Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] but [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let me just , le I 'm not really a , I 'm not really a very numerate political scientist but let me just run some numbers by you to give you an idea of the escalation of the change . |
| 2 | Abrams ( Bulmer , 1986 ) drew attention to the complexity of the concept ; many who are perceived as altruistic will themselves acknowledge the profound satisfaction which they derive from their supposedly selfless activities but find it difficult to put this into words . |
| 3 | Coun Richmond then called on the Tory group to support the Labour measure but claimed it would never have been proposed without the prompt of his motion . |
| 4 | Franco knew well what the Allied game was , but , in view of Axis reluctance to give generously , he had little alternative but to play it . |
| 5 | For example , supposing you want to refer to the fact that the groom is a medical student and you have a story about a king dying in the Middle Ages who says the physician has killed him , tell this story but end it , ‘ Of course medicine has come a long way since those days , . |
| 6 | I rumpled his dark curly hair but gave him a firm ‘ No ’ when he asked , ‘ If I play radio louder , me get better more quickly ? ’ |
| 7 | Not unusual in this industry but does it really take an entire A4 page to say it ? |
| 8 | However , it is so much woven into the fabric of multimedia , we will not focus on interactivity in itself in this study but allow it to feature implicitly throughout our assessment of multimedia design , technology and application . |
| 9 | I realize you 're a trained psychologist but give me some details . ’ |
| 10 | And the fact that the film is not frightened of its sexual aspects but treats them with some taste is another point in its favour . |
| 11 | Teletext not only gives up-to-date news and a wealth of information on different subjects but keeps you informed of sub-titled plays and many special TV programmes which can be followed visually . |
| 12 | Violette had set up as a paper restorer , an arcane occupation which took precise scientific skill but involved her in outlandish escapades with police and businessmen or lawyers . |
| 13 | He gave support to William Wallace in his fight for Scottish independence but deserted him and aligned himself with the English King Edward I who was trying to dominate Scotland . |
| 14 | At the heart of the problem is the fact that the Government is selling off 10 different companies but presenting them as a single package . |
| 15 | They took the net down after a few weeks but kept it handy , you know . |
| 16 | In a similar vein , a cartoon in Police magazine ( January 1981 ) repeats an old joke but puts it into the mouth of a totally bald senior officer . |
| 17 | The count stayed with the holiday party for 12 days but said he left when his relationship with Mellor became strained . |
| 18 | We have also encountered patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in France who were not apparently linked to any previously described ethnogeographic cluster of this mutation but bore it , suggesting the existence of separate foci . |
| 19 | He admits Satan is an interesting character but denies he is all he appears . |
| 20 | His attitude was , however , coloured by a highly literary romanticism , and despite his efforts at identifying himself with a primitive culture , his outlook naturally remained that of a sophisticated European ; he borrowed freely from primitive sources but reinterpreted them to suit his own decorative and symbolic purposes . |
| 21 | This compromise incorporates two tiers of tariffs which are likely to reduce marginally the price of British bananas but push them up for the Germans . |
| 22 | The second is to buy yourself a good waterproof mascara but remember you may need to buy a suitable eye make-up remover , too . |
| 23 | He did not volunteer any further suggestions but took her to one of the few French restaurants he knew in Soho , where hopefully she would not be reminded of the man she loved . |
| 24 | Su Ragazzi , who are bidding for a league and cup double , beat Jets in straight sets in Sewell 's second game in charge earlier this season but defeated them in the return in Edinburgh . |
| 25 | Well after the break , you can buy them , this is one of them , for as little as twenty five pounds , Elton John 's been wearing something altogether more expensive at the High Court this week but does it look much better ? |
| 26 | Paxton 's SRI trials ( Paxton 1977 ) found that island-driving improved performance for shorter sentences but decreased it for longer ones . |
| 27 | We were showing off our handiwork to some friends but admitted we were puzzled by the bedding plants , grown from seed , which produced attractive foliage but nothing else . |
| 28 | Matt would sometimes try to develop this image but found it impossible . |
| 29 | Catherine II persisted with this form but had it more richly jewelled ( fig. 37 ) . |
| 30 | They were moved to different accommodation but claimed it was little better . |