Example sentences of "[adj] but [verb] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a big , traditional-looking building with a steeply sloping roof of red tile , its five storeys not walled-in but open to the surroundings , each level linked by broad mock-wooden steps . |
| 2 | I suppose this was originally to give a sterile wife a period of grace — she could tell her husband she was pregnant but owing to the machinations of some female rival , the child was ‘ asleep ’ . ’ |
| 3 | The firms which have joined ISA have usually been formed by consultants with experience in the major international search firms , who wish to remain independent but adhere to the same ethical standards of the majors . |
| 4 | The other one was so useless but according to the er that new manager in the paper shop everyone else got theirs . |
| 5 | 520 the Court of Appeal affirmed the making of a disclosure order to which the privilege against self-incrimination applied but attached to the order a direction in the form utilised by Buckley J. in paragraph 33 of his order . |
| 6 | The tour was disappointing but looking to the longer term future of Scottish rugby it was certainly not a disaster . |
| 7 | In unstimulated cells , PLC- γ 1 is largely cytosolic but translocates to the membrane as its SH2 domain binds to the activated receptor ( Box 2 ) . |