Example sentences of "[adj] but [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The people of England sees itself as free but is grossly mistaken , it is free only during the election of members of parliament .
2 She is , however , only two years old but is often mistaken as being older .
3 Consent may be express but is usually implied .
4 Post-structuralist texts expose the role of language in deferring meaning and in constructing a subjectivity which is not fixed but is constantly negotiated through a whole range of forces — economic , social and political .
5 The following year brought The Miner 's Daughter in which the heroine deserts her working-man husband for the new mine-owner and his lavish apartment ; in time she becomes unhappy but is eventually reclaimed by her husband who storms into a smart reception and virtually throttles the mine-owner .
6 The Endomorph is n't necessarily large framed but is sturdily built with a large rib cage , waist and hips .
7 It involves the transformation of an object that is meaningful but structured at the level of the signification to an object that is still meaningful but is also structured at the level of the signified .
8 When the amplification programme is altered to LS-PCR conditions , the same male specific band of amplification is apparent but is now set against a background of RAPD products ( Lanes C to F ) .
9 Likewise , in that same world , where financial probity may not be widespread in general but is strictly enforced within the sport , Copersucar 's interminable financial difficulties , its frequently delayed payments , its general insecurity and inability to meet its commitments , took their toll of most people 's tolerance .
10 This is similar to ‘ Futility ’ in the sense that Owen uses personal experience to get his message across but his is not so much about the pointlessness of war in general but is more focused on the individual soldier and the difference between death on the battlefield and death in your own town .
11 Non-emergency portasystemic shunt surgery is effective in preventing rebleeding but is still associated with high perioperative mortality in Child 's grade C patients and postoperative encephalopathy occurs in up to 40% of patients .
12 Sachin Tendulkar is young but is already established In South Africa 6 there is a youngster .
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