Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] but [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He became stuporous but a full neurological exam . |
| 2 | The stamps got intercepted but the watch |
| 3 | The glass canopy , dating from when the property was used as a garage , and the existing facade would remain intact but the building behind would be demolished and rebuilt . |
| 4 | There is one large blunt tricuspid or occasionally heart-shaped apical papilla flanked on either side by 3 oral papillae ; the proximal papillae are pointed spiniform but the distalmost is large and block-like nearly opercular . |
| 5 | I consider that one of the great benefits of public investigation is that not only are the guilty found guilty but the innocent are exonerated if false charges are made . |
| 6 | A line of 60 characters printed on a typewriter looks OK but a 6″ line of type set at 10pt is virtually unreadable , simply because the eye gets bored and stops short of the end . |
| 7 | These examples at least seem clear ; more often , buildings contain ovens or hearths which suggest bread-making but no other characteristic debris has been recognized . |
| 8 | So just a few ideas , not let you know exhaustive but a few ideas to be aware of you 've got appropriate . |
| 9 | If the bloom is a double or semi-double , wait until the outer petals peel open but the inner petals remain closed and covering the stigma . |
| 10 | A 200 per cent increase looks huge but the base on which it is calculated may be small . |
| 11 | At first sight , the filter circuit may appear conventional but the presence of the diode D1 is unconventional and it seems as though it is going to be switched off all the time anyway , the anode ( a ) always being at zero potential . |
| 12 | It may appear paradoxical but the compulsive gambler may get the biggest adrenalin surge from the biggest loss and , like the proverbial fisherman , may boast of the " one that got away " . |
| 13 | The precise statistical formulae for testing the validity of restrictions may appear complex but the essential idea behind them is simple . |
| 14 | Overall results good but no records broken |
| 15 | At just over eight stone , she did not feel overweight but an addiction to crisps was putting cellulite on her thighs . |
| 16 | Their compositions remain constant but the relative proportions of each change . |
| 17 | Ian , 49 , told friends : ‘ It may sound sloppy but the two of us will be able to sit down at home and have a jolly good cuddle listening to this . ’ |
| 18 | The couture world was very sordid backstage then , the salons would look OK but the cabines were filthy . |
| 19 | The world grows old but the Bastard Boy keeps his perfection . |
| 20 | Squid also inhabit deep water where the problem is not reflected light but the absence of light . |
| 21 | He makes it sound simple but the success speaks for itself . |
| 22 | ‘ We 're delighted that Dunlop have got involved but the tournament would have taken place no matter what . |
| 23 | Melissa made herself sound casual but the curiosity that Lou 's call had aroused was breaking through her lethargy . |
| 24 | The IMF prescription for debt-ridden economies — spend less , earn more — may sound healthy but a combination of all-out export drives and reduced government expenditure spells misery for the masses . |
| 25 | In this respect , he deviated from the conventional ideas about blacks possessing physical but no mental prowess . |
| 26 | This may sound complicated but the argument is very similar to that which Victor Turner employs when he comments on the liminality , or " betwixt and between " status , of persons who are engaged in any ritual process . " |
| 27 | It may sound nasty but a man would never look at some of those women she said , a lot of women deserved to be raped . |
| 28 | It may sound nasty but a man would never look at some of those women she said . |
| 29 | The proceedings seem bizarre but the Church was not inconsistent . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , dear , ’ Fabia muttered , trying to look intelligent but an alternator meaning nothing to her . |