Example sentences of "[adj] but [pron] is [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason for this is not clear but it is believed to be related to surface characteristics such as defect chemistry . |
| 2 | The basic professional stand against censorship is sound but it is weakened by inaction when opportunities arise to be decisive and it is further weakened by elements of the profession which seek to censor , while often interpreting this as positive discrimination . |
| 3 | I shall here consider three such attempts to connect past and present : firstly , that which I shall call a ‘ kairos ’ approach , in which the past is basically normative but it is said that there can be development ; secondly , that which I shall call the ‘ golden thread ’ approach , in which a leading motif is lifted out of the past and applied in another situation ; thirdly , that which I shall call an ‘ a priori ethical ’ position , in which essentially authority is seen to lie in the present but there is not perceived to be any fundamental clash with the past . |
| 4 | This can be useful but it is limited . |
| 5 | The interactivity does not in fact run very deep but it is pitched well to suit children 's interest levels and attention spans . |
| 6 | All this makes Pat 's task seem very daunting but she is challenged by the strength and reality of the faith of the people she plans to meet soon . |
| 7 | European funding can be lavish but it is tied to cooperation with public bodies . |
| 8 | Persian values also made themselves felt at native satrapal courts : a recently published Greek verse inscription from Lycian Xanthos , put up by a local dynast , echoes Persian educational ideals ( ‘ riding , shooting and speaking the truth ’ , Hdt. i. 136 ) when it speaks of : The dynast in question is called Arbinas : he is certainly a Lycian but it is thought that the form of the name is Persian . |
| 9 | The date of its founder , Zarathustra ( Zoroaster is the Greek form of his name ) , is uncertain but it is thought that he flourished in the first half of the sixth century BC . |
| 10 | Adventure in Kingston 's stones is fast and active but it is handled with a light touch . |