Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] but [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These qualities are perceptible but the nature of their interactions is never talked of as if they could be quantified . |
| 2 | The writers are interesting but the musicians are n't . |
| 3 | Christmas trees and other Christmas decorations are popular but the lapinha retains its importance in the home and is also to be found in churches , hotels and restaurants . |
| 4 | I would need to check with the erm er computer manager you know which fields are takeable , you know how , I do n't know if you know computer re how computer records are stored but every piece of information like erm the admission figure , the title , the distributor will be a field and I presume if er any information like the time is in a separate field then you would be able to have a report by fields . |
| 5 | So the parts are free but the labour 's a hundred |
| 6 | The shows are different but the faces stay the same |
| 7 | The phrases used are different but the message is the same , ‘ I approve of myself , ‘ I am a child of the Universe ’ , ‘ I relax and trust in life ’ . |
| 8 | The type of notes you make are personal but the important point is that you can follow them with only a glance . |
| 9 | Only the tips of the radial shields are visible but the extent of the plate beneath the disk can be distinguished . |
| 10 | Frivolous frou-frou feathers , spikey mules and a high hairstyle are crucial but the main accessory is attitude — if you 're going to wear it , flaunt it . |
| 11 | It 's not only the wages that are Victorian but the working conditions too . |
| 12 | Designs are similar but the decorations are distinctive . |
| 13 | She feels that exhortations are fine but the real purpose of a writer should not be dissolved in the political ideas of the time . |
| 14 | Th the boats are fine but the the main human interest in it does tend to be , in fact , the personally , the two dogs has has more prominence in the picture than this chap , which is a pity . |
| 15 | Because of its coastal habitat , incidental catches in gill-nets are widespread but the effects on the population are unknown . |
| 16 | Whiskers and ears are optional but the squeaky voice is essential ! |
| 17 | Some of the nurses are black but the doctors are white . |
| 18 | The trigger points are innumerable but the nurse should have the maturity to deal with the resultant feelings in a constructive way that avoids reflecting any annoyance on to the patient . |
| 19 | Such transactions are illegal but the authorities , during the long Breshnev era , did not concern themselves too much with this kind of illegality , allowing the ruling class to radically improve its material situation , even become rich . |
| 20 | The reasons for this are endless but the following are not uncommon . |
| 21 | The paper and print are reasonable but no more ; there is one map and eight pages of photographs , not particularly well reproduced . |
| 22 | a All these options are useful but a catalytic converter will cut out 90 per cent of emissions of carbon monoxide , nitrogen dioxide and hydrocarbons . |
| 23 | a All of these are useful but a returnable bottle system ( as with doorstep milk deliveries in the UK ) uses fewer raw materials and less energy than even the most efficient recycling scheme . |
| 24 | Again the two models of suburbanization by addition and redevelopment are useful but the pattern of their application was rather different from the inter-war years . |
| 25 | It annoys old ladies in Brighton , but it is proof of their essential good sense … families are impoverished but the family system has not broken up . |
| 26 | The details are unimportant but the lessons are clear . |
| 27 | In other words , these areas are visual but the degree of stimulus specificity demanded by the theory is generally absent . |
| 28 | So , for example , a letter and a phone call are good but a letter , a phone call and a visit even better . |
| 29 | Some of it 's quite funny , Keifer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips are good but the film as a whole seems to wander round making a rather large amount of noise and not doing anything all that interesting . |
| 30 | Some of it 's quite funny , Keifer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips are good but the film as a whole seems to wander round making a rather large amount of noise and not doing anything all that interesting . |