Example sentences of "but [adj] was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were , for example , several special day care schemes , relief sitting services for relatives , carers , support groups but each was very small in scale . |
| 2 | Part of the problem may be that the Labour government of 1974–79 was unduly protecting jobs in northern nationalized industries , but Labour was then criticized for halting the growth of public-sector services . |
| 3 | But neither was seriously injured . |
| 4 | But neither was seriously injured . |
| 5 | The drivers of both vehicles were taken to Darlington Memorial Hospital for treatment but neither was seriously injured . |
| 6 | But neither was ever in contention , as Chip Beck , one of last year 's American Ryder Cup team , regained the lead he had lost on Saturday to win by a stroke from Greg Norman and Mike Standly . |
| 7 | Only two candidates ( Dominique Voynet in the Jura and Christine Barthet in Haut-Rhin ) managed to get through to the second round on March 28 but neither was then elected . |
| 8 | DeFries and David were very much alike , especially in their emotional complexion , both very cold — or maybe that 's the wrong word — but neither was very expressive emotionally . |
| 9 | The New Hope was a move to fill that vacuum , as was this term , ‘ European ’ ; but neither was enough . |
| 10 | Louise and Miriam had been doing their work with set faces and compressed lips but that was doubtless because of the smell of the insects which was frightful . |
| 11 | In 1923 , when the Liberals found themselves in much the same situation as Mr Ashdown is hoping for today , Asquith told them that they ‘ were not sent here by your constituents to play the part of soldiers of fortune ’ , but that was exactly the part they found themselves playing then , and will find themselves playing now if we get a hung Parliament , and they will be unsuccessful mercenaries at that . |
| 12 | But that was exactly what they did want , a whole album . |
| 13 | Screaming for her to stop , the boy went after her , his short sturdy legs quickly gaining ground ; but that was exactly what Cissie had planned . |
| 14 | Wycliffe had no maxims , but that was exactly what was being done , though to him it seemed of paramount importance to build a clear picture of the victim himself . |
| 15 | As Doug , Meadowbrook would be cast violently against type , but that was exactly the sort of doubletake effect I was interested in . |
| 16 | But that was exactly what Paul Lexington did mean . |
| 17 | But that was no longer true at election time : as the election approached the highly educated became less interested and the less well educated became more interested ( Chapter 2 ) . |
| 18 | Erm by nineteen forty eight no in in nineteen forty seven with the rise of absolute egalitarianism , the policy of narrowing its base had helped them to erm get the peasant support and to get into power but that was no longer necessary erm and the radicalization of land reform it appears had been based upon false premises which had created problems in the countryside and the Party . |
| 19 | She and Carolan had no children , but that was neither here nor there as an indication of matrimonial harmony nowadays . |
| 20 | But that was neither here nor there . |
| 21 | The cost would be borne by Grunte Accessories , but that was neither here nor there . |
| 22 | Even the Treasury thought he was paying a ridiculous price , but that was up to him . |
| 23 | Well I thought so , but that was well that was the reply . |
| 24 | It was partly true [ that we were not as good at TV as we might have been ] , but that was also partly distorted by how good we were at press . |
| 25 | But that was also just a minor problem . |
| 26 | The hand-claps sometimes seemed to be keeping time with my leisurely steps as I wandered under the arcades in the hot night , but that was just a coincidence . |
| 27 | The Empire might have become the Commonwealth , but that was just a new name for the same thing as far as we were concerned . |
| 28 | But that was just a full-dress rehearsal . |
| 29 | It so happened that it turned out a good thing that it did n't get posted , but that was just a lucky chance . |
| 30 | But that was just another trick they had , like being an orphan . |