentateuch were good but a stable and wealthy economic society could only flourish to the extent that Israel was obedient to the whole of the law and its commandment . |
| 6 | No spare parts were available but a small bus-load of Indian servants from our diocesan girls ’ school in Rangoon picked me up and took me on with them . |
| 7 | His eyes were unreadable but a small pulse at the edge of his lips was preparing for a dismissive smile . |
| 8 | Some of the backs were dilapidated but the two premises belonging to the Glynns stood out in good repair : the wall had been recently pointed and colour-washed and the door freshly painted . |
| 9 | None of the 120 children aged under 6 who were tested were seropositive but the true prevalence could be as high as 2.5% ( the upper limit of the 95% confidence interval ) . |
| 10 | The entire cast were delightful but a special mention for Mark Jax as the faithful Bob Cratchit and Glen Kinch as the cheery cockney Tupper . |